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Essay
Indian philanthropists are publicly advocating deregulation and decriminalisation of certain laws, which could aid special interests, and weaken protections…
▶14-Aug-2025
Punjab’s urban transformation policy must address critical gaps in the current land pooling policy which overlooks the rights of landless and Dalits. Equitable…
▶01-Aug-2025
Estimates of India’s GDP change from initial to revised figures over two years, usually finally turning out to be initially over-estimated. Other economic…
▶23-Jun-2025
Over-reliance on the defence of fair use/dealing might not be warranted when there are other internal checks and balances within India’s copyright law. Blind…
▶24-Jun-2025
The Puri Jagannath temple’s organic sanctity has been eroded by commercialisation, turning tradition into spectacle and control. Devotion has been reduced to…
▶25-Aug-2025
A researcher becomes a ‘partner’ in a food delivery app for two months. What he experiences and learns from his fellow workers is that in the underbelly of…
▶28-Jul-2025
A photo essay on the unique Muharram processions in Srinagar; scenes from this year's Muharram.
▶14-Jul-2025
"Sri Lanka looks to the possibility of politics beyond ethnic identities. But its history is a history of missed opportunities. The people want to believe…
▶23-Jun-2025
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Letters
Insights into Gig Work
This is to express my immense appreciation of the insights provided by the scholar Kasim Saiyyad on gig work.
By becoming a 'delivery partner' himself, he…
▶28-Jul-2025
Padmini Swaminathan
Unfair divisions
Arun Sagar's article Against Publication is a stark reminder of the publish or perish culture in academia. As an early-career academic with experience of both…
▶22-Jul-2025
Rituparna Patgiri
Academic Publication: Reflect and Act
This was a compelling read. The author should be admired and congratulated for writing the article. Such pieces need to be widely and lead to reflection and…
▶22-Jul-2025
Vinay Sankar
Missing the point
One of the main criticisms made in Jaithirth Rao’s rejoinder to my article is that I completely ignore the role of ‘spirituality’ and ‘faith’ and that millions…
▶17-Apr-2025
Amitanshu Verma
Against publication; The enduring power of Pax Americana; Explaining electoral roll revision; and more.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement: Why We Need It, When Machines Imagine, J&K Pays the Price for a War with No End, and more
Dehumanisation in a time of war, Strategic thinking and the nuclear garden path, The Indus water wars, and more
What Do Muslims Want from Politics?, Government’s Presumptive Claim on Waqf Properties, Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, and more
Gandhi in the age of TikTok, History of Hyderabad's accession, India and Germany: A two-way learning street, and more