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The state’s neo-liberal cash transfer mechanism engenders natural consciousness among Adivasi peoples, which narrows a comprehensive rights...
Trends in consumption inequality and poverty in India are examined using data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys for 2011–12,...
Noam Chomsky’s repeated ties to Jeffrey Epstein challenge his moral authority. Chomsky’s defence—which relies on legal formalism and a “clean...
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was the outcome of a sustained deliberative process that gave it some mettle. Within a few years,...
Kerala’s From Forest to Sea: People’s Environmental Charter (2026), prepared by a coalition of environmental groups, is one of the most...
T K Oommen envisioned a just society and lived for it. His sociology, occasionally informed by “a perspective from below,” was inclined...
T K Oommen envisioned a just society and lived for it. His sociology, occasionally informed by “a perspective from below,” was inclined...
The tabling of the Group of Ministers report in the Assam Legislative Assembly for granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities has ignited...
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was the outcome of a sustained deliberative process that gave it some mettle. Within a few years,...
Despite a nearly balanced gender ratio and the perception of higher autonomy among Assamese women, the state has witnessed a disturbing rise in...
In India, kanji is more than food; it is a social practice, a medicinal comfort, and an ecological memory of rice cultivation. The preparation of...
Kerala’s From Forest to Sea: People’s Environmental Charter (2026), prepared by a coalition of environmental groups, is one of the most...
It is a painful yet solemn responsibility for me, as a student of K N Panikkar, to write an obituary for him. I seek to temper my grief by using this...
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan Bill, 2025 proposes to statutorily pave the way for centralisation, commercialisation, and privatisation of higher...
There has been a debate over mismatches between different sources of data on sanitation and water access in India. This article looks at the survey...
It is a painful yet solemn responsibility for me, as a student of K N Panikkar, to write an obituary for him. I seek to temper my grief by using this...
Kerala’s From Forest to Sea: People’s Environmental Charter (2026), prepared by a coalition of environmental groups, is one of the most...
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan Bill, 2025 proposes to statutorily pave the way for centralisation, commercialisation, and privatisation of higher...
There has been a debate over mismatches between different sources of data on sanitation and water access in India. This article looks at the survey...
The Court’s judgment in Supriyo v Union of India (2023), especially after the ruling in Navtej Johar v Union of India (2018), fails to uphold the...
The Indian mainstream media has increasingly framed youth-led protest in South Asia through a securitised lens, as seen in the cases of Nepal’s 2025...
In India, kanji is more than food; it is a social practice, a medicinal comfort, and an ecological memory of rice cultivation. The preparation of...
The Indian mainstream media has increasingly framed youth-led protest in South Asia through a securitised lens, as seen in the cases of Nepal’s 2025...
There has been a debate over mismatches between different sources of data on sanitation and water access in India. This article looks at the survey...
In India, kanji is more than food; it is a social practice, a medicinal comfort, and an ecological memory of rice cultivation. The preparation of...
The Court’s judgment in Supriyo v Union of India (2023), especially after the ruling in Navtej Johar v Union of India (2018), fails to uphold the...
Despite a nearly balanced gender ratio and the perception of higher autonomy among Assamese women, the state has witnessed a disturbing rise in...
The National Crime Records Bureau’s annual report, “Crime in India,” includes crime data for states, districts, and metropolitan cities. The...
Displacement disproportionately affects indigenous communities, with state claims of “public purpose” failing to provide adequate and...
André Béteille was a figure whose influence could be felt beyond his own discipline and over the entire body of the social sciences. His concern and...
Extreme heat disproportionately affects those from marginalised socio-economic and occupational positions. This article examines the intersection of...
The employment-linked incentive scheme reproduces existing labour market asymmetries by prioritising subsidies to firms over investment in workers....
Delhi’s recurrent winter smog is widely portrayed as a meteorological inevitability or the consequence of dispersed behavioural failures, obscuring...
André Béteille was a figure whose influence could be felt beyond his own discipline and over the entire body of the social sciences. His concern and...
India has witnessed a marked increase in labour force and workforce participation rates in recent years. The dynamics of this change and its...
Student suicides in India have largely been addressed through individualised, psychocentric frameworks, despite their persistently high rates. This...
The setback suffered by the Left Democratic Front in the local body elections in Kerala points to the salience of religious and economic factors, and...
The employment-linked incentive scheme reproduces existing labour market asymmetries by prioritising subsidies to firms over investment in workers....
Delhi’s recurrent winter smog is widely portrayed as a meteorological inevitability or the consequence of dispersed behavioural failures, obscuring...
André Béteille was a figure whose influence could be felt beyond his own discipline and over the entire body of the social sciences. His concern and...
India has witnessed a marked increase in labour force and workforce participation rates in recent years. The dynamics of this change and its...
Extreme heat disproportionately affects those from marginalised socio-economic and occupational positions. This article examines the intersection of...
The 2025 local government elections in Kerala signal a major political realignment, weakening the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s long-standing...
The setback suffered by the Left Democratic Front in the local body elections in Kerala points to the salience of religious and economic factors, and...
India’s cotton supply chain is under strain, reflected in declining productivity and acreage, rising imports, and weakening farm–firm linkages....
India’s low-carbon transition is driving the emergence of new forms of “green” work, including solar installation, energy-efficiency retrofits,...
The 2025 local government elections in Kerala signal a major political realignment, weakening the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s long-standing...
The setback suffered by the Left Democratic Front in the local body elections in Kerala points to the salience of religious and economic factors, and...
India’s cotton supply chain is under strain, reflected in declining productivity and acreage, rising imports, and weakening farm–firm linkages....
The 2025 local government elections in Kerala signal a major political realignment, weakening the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s long-standing...