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Nepal’s devastating floods reopen the question of who bears responsibility for climate-change induced crises and who pays.
▶24-Sep-2026
In Jharkhand, bureaucratic exclusion is often sustained by a pervasive attitude of indifference towards Adivasis. These biases make the SIR a particular…
▶14-Sep-2026
The university is where the Constitution first teaches its future custodians the difference between an argument and an offence. Public order that depends on…
▶08-Sep-2026
Neutrality functions as hidden alignment with state power, positioning itself as an impartial judge while condemning resistance on “moral grounds”. India’s Gen…
▶27-Aug-2026
If India wants to be a technology leader rather than a technology assembler, advanced materials and the raw inputs that go into them have to be treated as a…
▶18-Sep-2026
As the latest UNEP reports point out, we will blow past 1.5°C in global temperature rise. To deal with that, we must prioritise solutions that work, rather…
▶16-Sep-2026
Quantum technologies hold out the promise of reshaping computation, and improving secure communication and precision measurement. But in spite of decades of…
▶01-Jul-2026
As a strong El Niño evolves in 2026 alongside climate change, India’s monsoon is bringing uneven rainfall, compounding hot-dry extremes. This is…
▶26-Aug-2026
Odisha’s beaches face unregulated tourism pressures degrading fragile ecosystems, evident in declining ghost crab populations and rising litter. Without…
▶14-Aug-2026
"Awards are now routinely given to individuals and works that do undisguised PR for this government, or distort history, or further majoritarianism, while…
▶03-Aug-2026
Kolkata's dense I LOVE signage reflects an urban economy fuelled by competitive city branding on the one hand and by municipal populism on the other.
▶28-May-2026
The US and Israel have wrought war on Iran; Israel continues to wage war on Lebanon and bomb Palestine. Yet we continue our lives doing the routine unconcerned…
▶20-May-2026
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Education in an unequal society, Citizens, suspects, and the portable border, Who belongs or not to the SC and ST, and more
The students' demand for accountability, Vijay’s boy-man image, The failed promise of higher education, and more
The racialisation of British Sikhs, UN report on Palestinian children, Arms markets across the world, and more.
Anatomy of India's new regime, Insolvency and bankruptcy code, The sacred river and the secular failure, and much more
SIR: a long road to exile, Who benefits from welfare transfers, Neighbours who do not talk to each other, and more
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