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We cannot negate determined acts of Indian Muslim women to wear the hijab as mere social indoctrination. At a time when being a Muslim is a significant threat…
▶05-Dec-2022
Most digital public goods disempower publics and distract from strengthening more fundamental democratic devices. It is time to design and manage them not as…
▶29-Nov-2022
'We would like to call upon the government and the courts to enable a wider process of evidence gathering and public consultation across the entire…
▶30-Nov-2022
The uncritical tone of the NITI Aayog’s recent report on the gig economy in India and its belief that platformisation will create an inclusive working…
▶25-Oct-2022
Sushant Singh on the Agnipath scheme and its implications for India's national security
▶26 mins
On the welcome changes NEP aims to bring about as well as the formidable challenges that it faces in implementation.
▶1 hr 31 min
On the Ashoka edicts, TM Krishna sets the edicts to music and converses with Historian Nayanjyot Lahiri of Ashoka University.
▶45 min
On the need to safeguard India's liberal values and protect it from crony capitalism.
▶1 hr 16 min
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Suno India’s Menaka Rao speaks to Dr Rajib Dasgupta about the scientific mechanism of oral rehydration therapy and why it works to save lives during acute…
▶34 mins
Nitya Rao on translating 'climate change' into local vocabularies, increased labour burdens on women and girls during a crisis, and changing marital…
▶24:18
In this introductory episode of 'Becoming Modern', host Kiran Kumbhar talks with Suno India co-founder Padma Priya about the importance of knowing…
▶31:10
The second episode of 'Becoming Modern: Healthcare and History in India' is about one of the central challenges of writing any kind of history: how…
▶24:10
The (erstwhile) Empire is under threat and the old heroes are recruited once more to vanquish the enemy. Their bravery is not to be questioned but there is a…
▶23-Nov-2022
"We were, in many ways, coached into listening—casually, closely, intimately, itinerantly—by the cassette tape. It made sound available to us beyond…
▶02-Oct-2022
A photo essay on the struggles of Indians in cities and towns for existence and dignity as they negotiate their lives every day.
▶16-Sep-2022
Sahir's lyrics for the Hindi film 'Didi' (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
▶27-Jul-2022
Letters
Unconvincing Typology
I am curious about how one would boycott an empire, as the closing statement recommends. Billions of people live - a few prosper but most suffer - in these…
▶10-Oct-2022
Sara Abraham
Lack of trade union support for the self-employed
Advocate Indira Jaising's tribute to Elabehn Bhatt is significant for several reasons. Apart from highlighting the fact that Elabehn "saw more than one law…
▶10-Nov-2022
Padmini Swaminathan, independent scholar, Chennai
Deafening Silence
It is really unfortunate that the Census is being given a quiet burial.
I am equally intrigued by the complete silence of the Opposition on this issue.
▶05-Sep-2022
Padmini Swaminathan, Chennai
Nehru and Hindutva in the North East
In his review of Arkotong Longkumer’s book, The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast, Richard Kamei has enlightened us about the penetration of…
▶31-Aug-2022
Arup Kumar Sen , Kolkata
Forthcoming
To be published soon
Global Recession by Partha Ray and Parthapratim Pal
Modifying the Wildlife Protection Act by Nitin Sekar and others
Review of Harmony Siganporia's 'Walking from Dandi: In Search of Vikas' by Sudhir Chandra
Poetic Traditions and Inter-community Relations by Amit Basole
Reintroduction of the Cheetah by Raza Kazmi
Indian Democracy’s Paradoxical Moment; Triumph of the Political Party in Public Office; Global Hunger Index: Misplaced Debate and Ignoring Priorities; and more
The turbulent future of higher education in India; Supreme Court's expansion of abortion rights; The first biography of George Fernandes; and more
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