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Rajat Kanta Ray (1946–2025)

An obituary is anecdotal, loosely based on certain direct moments and their impacts, both immediate and long-term, for the one who recollects. Like...

yesterday 3

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Animesh Gupta

India Needs More Data on Anaemia, Not Less

The decision to drop haemoglobin measurement from the planned National Family Health Survey-6 is premised on the flawed argument that the capillary...

yesterday 4

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Sylvia Karpagam

Vigilantism Trumps Justice

In a move fraught with legal and political consequences, the Uttar Pradesh government has filed an application to withdraw all charges that had...

yesterday 3

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Nidah Kaiser

Rethinking the Well-being of the Elderly Population in India

Approaches to care among the elderly population have focused on “diseases,” neglecting their social, mental and spiritual aspects of health and...

yesterday 3

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Sonu Pandey

The Gender Gap in Financial Well-being Measurement in India

The current approaches to measuring financial well-being in India fail to capture women’s distinct financial realities. Existing measures overlook...

yesterday 1

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Vineetha Mathew

Non-farm Activities in Rural India

Non-farm income activities significantly boost farm household expenditures, with consumer spending rising by 31% and farm input costs by 41%...

tuesday 2

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Umanath Malaiarasan

Kaziranga National Park and Kajir Ronghangpi

While Kaziranga is globally celebrated as a symbol of successful wildlife conservation, particularly for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, its...

tuesday 3

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Phulmoni Das

Blood Donation in India

India’s 2017 and 2024 blood donation guidelines permanently exclude men who have sex with men, transgender persons, and female sex workers from...

tuesday 2

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Rishiraj Bhagawati

Seeking Capitulation under the Smokescreen of Recognition

Even as Israel continues to violate the ceasefire after two years of genocidal war, the United Nations Security Council authorised a colonial...

tuesday 3

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Sunil Tamminaina

The Great Betrayal

The United Nations Security Council  Resolution 2803 only helps endorse such a pattern where the United States and its allies, together with the...

29.11.2025 6

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Anuradha Chenoy

Caste and Agricultural Income Disparity in India

Data from the 77th round of the National Sample Survey highlights the plight of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers, who experience lower...

21.11.2025 1

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Sourindra Mohan Ghosh

Evictions, Extractivism, and the Crisis of Belonging in Assam

The recent wave of state-led evictions in Assam is a convergence of developmental violence, communal exclusion, and corporate land grab. Disguised...

21.11.2025 1

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Parvin Sultana

Buried Rights and Grave Politics

The Supreme Court judgment restricting a Christian family from burying a family member in the common village cemetery attempted to balance the...

21.11.2025 2

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Nidah Kaiser

A Constituency without a Map

The participation of Buddhist monks in electoral politics in Sikkim—through Article 371F of the Constitution, which allows one seat in the...

21.11.2025 3

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Durga P Chhetri

Working Harder?

The redistribution of labour within the household at origin that occurs in response to migration is examined. The disruptive effect of migration is...

14.11.2025 2

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Meghna Dutta

Understanding and Addressing Urban Chaos

Many Mumbaikars today seem eager to escape the chaos of the metropolis. The disorder, inefficiency, and myriad problems that citizens face in urban...

14.11.2025 1

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Sulakshana Mahajan

Shared Worship to Segregated Rituals

Once known for its communal harmony and joint participation, the Pattaladamma deity festival has become a site ofcaste-based exclusion orchestrated...

14.11.2025 3

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Sivamanithan S