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Proving India’s lithium deposits would be a boost in the arm for the country’s ambitious net-zero-emissions plans. But lithium mining could itself contribute…
▶17-Mar-2023
A survey of pricing practices in private hospitals in Maharashtra during Covid-19 brings out the extent of price gouging that took place in spite of government…
▶13-Mar-2023
Women’s participation in work turns out to be much higher than usually estimated when modifications are made to the questions asked in surveys, the time period…
▶21-Feb-2023
What value are exams such as the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for assessing students? Can we imagine a more equitable and just method for admitting…
▶18-Jan-2023
The ongoing Women’s Premier League shows that creating a tournament with a high standard of competition has taken a backseat as gimmickry takes over cricket.…
▶22-Mar-2023
“Vrindavan devotee publics seem to have relegated desire and descended fully into the sadness of Radha.”
▶20-Feb-2023
Questions of human-wildlife coexistence are invariably also questions of development. A spar between villagers and foresters over trapping a leopard outside a…
▶13-Feb-2023
If you know little of hockey and you watch an international game with a group of spectators who know just as little, it is a special experience especially when…
▶24-Jan-2023
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Indigenous people play an important role in protecting the environment. Contrarily in India, tribals are being jailed and are being harassed says the report…
▶43 mins
In this podcast, host Sneha Richhariya speaks to Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, World Resources Institute India's energy programme. We look at how…
▶34 mins
In this final episode of Suno India's 'Becoming Modern', host Kiran Kumbhar speaks to historians Projit Bihari Mukharji, David Arnold, Ranjana…
▶50 mins
The Supreme Court ruled that 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in the General category is constitutional. Suno India's Suryatapa Mukherjee…
▶53 mins
Letters
Commands attention
Sevanti Ninan's article is detailed, grounded and written without rhetoric. A treat, especially for journalists. It commands attention. I wish journalists in…
▶14-Mar-2023
Anand K. Satay, New Delhi
On Ideas and Theories
In his discourse, Sanjib Baruah has drawn our attention to the politics of ‘Indigeneity’ in contemporary Assam and its fallout – marginalisation of Muslims…
▶07-Feb-2023
Arup Kumar Sen Kolkata
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
Discussing 'The Dravidian Model'
The central idea is that the anti-Brahmin movement – which developed into the Self-Respect Movement – became the site for the construction of an inclusive…
▶21-Feb-2022
Vignesh Karthik KR
Forthcoming
To be published soon
Review of 'A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370' by AVM Kapil Kak
Intergenerational Labour in Coal Mines by Suravee Nayak
Poetic Traditions and Inter-community Relations by Amit Basole
Kashmir Today by Radha Kumar
India's Foreign Policy by Karthik Nachiappan
‘Due Process’ in the Indian Constitution; India's staggering inequality; Hindutva and violence; and more
The PMGKAY; India's wildlife management; Drug regulation in India; A child's prayer; & more
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