For survivors of caste crimes, a successful case under the SC/ST Atrocities Act is often not legal success, but a chance of improvement in life in their local contexts.
India’s new labour codes that consolidated 29 central labour laws in 2019-2020 reveal a pro-employer ideology. These codes reverse hard-won protections and return conditions to colonial-era standards.
'AI Con' scrutinises the inflated promises of AI and highlights the social risks. Though timely and provocative, some arguments need refinement, and the limited recognition of genuine…
Improving children’s education should be everyone’s priority. But it requires more than fragmented fixes. Real progress needs a comprehensive strategy with curriculum reform, teacher empowerment, and…
A new assessment of non-alignment as a product of a specific historical juncture, where Nehru was simultaneously trying to avert war and prop up hopes from internationalism.
In Jammu and Kashmir, population statistics are not neutral facts. Numbers are routinely manipulated by governments and communities to assert power and identity.
'Dying Lineage' offers a valuable feminist perspective on the epics, showing their ability to absorb diverse beliefs and practices, disciplining them into Brahminism and facilitating the…
A population explosion is not the issue confronting the world today; fewer people will not necessarily benefit the planet in economic or environmental terms. We need instead to worry about an…
The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation.
The 2023 Nobel winner’s story reminds us of the power of persistence, and teamwork in science. As science comes under siege in the US, the memoir underscores the need for a more inclusive scientific…
