That nuclear power is a good solution to combating climate change is a claim that is being increasingly sold across the world. This does not bear scrutiny. The expansion of nuclear power is neither…
In the wake of 26/11, Indian officials were broadly convinced that the security failure required resort to Israel’s special expertise. A new book evaluates the attempted partnership between the two…
This comprehensive road-map for better governance focuses more on practical solutions than on the underlying principles that guide government actions and citizen relationships. But can solutions be “…
‘Gandhi’s Places’ introduces us to the places Gandhi is associated with, the built environments he inhabited & engendered. This review looks at the manner of this introduction, the choices made…
Reports of the death of Buddhism in precolonial India were greatly exaggerated. The many Buddhisms promoted by ideologies across the spectrum in modern times came to distinctively shape South Asia.
Indians displaced across South and Southeast Asia between the 1940s and the 1960s used the law to make claims of the new states emerging from the end of colonialism.
Anticolonial leaders saw self-rule as intrinsically linked to projects of political education and economic advancement. A new study that charts these links between development and democracy resonates…
This student-friendly book admirably accomplishes its task of helping the reader understand economic policy changes in India since 1947. It suggests reforms helped the urban rich, but it does not…
