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Shape of Things to Come

History is not always a perfect guide, but we should recall that the 'polycrisis' of the 1930s led to global devastation. We are at that moment when the US is showing that laws, norms, and…
▶27-Mar-2025
Itty Abraham

Teaching Gandhi in the Age of TikTok

Many students today have a negative view of Gandhi, based on a slanted representation that is widely prevalent online. It is challenging but fruitful to explore these views and expose students to a…
▶25-Mar-2025
Chitralekha Zutshi

Dowry Murders: Lingering Tragedy, Emerging Hope

The strongest dowry murder rates in India correlate with skewed sex ratios – mainly in the North. These rates have fallen fastest where bride shortages are most severe. Hopefully, this signals a…
▶27-Feb-2025
Peter Mayer

Enumerators and the New Private Customised Survey Industry in India

In the absence of timely data from official agencies, private organizations and researchers have turned to designing large data surveys, often promoted by global philanthropies. There are questions…
▶18-Mar-2025
Vinayak Krishnan

Will the Centre Hold or Will it be Anarchy for the World Economy?

The global economic outlook has become uncertain with all the extreme rhetoric of Donald Trump. Will this translate into action and is there a coherent strategy to deal with the fallout? Regardless,…
▶17-Mar-2025
Partha Ray, Parthapratim Pal

No Country for (Married) Women

'A culture where the rights of women and sexual and gender minorities can be wholly erased without even having to defend such a move clearly shows where the centre of power lies, and how it…
▶10-Mar-2025
Kunal Ambasta

Where is the Data on the 'Misuse' of 498-A?

The popular discourse around the notion that laws enacted to protect women are being ‘grossly misused’ seems to have reached a fever pitch. The Supreme Court, itself, in the past has called it “legal…
▶11-Mar-2025
Ruchira Goswami
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India and Germany: A Two-Way Learning Street

There is much that India can learn from Germany's remembrance of the Holocaust, though the insensitivity towards the Palestinians is a smear. Germany too can learn from India, for while India…
▶27-Feb-2025
Harsh Mander

How India Became a Rising Power

American boosterism for India since the early 2000s played a crucial role in according the country status as a Rising Power. India must recognise that the US narrative is not always objective but…
▶04-Mar-2025
Sandeep Bhardwaj

Grounding Research: An Experiment from Uttarakhand

The National Education Policy wants research to be a part of undergraduate curricula. To meaningfully engage with this ambition, we need to design a pedagogy of research methods that emphasises local…
▶04-Mar-2025
Gautam Bisht, Gaurav Joshi, Mahendra Rawat, Shivam Pandey

Psychology in India: A Critical Perspective on its Growing Popularity in Universities

The search for oneself in these neoliberal times, a job market for psychologists, and the emergence of an “Indian psychology” explain the current popularity of this academic discipline in India. What…
▶24-Feb-2025
Rachana Johri

Empowering Local Governments in India’s Federal Structure

Panchayats and municipalities are rarely given their due as the third pillar of federalism. The challenges posed by the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies can be side-stepped by…
▶26-Feb-2025
Sunil Kumar