February 5, 2021

Indian Banking Reforms

With most of India’s attempts to reform its financial sector rolled back post demonetisation, the country could soon be facing a possible solvency crisis amongst state-run banks. The government must…
▶03-Feb-2021
M. S. Sriram

A Sense of a Community

'The shared expression among women majlis during Moharram of an iconic grief that is both personal and communal seems to create a community of women who mourn, who share a sense of the lives of…
▶02-Feb-2021
Vidya Rao
Essay

Dharma and Caste in the Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is peopled by the ‘higher’ castes but there are important personages from the ‘lower’ castes whose presence gives a radical salience to ‘dharma’ as set out in the epic, to the point…
▶01-Feb-2021
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Review Article

The Promise of India: Recalling Dadabhai Naoroji

A new biography brings to the fore Dadabhai Naoroji’s activities in India and England for self-rule and his early socialist and anti-racist thought. It places the ‘Father of Indian Nationalism’ among…
▶27-Jan-2021
Anil Nauriya

Elections, Populism and the ‘Supreme Leader’

The structure of a democracy has elements that can enable the rise of a strong political executive. We are now witnessing many elected leaders across the world draw upon ‘people’s will’ &…
▶27-Jan-2021
Manjari Katju

Learning from Crises

India's banking regulation has come this far through a process of learning from a series of bank failures in the last century. But it might not be adequate to meet present and future threats.
▶19-Jan-2021
Amol Agrawal

Covid-19 Accelerates the Transformation of India's Newspaper Industry

India’s newspapers grew by relying on advertising, a dependence that began to unravel before the pandemic struck. Dailies have shut down and journalists have lost jobs. To revive their fortunes, they…
▶13-Jan-2021
Sevanti Ninan
Essay

‘Mere Paas Sarkaar Hai’

The uniqueness of agriculture calls for continued & not less government intervention. Reform of Indian agriculture is needed, but this must be to enhance state capacities and strengthen…
▶11-Jan-2021
Mihir Shah

Love Taboos: Controlling Hindu-Muslim Romances

The myth of ‘love jihad’ is sustained through widely circulated illustrations of ‘lustful’ Muslim men and ‘victimised’ Hindu women. These images recirculate decades-old calumnies and make invisible…
▶07-Jan-2021
Charu Gupta