‘Development as Swaraj’ champions the untapped potential of the idea of swaraj as a different path to progress. Showcasing one example of a cooperative khadi unit, it criticises today’s development…
Prabir Purkayastha's memoirs and Sudha Bharadwaj's account of her time in Yerawada jail are reflections of two brave individuals who have spent their lives fighting for truth and justice,…
Sumit Guha charts changes and continuities in the ecologies of empires in South Asia, engaging all the way in this long journey with imperially ruled landscapes.
Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar’s polemic against polygamy among the Kulin Brahmins of colonial Bengal was published in Bengali in 1871. A rich and contextual English translation by Brian Hatcher offers new…
Despite warts, the centrality of Parliament to the working of Indian democracy has not altered. Its symbolic resources continue to play an important role in legitimising regimes.
Fewer women are entering the labour market in West Bengal, a decline steeper than in the rest of India. A new book examines structural factors that entrench women and girl children in underpaid,…
A new study of Patrick Geddes’ work in in India underlines the urban planner’s continued relevance to contemporary issues. But we have to ask ourselves why Geddes’s ideas have failed to gain traction…
Innovative school programmes to build more appropriate ways of learning and teaching have ultimately floundered on the question of integration with the formal education system.
Having grown up on mysteries and thrillers in both English and Urdu, Naim has produced a painstakingly researched volume that will also be of great interest to the reader of crime fiction.
