How India Became a Rising Power

American boosterism for India since the early 2000s played a crucial role in according the country status as a Rising Power. India must recognise that the US narrative is not always objective but shaped by its ideological, geopolitical, and commercial agendas which shift with American priorities.▶04-Mar-2025
Sandeep Bhardwaj

March 7, 2025

How India became a 'rising power', Delhi's free bus scheme, Marginalising minorities, and much more

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Marginalising Minorities

The state’s administrative, legal, and judicial systems institutionalise bias, rendering marginalisation of minorities an entrenched aspect of governance.
▶06-Mar-2025
Aamir Raza

How India Became a Rising Power

American boosterism for India since the early 2000s played a crucial role in according the country status as a Rising Power. India must recognise that the US narrative is not always objective but…
▶04-Mar-2025
Sandeep Bhardwaj

Grounding Research: An Experiment from Uttarakhand

The National Education Policy wants research to be a part of undergraduate curricula. To meaningfully engage with this ambition, we need to design a pedagogy of research methods that emphasises local…
▶04-Mar-2025
Gautam Bisht, Gaurav Joshi, Mahendra Rawat, Shivam Pandey

Empowering Local Governments in India’s Federal Structure

Panchayats and municipalities are rarely given their due as the third pillar of federalism. The challenges posed by the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies can be side-stepped by…
▶26-Feb-2025
Sunil Kumar

Psychology in India: A Critical Perspective on its Growing Popularity in Universities

The search for oneself in these neoliberal times, a job market for psychologists, and the emergence of an “Indian psychology” explain the current popularity of this academic discipline in India. What…
▶24-Feb-2025
Rachana Johri
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How Humans Ravaged the Earth—And Themselves Too

Sunil Amrith's "The Burning Earth" is 'history as literature and history as social science, and occasionally, history as natural history as well. It blends and brings together…
▶24-Feb-2025
Ramachandra Guha

Stray Cattle and Crop Destruction

Chhattisgarh’s stray cattle problem is enormous. While cattle shelters may prove useful in the interim, a long-term plan to make livestock economically viable post their productive cycles needs to be…
▶19-Feb-2025
Joshua Lobo

How Healthy is Health Insurance?

State-sponsored health insurance schemes are growing by leaps and bounds in India. Ensuring that they serve the public interest rather than private profit is a major challenge. Insurance apart, what…
▶18-Feb-2025
Anfaz Abdul Vahab, Jean Drèze

Does a Data Deficit Discourse Surround Fears over China's Brahmaputra Hydro Project?

Available data does not establish that China’s mega-dam project on the Brahmaputra could divert water, alter flows, or trap sediments . The real risk is dam failure due to high seismic activity and…
▶18-Feb-2025
Nilanjan Ghosh, Sayanangshu Modak

A Free Ticket Can Be a Ticket to Freedom

While fare-free schemes for urban public transport ease financial barriers on mobility, their real impact is in empowering women through better city access. An analysis of Delhi’s free bus scheme…
▶16-Feb-2025
Nishant, Archana Singh