Nitish Kumar's New Innings: What's in it for Bihar?

Nitish Kumar has had no inhibitions in swapping allies in order to remain atop Bihar as 'Mr Good Governance'. But can he reverse the rot in the state? ▶23-Aug-2022
Apoorvanand

September 2, 2022

Surrogacy biomarkets in India; Abortions in India; Hindutva in the North East; and more

Surrogacy Biomarkets in India: Troubling Stories from before the 2021 Act

Inadequate governance and widespread unethical medical practices had made India one of the top global destinations for surrogate parenting till the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act was passed in 2021.…
▶01-Sep-2022
Sheela Suryanarayanan

Abortions in India: Myths, Facts and Reality

India’s recently amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act is quite progressive on paper but its translation into practice makes abortion as inaccessible in the country as in many of the most…
▶31-Aug-2022
Shireen Jejeebhoy, Vinoj Manning
Book
Review

Sangh's Nation-Building Project in the North East

As the northeast of India grapples with the spread of right-wing propaganda and the politics of Hindutva, 'The Greater India Experiment' offers a rich ethnographic account of the twists and…
▶31-Aug-2022
Richard Kamei

The Chips Game and India’s Role

The globalised semiconductor industry is witnessing plans to build ‘national’ industries. For its part, India, must secure its place in the microchip value chain by playing to its strengths, and not…
▶24-Aug-2022
Ankur Bisen

Nitish Kumar's New Innings: What's in it for Bihar?

Nitish Kumar has had no inhibitions in swapping allies in order to remain atop Bihar as 'Mr Good Governance'. But can he reverse the rot in the state?
▶23-Aug-2022
Apoorvanand
Book
India at 75

The Journey Since 1947-II: Radio Times

From a small footprint in 1947, radio grew to cover the entire country and was to be found in homes of the rich and the not-so-well off. The age of the internet has not diminished its importance; why…
▶23-Aug-2022
Kalpana Sharma

Entrenching Impunity, Peddling Justice for Rape: A Case for Feminist Civil Liberties | Vrinda Grover

On the police and extrajudicial action in cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women.
▶23-Aug-2022
Manthan India

Why Liberal Democracy is necessary for Indian Development | Raghuram Rajan

On the need to safeguard India's liberal values and protect it from crony capitalism.
▶23-Aug-2022
Manthan India

Cultural Heterogeneity and History: Reflections from Telangana| Bhangya Bhukya

How was the heterogenic environment of Telangana crucial to shaping its rationalistic culture? How unique is its personality?
▶23-Aug-2022
Manthan India

Nari Shakti and the Elusive Quest for Justice: The Story of Bilkis Bano

A poor, semi-literate woman, who withstood death threats when she pursued justice after she was gang-raped, her daughter murdered, and her mother and a cousin too killed, now sees remission of the…
▶22-Aug-2022
Vinay Lal