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Apps to hire domestic workers reinforce the perception that household work should be done inexpensively by unskilled labour, and undermine the struggle for…
▶21-Apr-2025
A near-duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy controls almost 95% of India’s digital platform-based food delivery market, raising the possibility of uncompetitive…
▶15-Apr-2025
India and Bangladesh are due to renew their river water sharing agreement. Apart from politics, the 30-year-old treaty has been overrun also by climate change.
▶14-Apr-2025
Unconditional cash transfers empower individuals to address their immediate needs. Yet, this could yield greater benefits if complemented by public goods. The…
▶02-Apr-2025
The land and the Soliga people of Karnataka have evolved in countless ways; the Soligas have blended their traditions with new practices. Yet Rotti Habba’s…
▶07-May-2025
The Human Development Index when adjusted for sustainability is not very different from the old HDI. The Nordic countries which consume huge amounts of…
▶08-Apr-2025
"Concern is greatest for countries that are most acutely affected by HIV and AIDS, many of which will be most affected by international funding cuts."
▶01-Apr-2025
‘The IIMC students were ... among the best in the country…having come through several sieving processes and the horrors of entrance examinations at different…
▶13-Mar-2025
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Letters
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
Deconstructing the 'Mahakumbh'
Alok Rai has enlightened us about the birth and spread of the ‘modern myth’ that is called the ‘Mahakumbh’. After questioning the myth, citing historical…
▶17-Apr-2025
Arup Kumar Sen, Kolkata
Ignorant of Indian Traditions
Alok Rai and Amitanshu Verma, the authors of the two articles, The Spectacle of the Mahakumbh and The Public Hindu Pilgrimage: More than Faith, published on 18…
▶17-Apr-2025
Jaithirth Rao
A Tamasik Rakshasa Response
Clearly, Rao’s is not a very sattvik response. His ability to read plain text – the ultimate Brahminical virtue – has become impaired. I merely described the…
▶17-Apr-2025
Alok Rai, Prayagraj
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
How India became a 'rising power', Delhi's free bus scheme, Marginalising minorities, and much more
NITI Aayog has Failed, How Hinduism Dealt with British Colonialism, Punishing Universities by Interfering with VC Appointments, and more
Strengthening India's health system, Global climate action at COP29, Gandhi's intimate friend, and more