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Caste in Higher Education

How Common Sense Sustains Caste

Caste operates as lived reality in universities, where forward-caste dominance produces a manufactured civic sense that delegitimises Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi assertion. This critique of opposition to…

▶15-Mar-2026

Aishwarya AVRaj, Harshul Singh

How Income and Caste Can Affect CLAT Performance

The results of India’s tough Common Law Admission Test are unequal in socio-economic terms, highlighting the deleterious effect that a candidate’s low income and a low caste can have on performance.

▶28-Mar-2022

Pragyanshu Gautam

For A Bahujan Economics

Bahujan students face hostility in universities but they cannot give up. They must fight to assert their identity, reject being called “non-meritorious” and master their subjects. One scholar…

▶10-Dec-2019

Aditi Priya

The Myth of the Meritorious Doctor

Reservations are — wrongly — blamed for encouraging mediocrity in the medical profession. The historical record shows that the floundering foundations of the profession were laid by doctors who came…

▶02-Dec-2021

Kiran Kumbhar

Linguistic Diversity

Essay

The Question of Language that is Straining Indian Federalism

India's rich language diversity is a civilisational strength. But the compromise on language in the Constitution has led over the decades to a tilt towards Hindi and has caused tensions over…

▶17-Mar-2026

K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty

India's Linguistic Diversity

The Indian census' classificatory practices obscures the full extent of language diversity in the country. Including what the census calls "mother tongues" presents a fuller picture.

▶05-Aug-2021

Shivakumar Jolad, Aayush Agarwal

Language diversity has always been a given for Indians. The Constitution endorses this diversity as ‘a noble intention’. But as in 2011, the 2021 Census too may see hundreds of languages removed from…

▶21-May-2020

G. N. Devy

How Regional Organisations Shaped India's Linguistic States

The messy nature of Indian federalism reflects negotiations and compromises between the national leadership and multiple civic actors who recognised that linguistic identity had material stakes.

▶27-Oct-2025

Vipin Krishna

Air Pollution

Before Delhi Chokes and Starts Blaming Farmers Again

A crisis mode of governance operates while addressing the twin problems of Delhi’s smog and stubble burning, resulting in unproven and counterproductive solutions being pushed onto farms.

▶29-Aug-2026

Nikhit Agrawal

The Bad Science Choking India

Air pollution levels worsen each year, yet action is stymied by the government maintaining there is no correlation with deaths and diseases. As India embarks on a decadal review of its air quality…

▶10-Feb-2022

Bhargav Krishna, Anand Krishnan, Karthik Ganesan, Poornima Prabhakaran, Sagnik Dey

To Solve North India’s Air Crisis, Look Beyond Stubble and Fireworks

The air pollution crisis of the Indo-Gangetic plain runs deep. Quick fixes won’t work — it demands systemic change, bold reforms, and multi-pronged action.

▶22-Oct-2025

S.K. Mishra et al.

Every Breath You Take

Ranging from stubble-burning to real estate development and infrastructure creation, India and Pakistan have similar climate change dilemmas. Talking to each other could help.

▶09-Apr-2024

Kamal Siddiqi, Aditi Phadnis Mehta

Public Transport

School Education: From Right to Reimbursement

A quiet redesign has been going on of India’s public education system, like the transport voucher which shifts responsibility for access from the state to the household. The southern states show an…

▶28-Jun-2026

Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan

What Ails Public Transport in Delhi?

Delhi's uneven development restricts physical access to its mass public transport network. To remedy this, planners must consider solutions suited to the city's roadscape, rather than only…

▶01-Oct-2026

Rahul Goel

Saheli Cards and Surveillance in Public Welfare

Delhi’s proposal to replace pink tickets for women’s free bus travel with “Saheli smart cards” is framed as modernisation. Yet evidence of need or benefit is limited. The shift reflects a broader…

▶09-Mar-2026

Nishant

Beyond Pink Solutions for Women’s Safety

“Pink” initiatives in public transport may offer safety & freedom to women, but they also reveal a policy tendency to create protected spaces rather than make systems safer. This normalises…

▶23-Mar-2026

K. C. Mujeebu Rahman