The Curious Case of ‘Due Process’ in the Indian Constitution

The Constituent Assembly considered an American-style 'due process' clause for the Constitution but adopted a formula to limit judicial review. Unwilling to heed that limitation, judges fashioned doctrines to better protect the right to life and liberty.▶13-Feb-2023
Vikram Raghavan

March 3, 2023

‘Due Process’ in the Indian Constitution; India's staggering inequality; Hindutva and violence; and more

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Book Review

History in the Service of Hindutva

For Savarkar, history was a critical tool in a war to protect the Hindu nation. A new book examines the relationship between history and politics in Savarkar's thought and braids together the…
▶27-Feb-2023
Srinath Raghavan

A New Dawn? Can India Reverse Its Staggering Inequality?

How long will India’s working people live with a policy regime that concentrates unimaginable levels of wealth in a few hands and leaves millions of people struggling for food, healthcare, decent…
▶24-Feb-2023
Harsh Mander

India Derailed: A Falling Investment Rate and Deindustrialisation

Falling investment rates and declining manufacturing growth rates have marked the Indian GDP growth reversal since the mid-2010s. These structural defects have not yet been addressed. The current…
▶21-Feb-2023
R Nagaraj

How wildlife conservation ends up penalising adivasis/tribals

Indigenous people play an important role in protecting the environment. Contrarily in India, tribals are being jailed and are being harassed says the report "Wildlife Policing". Host,…
▶21-Feb-2023
Suno India

Budget analysis: What is in store for India’s energy transition in 2023?

In this podcast, host Sneha Richhariya speaks to Deepak Krishnan, Associate Director, World Resources Institute India's energy programme. We look at how India is planning what is being called…
▶21-Feb-2023
Suno India

What Do We Miss on Women’s Employment in Survey Data?

Women’s participation in work turns out to be much higher than usually estimated when modifications are made to the questions asked in surveys, the time period covered and, most important, who is…
▶21-Feb-2023
Rosa Abraham, Nishat Anjum, Rahul Lahoti, Hema Swaminathan

Of Speech and Song in the Shadow of Krishna

“Vrindavan devotee publics seem to have relegated desire and descended fully into the sadness of Radha.”
▶20-Feb-2023
Atreyee Majumder
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Book Review

An Elegy for Gandhi’s Un-Gandhian India

When you retrace Gandhi’s steps to Dandi you get to understand what ‘vikas’ means and what it does not mean for Gujarat and for all of India today. A most unusual book about a most unusual journey.
▶20-Feb-2023
Sudhir Chandra

ChatGPT Interviewed: 'My Strengths and My Limits'

ChatGPT tells us in its own words of how it does what it does, its strengths, and also its inability to carry out deductive reasoning and make hypotheses. It says it can be an excellent supplement…
▶14-Feb-2023
Subhashis Banerjee

The Curious Case of ‘Due Process’ in the Indian Constitution

The Constituent Assembly considered an American-style 'due process' clause for the Constitution but adopted a formula to limit judicial review. Unwilling to heed that limitation, judges…
▶13-Feb-2023
Vikram Raghavan