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Mainstream politics in Canada has normalised narratives that South Asian migrants will transform the country into a nation with a non-white majority.
▶11-Nov-2024
With few educational or job opportunities, Ladakh's youth have to rely on precarious and seasonal employment. Their uncertain future is what is stoking…
▶07-Nov-2024
The Government of India's crèche scheme, now renamed as Palna, needs revised guidelines and procedures. This analysis questions its sustainability and…
▶25-Oct-2024
Before the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, the permanent five members of the UN Security Council shielded their allies from censure. Since R2P, they…
▶07-Oct-2024
A tribute to IG Patel, once Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and many other things: senior official in the Ministry of Finance, official in the IMF and…
▶28-Nov-2024
Dibru Saikhowa in Assam is home to a population of feral horses, whose origin is not clear. This small group is under threat from floods and competition with…
▶18-Nov-2024
A double murder in New York in 1910, including that of a “Hindu” butler, was never definitively solved. The police investigation, driven by prejudice and…
▶18-Nov-2024
A recent genome study of elephants in India sheds new light on their population, divergence, and history. The study identifies five distinct genetic…
▶04-Nov-2024
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Letters
Corrections
Dr. Ashok Desai has written a warm and endearing tribute to Dr IG Patel on his centenary, which unfortunately went unnoticed in the mainstream media. He…
▶28-Nov-2024
G. Sreekumar, Thiruvananthapuram
A Review with Incomplete Reading
I thank Kiran Kumbhar for an interesting and thought-provoking review. It's a well written and effective piece and I'm grateful for the balanced tone in which…
▶20-Nov-2024
William Dalrymple
In response to Dalrymple
I am truly grateful to William Dalrymple for responding (above) to my review of his book.
In my reading of the (full) book, the impressions I came home with…
▶20-Nov-2024
Kiran Kumbhar
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
Redesigning Reservations: How Heterogeneous are the Scheduled Castes?, Feminisation of Public Employment in India, The Split that Forged an Alliance, and more
Where did Covid come from?, Motherhood and working women, Nuclear isn't the solution, and much more
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