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Legislating for (In)justice?

The ongoing tussle between Adivasi activists and the government in Jharkhand over the draft Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the...

09.01.2026 1

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Sujit Kumar

Caste and Care Work

Care work is often categorised as a gendered issue, overlooking the intricate role of caste and its hierarchies.Existing dominant methodologies,...

09.01.2026 3

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Varghese Daigy

Ken–Betwa River Linking Project

The engineering-dominated, technology-driven Ken–Betwa River Linking Project, the first of 30 such projects planned to be undertaken in India,...

09.01.2026 1

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Sudeshna Ghosh

Footloose Labour and the e-Shram Portal

During the pandemic, the Supreme Court highlighted the need to recognise migrant workers as equal citizens with access to rights. This prompted...

09.01.2026 1

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Taniya Banerjee

From Fixed Pricing to E-prescriptions

The 2025 amendment to the West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Act, 2017 seeks to enhance transparency...

07.01.2026 4

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Madhubanti Sadhya

Socialist Mayor in the Capital of Global Capitalism

The election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City provides a rare ray of progressive hope in bleak times. The deindustrialisation of the...

06.01.2026 1

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Zaheer Baber

Dehumanised Decisions

The use of artificial intelligence-based tools by Israel raises serious questions about the commitment of countries to the international legal...

03.01.2026 1

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Gaurika Chugh

Incentive (Mis)alignment in India’s Deceased Organ Donation Value Chain

Deceased organ donation in India remains critically low at less than one donor per million population. Incentive mismatch is a key barrier stifling...

03.01.2026 1

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Satyajit Roy

The Suspect Muslim and the Grammar of Epistemic Violence

The Tablighi Jamaat prosecutions exemplify how the state actively reproduces the hierarchies of belonging—criminalising an ordinary religious...

02.01.2026 2

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Burhan Majid

Why Are Global Framework Agreements Difficult to Implement in India?

The effectiveness of global framework agreements signed between global unions and multinationals has come into question. In the Indian context, the...

30.12.2025 1

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Santanu Sarkar