Genocide in Gaza: Revenge, Retribution, or a Means to an End?

Israeli forces continue to inflict death an destruction on the people of Gaza, nothing less than a crime against humanity. What are Israel’s objectives? As the world watches, it is crucial to understand the complexities of this tragedy and its potential consequences.▶26-Nov-2024
Kaushik Jayaram, Melissa Munro

December 6, 2024

Genocide in Gaza, Restoring a rule of law, The Baghjan oil blow out, and more

Restoring a Rule of Law: On Bail and Judicial Delays

Bail has to be rooted in the ordinariness of statutory remedies if it has to be consistent and fair. It cannot be that relief to undertrials must depend on the personal sense of a superior court…
▶04-Dec-2024
Abhinav Sekhri
Book
Book Review

Always by Gandhi’s Side

The second volume of Manu Gandhi’s diaries chronicles a turbulent time. Living with Gandhi in Noakhali in 1946 and travelling with him, she emerges as a confident caretaker, a person with opinions,…
▶02-Dec-2024
Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Tiger-Human Conflict around Tadoba-Andhari Reserve of Maharashtra

Chandrapur district in Maharashtra is at the epicentre of human-tiger conflicts. Conflicts and fatalities are rising. The mental health of residents in the area has been severely impacted, with fear…
▶02-Dec-2024
Arathi Menon

The Importance of Nomadic Pastoralism

Nomadic pastoralism makes positive contributions to the man-made, natural, human and social capital stocks of the country; pastoralists therefore play an important role in Indian society. There are…
▶02-Dec-2024
Madhav Gadgil

IG Patel: Centenary Remembrance

A tribute to IG Patel, once Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and many other things: senior official in the Ministry of Finance, official in the IMF and the UN, and also head of important…
▶28-Nov-2024
Ashok V. Desai

Genocide in Gaza: Revenge, Retribution, or a Means to an End?

Israeli forces continue to inflict death an destruction on the people of Gaza, nothing less than a crime against humanity. What are Israel’s objectives? As the world watches, it is crucial to…
▶26-Nov-2024
Kaushik Jayaram, Melissa Munro

Wakf Reforms, or a Bid to Control Waqf Properties?

All faiths in India have institutions for charity, all are governed by unique laws, so too the Waqf. While waqfs need reform, the 2024 Amendment Bill, unlike past laws, seeks not to improve…
▶22-Nov-2024
M. R. Shamshad, Nabeela Jamil

In Punjab’s Grain Mandis, the Afterlife of the Farm Protests is Playing Out

Rice procurement by the state in Punjab’s regulated markets has plummeted this year. In the mundane details of grain purchases lie hidden and fraught centre-state relations and reforms by stealth.
▶21-Nov-2024
Shreya Sinha
Book
Book Review

The Indocentric Road Taken

An ode to a “forgotten” India which needs to be given its rightful place in a Euro-American-centric globe ends up replacing one form of cultural supremacy with another. The obsession with an original…
▶20-Nov-2024
Kiran Kumbhar

Solar Pumps are Key to Bihar’s Rural Electrification Strategy

Bihar’s strategy of accelerating pump electrification may expand irrigation but unauthorised pumps and unpaid tariffs will create anarchy in the rural grid and hinder rural development. However,…
▶19-Nov-2024
Tushaar Shah, Meenakshi Singh, Naveen Patidar