August 7, 2020
August 7, 2020

Issue Articles
In the Name of the Nation
Nietzsche’s Abyss Staring Back?
Sanjib Baruah's new book is 'a prescient ledger' of what Northeast India has become and at the same time 'a cautionary tale' of where muscular policy may take us in the rest of India.
Toxic Ecologies
Assam, Oil, and a Crude Future
The ecological destruction from the Baghjan gas well blowout is part of the story of Assam’s economic development. Resource extraction has been foundational to the logic of politics in Assam but has marginalised local communities.
Hindustani Music, Patronage Problems and Patreon
Can the subscription-based web platform Patreon help musicians break free of the arbitrary patronage networks that operate in Hindustani classical music ?
Making Sense of China’s Dream
Why does the India-China border flare-up with regularity? For China, it is not about determining where the boundary lies, it is about establishing primacy.
The Unequal Effects of the Covid-19 Crisis on the Labour Market
The unequal labour market in India would have seen a widening of disparities after Covid-19 struck. Those at the bottom, with few skills, limited education & without security, would have been affected the most; they are the ones in immediate need of support.
India’s Economic Dependence on China
India cannot afford to cut its economic links with China since imports from its northern neighbour dominate sections of the economy, especially in electronics and pharmaceutical intermediates. This is the result of the neglect of domestic industry for decades.
Covid-19 and the Spectres of Colonialism
India’s lockdowns and questionable experimentation with vaccines and drugs to fight Covid-19 eerily mimic its colonial past.
Gendering the Pandemic in the Prison
'For women, prisons are built with stones of "patriarchal" law. It is time to campaign against incarcerated pregnancies and custodial childbirths as making for cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of women.'
The Pedagogical Problems of the Census
The policy in the census of ‘rationalising’ languages has a debilitating impact on the speakers of unrecognised languages; they are condemned not to access education in their own languages.
Forum/Letters
India, China and the Neighbourhood in South Asia
As India is trying to manage the fallout from the first major border skirmish since 1975 with China in which...
Letters on August 7 Issue
A brilliant exposition of the neglect of the Indian manufacturing sector
Biswajit Dhar and KS Chalapati Rao's ‘India’s Economic Dependence on China’ (24 July 2020) is not only timely but a...
Seeing the Trees and the Forest(s): On the Destruction of Mumbai’s Ecology
“How to conjure up a picture, for instance, of a town without pigeons, without any trees or gardens, where you...
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