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Voters see the Jammu and Kashmir elections as a significant political development towards resolving local governance issues, rather than as an instrument for…
▶10-Sep-2024
To tackle youth substance abuse, police departments in many states are launching prevention campaigns with local communities. Implementing these programmes at…
▶01-Aug-2024
‘If water is ‘unruly’, to what extent does it need to be ruled, if at all? What are the ecological and human costs of taming it to an extent that we either…
▶17-Aug-2024
Reservations and voting rights are crucial gains that need to be protected and used to fight social inequality in India. While people are aware of their…
▶05-Aug-2024
Eunice Newton Foote, scientist and women’s rights activist, was the first to posit a connection between atmospheric gases and rising temperatures.
▶26-Jun-2024
Rising college fee costs mean a growing debt burden for Indian students in North America and the UK, and an excess supply of graduates mean it is much more…
▶18-Jun-2024
A parliamentary democracy thrives on diverse representation and opinion. The strong leader syndrome of the past decade is antithetical to such a democracy.…
▶10-Jun-2024
Tagore’s visit to China in April 1924 was significant, both then and now. The poet’s vision of Pan Asianism saw Asia as a force for the oppressed. As Western…
▶08-Apr-2024
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If we listen closely, a bird’s call reflects what humans have done to its landscape, and a forest soundscape tells us about habitat health. Listen to the 3rd…
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Can we figure out animal behaviour by listening to the sounds they produce? In this episode, you’ll hear from scientists who listen closely to wildlife,…
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Letters
Without solutions
This article about biases among healthcare workers in Kerala impeding access to abortion is an eye-opener for several reasons, not least for the fact that it…
▶20-Aug-2024
Padmini Swaminathan Chennai
Breaking Patriarchy
This is a very informative and illuminating analysis of the Rajasthan programme. Though the programme is not conceptualised as 'mostly for women ', this…
▶24-Jul-2024
Padmini Swaminathan, Chennai
Rajasthan’s Urban Employment Guarantee needs Greater Attention
The article “A Field Study of Rajasthan’s Urban Employment Guarantee Programme” is an important study documenting the working of the IRGY programme and its…
▶24-Jul-2024
Krishna Priya Choragudi , PhD Student, IIT Delhi
Sample design
The hypothetical example given in the article while commenting on the sampling methodology gives the example of a block with 50,000 households from which 18…
▶09-Jul-2024
PC Mohanan, Kozhikode
Demographic Change, the North-South Divide and Internal Migration in India; Muslim Legislative Representation in India; Budget 2024 and India’s Macroeconomic Challenges; and more
The Congress in a New Ideological Avatar, Hopelessness and Despair in Bihar, Electoral Bonds, Incumbency Advantage, and Concentration of Political Power, and more
Verdict 2024, Why government canteens are important, Renaming caste and retaining privilege, and more
Tax justice and wealth redistribution in India, Corporate business and political finance, Welfare spending in the past two decades, and more
The Indian Economy is Doing Well, But Not Many Indians Are; In Campaign 2024, the BJP's Hindutva Contends With the Congress Party's Nyay; and more