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Nudging Patriarchy into the Grave of Stereotypes
This article aims to analyse how the application of Nudge Theory can turn the failure of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative into a success by adding a few ‘new nudges’ recommended by me.
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AFTER NEHRU, WHAT?
In contrast to the traditional Gandhian ideology, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, was a true economic modernist with radical ideas. He was one of the few leaders who appeared to be open to modern industry. He believed that rapid industrial expansion was the route to elevate the masses as opposed to domestic household production. Economic modernization and growth were viewed as vital factors for India to achieve self-reliance after decades of foreign dominance when Nehru became Prime Minister.
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Gender, Partition and Time through the Lens of Literature
Partition brings about memories of colonial rule, violence and migration. However, during such memories, the images of women are absent. The role of women was not shown in Partition history which left women invisible when we talk about this traumatic incident. This article highlights some of the literary works from the Partition era and investigates the lives of women who exist between these pages. The role of women is examined by their participation in public spaces which shows a contrast between Masculine and Feminine times.
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The Relevance of Central Bank Digital Currencies in Geopolitics
Abstract Putin’s war in Ukraine has disrupted numerous supply chains and worsened the global economy. The geopolitical tensions have triggered a race among nations to launch an unusual innovation that may have the potential to disrupt the global financial system: central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This column explores the geopolitical role of central bank digital currencies, with a focus on China’s e-CNY.
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“Ambedkar: A Life” – A Book Review
Abstract Though much has been written about Ambedkar over the past few decades, Dr Shashi Tharoor’s new book “Ambedkar: A life” promises to provide a thought-provoking take on the relevance of Ambedkar’s ideas in today’s context while critiquing him where necessary. While the book manages to provide a good introduction to the unaccustomed reader, its critique remains non-exhaustive if appropriate at times.
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The Decline and Disregard of the Tawaifs of India
Tawaifs usually have a negative connotation associated with them. They are seen as shameless, vile, and corrupt women who pollute society. But this wasn’t the case in the Mughal era. People appreciated their talents in music and dance and yearned to see their performances. They were respected and held in high esteem. They were differentiated from prostitutes and were seen completely from an artistic lens. But all of this changed with the arrival of Britishers and Christian missionaries who systematically broke the institution down. To protect Victorian morals, they started to blur the differences between tawaifs and prostitutes. As a result, tawaifs lost their identity and livelihoods forever.
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TRACING THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONHOOD
Environmental entities are given the status of legal persons under the idea of environmental personhood. The idea acknowledges that nature has rights and that those rights should be upheld by a court of law. As a result, the environment has broad and strong legal safeguards, regardless of how closely it relates to human interests. This article traces the history of the movement to get legal personhood for the environment and natural resources. The article aims to establish theoretical grounds for understanding the environmental personhood movement in India.
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Whither the Left?
In an era where the discourse around a global rightward tilt of democracies is done to death, the Left has made some admirable comebacks from South America to Western Europe. Yet the South Asian left has been conspicuously absent when it comes to any sign of a revival on a political front. The absence is felt more deeply in times of economic distress, social rupture and climate catastrophe. Why is leftist politics, with a rich legacy stretching back to colonial times, devoid of a substantive presence in this region? It is a long story and an interesting one at that. To our benefit, it plays out in five acts. Whether it ends in tears of joy or sorrow is yet to be seen.
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The Bloodiest War: Tragedy in the Tigray
Abstract The conflict in Tigray constitutes the single largest humanitarian crisis currently raging. The outcome of the conflict will determine the future of Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa at large, since Ethiopia is the largest country in the region. A unilateral government triumph will decimate the civilian population of Tigray, while a successful Tigrayan secession will throw the geopolitical status quo into chaos. This article analyses the origins of the conflict, the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis, and the involvement of foreign powers in the war.
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Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative under the realm of Maritime Security
Ever since the Global Financial crisis (2008), China has made repeated forays into utilising economic means to define maritime security. Initially, this came around through stray efforts at naval modernisation to defend and enhance Chinese connectivity abroad until President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road initiative. Since then the subsequent benefits and pitfalls of this initiative have prompted western policymakers to assess China’s global ambitions through the dual lens of investment and infrastructure. In this sense, the BRI has been sure to set alarm bells in the west over a possible Chinese economic hegemony in the developed world prompting them to rush forth with initiatives of their own such as Build Back Better. Accordingly, this paper seeks to analyse how throughout the years, China has used economic forays to define maritime security for itself up until the creation of the Maritime Silk Road – a strategic sea route of economically significant ports.
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Legality Of Virtual Currencies In India And Corresponding Tax Provisions
The article discusses the legality of Virtual Digital Assets in India especially with the existence of various Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin etc. Further, the implication of tax liabilities as proposed through the recent Budget, 2022 is also understood by way of determining whether the Government deems Cryptocurrency as a valid VDA. The changes in the Indian economy and Crypto market is also explored post the applicability of the tax penalties on income earned through trade of Virtual Digital Assets along with discerning the pre-existing taxation laws on Cryptocurrencies across the globe. The article concludes by questioning the newly designed framework and the imposition of the same on the current Virtual Assets market.
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Urban Flooding is more than just climate change: The case of Bangalore
This article traces Bangalore’s history of development particularly diving into the history and political evolution of storm water drains. It identifies commodification of public commons like lake beds, storm water drains, to be a strong cause of Urban flooding. Real estate capital flow in 1991 is traced in interaction with government institutions and public commons. Power politics within the real estate industry plays a major role in targeting the poor to be the victims of floods. The piece ends with emphasizing the importance of relational sensibility of the local areas to achieve an intelligent urban planning process
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Does India Need to Work Towards an Environment Taxation System?
India’s Union Government recently approved its Nationally Determined Contributions but India’s green sector is barely getting the annual financing it needs. To bridge the lacuna the paper attempts to demonstrate the need for India to increase its accountability and work towards a revenue-neutral environmental taxation system that is both punitive and incentivised. This leads to incorporation of the externalities into the economic model of demand and supply.
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Women’s Culinary Labour: Encouraged Only When Unpaid?
This article explores the gendered divide in labour force participation, with a special focus on the restaurant industry and female chefs. The paradoxical exclusion of women from a sphere that capitalizes on skills that they are expected to dutifully perform in a domestic setting is analysed through real-world examples, media portrayal, and research conducted by experts in the field. A high-pressure work environment and the burdens of unpaid domestic labour together create a vicious cycle that inhibits their professional growth in the industry, with sexist stereotypes forming an added hurdle.
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Exploring the feasibility of virtual courts in India post the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has opened the gateway to an alternate form of justice delivery through virtual courts. This paper explores the feasibility of virtual courts in India, and briefly describes the past and present of virtual courts in India. It deliberates on both the merits and demerits of virtual courts in India and explores some suggestions to make virtual courts more secure and accessible to the community.
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Assessing the State’s Role in Ensuring the Accessibility of Menstrual Rights.
In a country where over one third of the Indian menstruating population lives in period poverty, it is astounding to see that even with progressing times, menstrual rights have not been established to protect them and their rights. Menstrual rights as a legal concept is not acknowledged in the country and it has had a devastating impact over the menstruating population.
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Uncle Sam Plays His F-16 Card Once Again
In a move that was earlier blocked, the Biden Administration approved a $450 million upgrade to Pakistan’s existing fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft. In the aftermath of Trump’s decision to stop selling new F-16s to Pakistan, the deal has raised questions about the possibility of a renewal of the US-Pak relationship and what it means for India. This article explores the history of F-16 in the Pakistani Air Force and discusses how the deal is a result of geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Polluter Pays Principle: An Analysis of the Indian Context
The ‘Polluter Pays Principle’, first conceptualized through the OECD Guiding Principles, is a well-established principle of law which puts an onus on the polluter responsible for causing pollution to bear the costs of his damages and to provide compensation for the restoration of the environment. It was later codified as a general principle of international law through the Stockholm and Rio Declarations. Despite its evolution in the 1960s and its customary nature, the principle was first introduced in India only in 1996. Besides being judicially recognized, the principle is also mandated under the Constitution of India. Through this paper, the author aims to analyze the evolution of the Polluter Pays Principle in Indian Jurisprudence, its statutory recognition and also the drawbacks associated with its applicability owing to the lack of express statutory recognition.
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Greenbacks or Grains: Comparing U.S. and India’s Covid-19 fiscal responses.
During the pandemic, western economies dealt mostly by handing out monetary assistance to support citizens. The view of experts was that India should take notes from the US and hand out money as a form of relief. However, the Indian government did not cave into these pressures. Instead, it chose to prioritize relief for those who needed it the most by providing in-kind relief packages to ensure food security. It also provided support through subsidised or interest-free loans to overcome the temporary liquidity issues of state governments and for capital formation. This article aims to compare the western model of fiscal support, specifically taking the case study of the U.S, with India’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Recognizing Sex Work As A Profession
The Supreme Court bench of Justices of L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai, and AS Bopanna held that sex workers have the protection of fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution and this protection extends to the children of sex workers. The judgement was hailed as a remarkable victory by the liberal gurus in the media, however, it is necessary to examine the status of sex work in the contemporary legal landscape.
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Evolution of the Family: A Lacunae Between the Society and the Law
The institution of family has, since time immemorial, resisted any transformation of its core assertion of marital sanctity. Despite the prevalence of non-normative families, Indian law has defined familial relations exhaustively, alienating a large group of people who do not conform to this definition. Four years after the Navtej Singh Johar judgement India still lacks laws that protect the rights of queer relationships. It is high time that the legal arena recognises that parenthood, marriage and relationships are not gendered. This paper highlights the lacunae that exist between the social reality of familial structures and its understanding of the law.
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Feminist Redefining of Flanerie: Tracing the Evolution of Flanerie through a Feminist Reading of “The Man of the Crowd”
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Man of the Crowd”, keeps the reader hooked on the mystery and the imagery created with the detailed storytelling. However, it makes one wonder how a woman narrating this story would’ve changed the story, through her dynamic with the public realm. Through this paper, I aim to look at this short story, through a feminist lens and attempt to answer what it means to be a woman of the crowd.
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Reviewing the Rise of India as a Global Soft Power
India is witnessing phenomenal economic growth while its political aspirations are on a greater level. The administration is attempting to extend its global influence by utilising soft power resources and instruments. Using its rich culture and returning to its traditions, India is rediscovering this art. References to religious pluralism and democratisation are an additional effective governmental weapon. This article seeks to comprehend the magnitude of India’s cultural involvement and assess its efforts to present its culture to the world as fascinating.
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Thai BL: Soft Power and Creating a Genre out of Sexuality
Thailand has been able to find its source of soft power through the production of shows that are all about “boys love”. In a country where queer communities are still discriminated against, these series have been able to garner massive popularity worldwide. This article aims to break down this explosion of the genre that is created solely around a certain performance of sexuality.
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Striving for More than the Bare Minimum in Corporate Environmental Leadership
There has been a growing need for environmentally conscious business decisions; however, we mostly only see companies trying to get away with less than the bare minimum. In an unprecedented move, Patagonia has gone above and beyond in its mission to protect the environment and do no harm, changing the company’s entire structure. This leaves all companies across the world with the responsibility of providing a greener future to their shareholders.
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More the Merrier: Why India May Need Another Aircraft Carrier
Should India build another aircraft carrier? Analysing the question through various perspectives, this article looks at the historic and geopolitical implications of owning an aircraft carrier.
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Understanding Micro-Macro link from the lens of Corona Pandemic
This article aims to explain the links between micro and macroeconomics in the context of our present corona pandemic to prove the assertion – the recovery of the global economy is dependent on the revival of specific local systems chosen based on their relational status in the global economy. The proof is constructed by reflecting on the primary reading “micro-macro link in heterodox economics by Claudius Grabner and Jakob Kapelle” and exploring or analysing its workings in our present pandemic context through evidence and examples.
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The Gati-Shakti Master Plan: Propelling India’s Economic Ambitions
India’s potential, however high it may be, has for multiple reasons, not been realised. The delay in liberalisation, introducing reforms, and having a conscious growth focused public policy has caused the economy to be unable to reap the benefits of its young demographics, blessed geography, and socio-economic dynamics. Multiple schemes aim at changing that, with the flagship being the ‘Gati-Shakti’ master plan, focused on infrastructure development.
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The Unseen Annihilation: A New Narration of the Threats facing South Asia – II
This is the second part in a two-part series about the need for a new narration for crises. The previous piece used the medium of fictional foretelling in order to reliably convey the probable devastation caused by the climate crisis, job insecurity and food scarcity in South Asia. This one shall focus on the remaining powder-keg: A lethal imbalance of Demography and Online Polarization. South Asian states and societies are at great peril if the risky aspects of these two realities are allowed to fester.
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The U.S.- Did the use of monetary policy solve inflation or postpone it?
The dual mandate of the Federal Reserve is to pursue the economic goals of maximum employment and price stability. When the pandemic hit, the Fed were worried about growth and employment. As the economy was recovering from 2 waves of Covid, inflation had already started its upward trend. However, the Fed assumed it was transitory and maintained a loose monetary policy to focus on growth and employment. The article aims to explore the implications of the Fed’s assumption on the U.S. economy.
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The Impact of the Galwan Clashes on the character and nature of Sino-Indian relations
Much of mainstream research on the recent clashes between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Galwan has exerted an undue focus on assessing the incident as a bigger version of previous clashes, without paying attention to what actually marks it as a landmark event in defining how both nations approach bilateral ties. This is a dilemma my paper seeks to answer by highlighting the way in which these clashes completely changed the nature of India-China relations. Drawing upon excerpts from the works of China experts like Ambassador Vijay Gokhale, Tanvi Madan and Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, my paper begins by exploring the evolution of India-China relations ever since ties were normalized during the Detente period, marking the United States and Soviet Union’s external roles before displaying how the Galwan clashes disrupted this chain. Defining the history of bilateral relations and placing the present dilemma in it really boosts the potential of this research in placing the current upturn of bilateral ties in the broader conundrums of Asian Geopolitics.
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Understanding ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Industry Regulations by RBI
Reserve Bank of India has recently provided guidelines to regulate Digital Lending infrastructure in India, more specifically the BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) industry. The regulator through the Master Direction has banned Non-banking Institutions from loading Prepaid Payment Instruments (hereinafter referred to as ‘PPI’ ) with credit lines. This article aims to understand the growth, the need and the concept of the BNPL Model, and discusses the rationale behind the regulation and its consequences.
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Changing Familial Relationships: Transcending Heteronormativity
This article looks at the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of Deepika Singh v Central Administrative Tribunal & Ors. The ruling broadened the definition of family to include atypical families and guaranteed them the same rights as conventional heteronormative ones.
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Coral Reefs: Their Importance and Subsequent Destruction
Over the past few decades, due to various human activities, they have come under the threat of extinction. However, recently, coral reefs have bounced back across two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef.
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“QUIET” LITERALLY: Fathoming the noise about ‘quiet quitting’
This article demystifies the myriad interpretations and manifestations of the term “Quiet Quitting”. Inchoately, the phrase attracted the public eye through a tik tok video, while over time it has become relevant in discourses, especially anent work-life balance.
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Access to safe abortions: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment, 2021
The article focuses on the relationship between unsafe abortion practices and abortion laws in light of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment, 2021. We focus on the correlation between abortion laws and safe abortions while understanding how restrictive as well as liberal abortion laws impact maternal health.
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Kaam ki Kadar:The Ill-Treatment of Domestic Workers in Indian Households
Domestic workers operate in an unregulated, over-saturated sector, subjected to frequent exploitation. The historical devaluation of domestic labor in patriarchal societies has resulted in these abject working conditions. This is exacerbated by the caste and class-based discrimination pervading these employer-employee relationships and resulting in complicity with or active participation in inhumane practices. The privilege and complicity of the entire class of employers ensure a lack of repercussions for this poor treatment of their employees. This paper aims to demonstrate that these untenable working conditions, the lack of redressal mechanisms for employees, and the unacceptable power dynamics placing employees at the top of an immobile social pyramid, effectively ensure that these individuals are not accorded even the basic dignity due all workers and their work.
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Gender Equity And Peacebuilding- El Salvador: The Neglect of Women’s Issues at the Peace Table
The peace process in El Salvador demonstrates how engaging some parties lessened extremism while ignoring others enabled the continuation of societal and economic disadvantages. While it has helped in eradicating the rising political tensions, the neglect of women’s issues continues to be a thorn in the flesh. Though the accord helped in ending the war, it failed to address gender equality. This article aims to examine the main factors that contributed to the marginalization of women issues at the El Salvadoran Peace Accord.
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Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to Shikhandi
Although Ismat Chugtai’s Lihaaf is often cited as a beacon of queer indian literature in the early 20th century, a close scrutiny of its sub-texts and narrative shows how this attribute may not be entirely suitable to its premise. Several instances and inter-personal relationships, created by Chugtai, demonize queerness as exploitative, undesireable, and ugly. It’s image, as a work endorsing queer relationships, seems to originate from the clever characterisation of the queer persons by Chugtai, and this technique is also evident in Devdutt Patnaik’s recent work of short stories titled Shikandi.
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How to Get Away with Bad Policy: Covid-19 Lockdown and its Impact on Street Vendors
People who form the backbone of a predominantly informal Indian workforce and economy have yet to reveal the full extent of the pandemic. Their hardships necessitate amplification through stories and statistics to paint a picture of what went wrong.
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Standing Up Against the Dragon
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan has caused a major furore among diplomats and political commentators. Her visit which comes against the backdrop of the deteriorating US-China relationship has riled up the latter to such an extent that China imposed sanctions and conducted military operations near Taiwan in what seemed like a simulated attack. While many argue that the visit has unnecessarily led to more global instability, this article contends that one needs to step back and consider the larger picture of perceiving the visit as a counter to Chinese aggression.
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Saadat Hassan Manto: Stories of resistance, partition, and women
Despite the hardships and the trauma of surviving the partition, Manto wrote about women who were involved in the resistance. He wrote not only about women in elite households but also about those who resided on the fringes of society. Most of Manto’s stories contain women who are not dependent on men for their existence to be validated. They have their voice that carries forth in the story and are not a crutch for patriarchal advances.
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The Need for Scalability in Climate Change Solutions
Climate change is a problem that continues to persist and instead of finding solutions, we are discovering more ways through which human activity continues to worsen the situation. Most people blame the capitalist system for the creation of a culture of constant growth but many also look to solve these issues using certain aspects of the system. One such company is The Ocean Cleanup – which is looking at sustainable and scalable solutions to plastic pollution using business models that focus on an economic perspective.
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Women in the gig economy: Mileage or mere facade?
Being able to make one’s own decisions is one of the many options that the digital world offers. The gig economy refers to those individuals who work part-time or on a project-by-project basis under their own set of working conditions. Unfortunately, despite how ornate the concept may appear, some of its aspects have been hidden by the concept’s extravagant marketing, especially when it was intended to appeal to women who have been neglecting their jobs because of their obligations to their families. As a result, it is vital to determine whether taking up jobs in the gig economy is a viable option for facilitating employment prospects for females on crowd working platforms, both skilled and unskilled
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MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME IN THE GARB OF CASTEISM
The mid-day meal scheme is one of the programs undertaken by the central government to provide nutritious food and education to children. Though this scheme has a long history, what is even older is casteism. The roots of casteism are embedded so deeply in society that now they have found their way into the mid-day meal program in various ways. Be it the Dalit students being denied food, untouchability being practised, their rights infringed upon, or even their dropout, casteism is playing its part. What this results in is malnutrition, discrimination, hunger, and the lives of children who are getting affected. The authors in this article attempt to draw a parallel between mid-day meal schemes and casteism and how the former, despite being a wonderful scheme, has been caught in the vicious web of the latter. Further, it has also been discussed how the legal framework has failed to deter the evils of untouchability.
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Transition to Circular Economy: An Analysis
Although people acknowledge that resources are consumed at an alarming rate which jeopardises future supplies and contributes to carbon dioxide accumulation, they consider a circular economy as a trade-off between environment conservation and profits. This article deals with what a circular economy is, its impact on employment, its shortcoming and its reality in India.
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The Role of Technology in the Emancipation of Women
Technology has always been at the heart of human development. From agriculture to manufacturing, its constant innovation has enabled the emancipation of countless lives. On this front, these technologies have played a crucial role in emancipating women in modern society. By focussing on four main categories – transportation, information and communication, home technologies, and medicine and hygiene – this article tries to provide a comprehensive understanding on how specific technologies have contributed to the emancipation of women in various areas.
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ECOFEMINISM – A WAY TO CONNECT AND UNDERSTAND OPPRESSIONS
Environment and climate have been burning issues in recent times. Here, it becomes important to identify the reasons and solutions for the ongoing crisis. Ecofeminism has emerged as one of the lenses to look into the scenario. It not only brings up a very inclusive understanding of the issue but also tries to address other pressing concerns of the society – gender discrimination, racism and the like. This article explores the basic understanding of the idea and the diversity that exists within its fold. It will also open a channel to connect with real life through examples. Along with that, it will look into the existing gaps in the idea to pave a way forward to a comprehensive understanding.
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Keeping up with Fast Fashion
Fashion and clothes are an important part of everyone’s lives today. In fact, the global apparel market is worth 3 trillion dollars hence, accounting for 2% of the global GDP. This statistic clearly indicates that the fashion and clothing industry is not a small one. People find it necessary to keep up with the latest trends and feel the never-ending need to frequently purchase new clothes; this is referred to as fast fashion. Fast fashion mainly involves trendy clothes being produced on a frequent basis, in bulk, and hence, available for cheap. This benefits customers by providing them with the latest, new and updated choices and also benefits the companies as it promotes more customers to come in with more frequent visits. However, this all comes at the cost of the environment.
Interesting Reads
Kaam ki Kadar:The Ill-Treatment of Domestic Workers in Indian Households
Domestic workers operate in an unregulated, over-saturated sector, subjected to frequent exploitation. The historical devaluation of domestic labor in patriarchal societies has resulted in these abject working conditions. This is exacerbated by the caste and class-based discrimination pervading these employer-employee relationships and resulting in complicity with or active participation in inhumane practices. The privilege and complicity of the entire class of employers ensure a lack of repercussions for this poor treatment of their employees. This paper aims to demonstrate that these untenable working conditions, the lack of redressal mechanisms for employees, and the unacceptable power dynamics placing employees at the top of an immobile social pyramid, effectively ensure that these individuals are not accorded even the basic dignity due all workers and their work.
Evolution of queer literature: from Lihaaf to Shikhandi
Although Ismat Chugtai’s Lihaaf is often cited as a beacon of queer indian literature in the early
20th century, a close scrutiny of its sub-texts and narrative shows how this attribute may not be
entirely suitable to its premise. Several instances and inter-personal relationships, created by
Chugtai, demonize queerness as exploitative, undesireable, and ugly. It’s image, as a work
endorsing queer relationships, seems to originate from the clever characterisation of the queer
persons by Chugtai, and this technique is also evident in Devdutt Patnaik’s recent work of short
stories titled Shikandi.
How to Get Away with Bad Policy: Covid-19 Lockdown and its Impact on Street Vendors
People who form the backbone of a predominantly informal Indian workforce and economy have yet to reveal the full extent of the pandemic. Their hardships necessitate amplification through stories and statistics to paint a picture of what went wrong.
Saadat Hassan Manto: Stories of resistance, partition, and women
Despite the hardships and the trauma of surviving the partition, Manto wrote about women who were involved in the resistance. He wrote not only about women in elite households but also about those who resided on the fringes of society. Most of Manto’s stories contain women who are not dependent on men for their existence to be validated. They have their voice that carries forth in the story and are not a crutch for patriarchal advances.
The Unseen Annihilation: A New Narration of the Threats facing South Asia – I
Not just the states, but South Asia as a region is facing an existential crisis. The urgency of these threats is underplayed by the gradual nature of their onset. Leaving them unresolved entails doom yet little urgency is observed in tackling them. There is a need for a new language which communicates the urgency of a crisis which is slow but sure in its lethality.
The Land of the Lawless:
The “Northeast” as addressed by its western counterparts, stands as an exceptional case against the efforts made by the post-colonial masters of India to build a multi-cultural, multi-religious and a multi-lingual democratic society. India’s tumultuous relations with this region has taken numerous faces in the form of laws, regional militias, ethnic and cultural oppression and insurgencies. The government often shelves this discussion by labeling it as a purely “insurgency issue”, whereas in efforts to uncover the substantive reasons to this deep-rooted problem; Rutu presents a set of arguments that lays bare the duplicity and vested interests of the Central government behind the deliberately manufactured façade of “insurgent conflicts”.
Role of Constitutional Institutions in the persistence of Indian Democracy
Indian democracy has often baffled scholars and academicians, just by merely surviving. It was seen as a feat in itself by the west, particularly when democracy was considered a western concept. The Indian Constitution is often attributed to be one of the major factors contributing to the success of Indian democracy, forming a long and well-drawn backbone for its institutions to lean on.
Ola, Uber and their drivers in Delhi: evaluating industry sustainability and future requirements
Despite the rosy picture painted by big MNCs like Ola and Uber for the average working Indian, the shocks and stresses felt by the aggregator taxi industry due to the recent coronavirus lockdown highlighted the need for welfare intervention by the State for the weaker sections.
Multi-alignment: How Nations are Navigating the present era
With the post-cold war “order” gone for good, and no alternative order in place given the flailing multilateral forums like the UN, something akin to pre-1991 Bloc politics seems inevitable. However, developing nations are playing these cards to their benefit and skillfully so.
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