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Nickeled and Dimed September Newsletter

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Welfare in the Age of Algorithms: AI and the Future of Public Policy in India

By -Vansh Aggarwal Abstract: This article explores how AI is reshaping public policy in India, focusing on welfare schemes like MGNREGA and PM-JAY. Drawing lessons from DigiYatra, FASTag, and CoWIN, it examines both the efficiency gains and the risks of privacy loss and bias. The article also proposes integrating AI with Aadhaar to build smarter,…
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Over Socialisation mistaken for empathy: A critical analysis of the portrayal femininity in film

By – K.S. Prathignya Abstract This article examines how cinema portrays and promotes qualities of over socialisation as a part of feminine standards, but often describes it as empathy instead. It argues that this internalisation of gender norms is a gradual process. Through a cross comparison between two forms of cinema, there is a connection…
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Tamil Nadu’s Struggle for Language and Culture

By – Apoorva Lakshmi Kaipa Abstract This article examines the indirect legacies of Partition in Tamil Nadu, focusing on the Dravidian movement, anti-Hindi agitations, and linguistic state formation. Drawing on scholarly and journalistic sources, the article highlights how Tamil politics developed unique strategies in response to the post-partition centralisation and language imposition. Introduction Partition is…
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Protection or Exclusion: Does India Gain from Its Refugee Policy Change?

By – Ayushmaan Abstract This piece examines the historical shift in the Indian Government’s approach to the rising refugee population in India with respect to recent security concerns from the neighbouring countries of India. History is evident; India adopted non-refoulement towards refugees. without any specific obligation, neither domestic nor international. The past decade presents India’s…
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Namasudra Refugees: Caste, Partition, and the Marichjhapi Tragedy

By:- Tanishka Shah Abstract While Partition is conventionally narrated as a conflict of religions, for Dalit Namasudra refugees it was equally a story of caste marginalisation. From their pre-partition mobilisation and Jogendranath Mandal’s alliance with Muslims, to their subsequent displacement, relocation to Dandakaranya, and the violence of the Marichjhapi massacre in 1979, the Namasudra…
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War as a Business Model: Global Investment in Gaza’s Erasure

By — Bhavya Shivhare Abstract: In the age of algorithmic warfare, corporations have become embedded in the machinery of conflict, not as observers, but as financiers and enablers. This article traces how dual-use technologies, research subsidies, and private capital sustain the AI-driven assault on Gaza, revealing a war economy where destruction generates dividends and the…
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Urdu, Hindi & Tapering Cultures : Reimagining the nation-state post Partition

By – Poorvanshi Tyagi Abstract The Partition of 1947 finds its legacies in the geography, culture and traditions of India and Pakistan today. Partition memory plays an important role in shaping the Indian nation-state with respect to its imagined sense of belonging, homogeneity and national identity. The prominence of sanskritised Hindi and consequent erasure of…
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The Constitutional Boundaries of Mercy Power and the Mandate for Timely Disposal

By – Mani Meghana Godavarthi Abstract The article explores the constitutional boundaries of executive mercy powers under Articles 72 and 161 of the Constitution of India. It emphasises the imperative for their timely exercise by considering Article 21 (the right to life). It focus is on the implications of procedural delays on the fundamental rights…
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GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST, BEARERS OF THE SCARS

By – Akshita Abstract: This piece delves deep into the world of Adivasi displacement, a crisis they endure in silence, hidden from the illusion of normalcy we have carved out for ourselves. This article examines how those who have become the fierce protectors of the forest are not only pushed out from their homeland by…
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Lock ’Em Up, Cash ’Em In: Penal Labour in the Ledger of Empire..

By — Hansin Kapoor Abstract This article examines the intertwined development of the penal system and economy in British colonial India and argues that colonial jails and laws were not merely instruments of order, but also of profit and social control. Prisons were turned into “houses of industry” where convicts toiled in shops and fields…
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The Politics of Access: Piracy as Resistance in the Digital Age

By — Chandril Ray Chaudhuri Abstract This essay examines the link between modern digital piracy and economic exclusion, arguing that piracy should not be viewed today as theft, but as a form of resistance against the cultural monopolisation facilitated by late-stage capitalism. Drawing historical parallels with maritime piracy, which challenged the wealth-centred trade monopolies of…
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