Cleansing the Past, Creating the Future? Do (History) Books Matter?

Deletions in the NCERT introductory textbook for history indicate that the slightest allusion to respect for social and cultural differences as an ideal is considered irrelevant.▶03-May-2023
Kumkum Roy

May 5, 2023

Cleansing the Past; Bihar Caste Census; Defence against Parliamentary Hegemony; and more

Cleansing the Past, Creating the Future? Do (History) Books Matter?

Deletions in the NCERT introductory textbook for history indicate that the slightest allusion to respect for social and cultural differences as an ideal is considered irrelevant.
▶03-May-2023
Kumkum Roy

Har Dayal: Three Years That Made a Difference

Har Dayal, a founding member of the Ghadar party, was an anarchist who moved between advocacy of revolution to pacificism, later advocating a utopian “world state”. An account of his years (1911-14)…
▶03-May-2023
Anuradha Kumar

Why the IPCC’s Synthesis Report is Critical to Developing Nations

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Synthesis Report lays down a stark warning—without immediate & ambitious climate action, the world will cross several tipping points, which will…
▶28-Apr-2023
Shaurya Patel, Minal Pathak

Understanding the Private Health Sector in India

Public health researcher Indira Chakravarthi speaks with host Kiran Kumbhar on the private healthcare sector, public-private partnerships, Ayushman Bharat, and the right to health.
▶27-Apr-2023
The India Forum

Making the Bihar Caste Census Better

Bihar's caste census can offer new insights into the endurance of caste's links with occupation and economic status. Conducted properly, it has the potential to empower residents and deepen…
▶25-Apr-2023
M.R. Sharan
Book
Book Review

Different Dimensions of a Nation

The idea of a nation state based on ethnicity could easily change into a predatory state that flourishes by calling for the extinction of the ‘other’. Such an exclusivist state could turn upon itself…
▶24-Apr-2023
Manjari Katju

The Reincarnation of Millets: From Derided to Divine

The millets revival in India caters to the biases of urban and well-off consumers. The promised benefits to marginalised communities have been unrealised.
▶24-Apr-2023
Sudha Nagavarapu

The Return Of Doctor Fu-Manchu

Dr. Fu-Manchu is still around, determined to destroy western civilisation. The destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline is his latest fiendish act. But his secrets are unearthed by our White Hero.…
▶18-Apr-2023
S. Unian Sambar

How prepared is India for heat waves?

Aditya Valiathan Pillai, Associate Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, speaks in this podcacst about about how heat action plans help deal with heat waves; Aditya is one of the authors of the…
▶18-Apr-2023
Suno India

Looking Back at G20 after 25 Years

The G20 has remained a handmaiden of the Group of Seven (G7). Hence, even at the G20 the concerns of developing countries have been secondary to the interests of the major economies. Will the Indian…
▶17-Apr-2023
Biswajit Dhar