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The Israel-Palestine Conundrum: From An International Lens
Read more: The Israel-Palestine Conundrum: From An International LensThe recent clashes between Israel and Palestine raised some important questions regarding the violation of laws of war and proportionality of attacks which must be analyzed.This article would focus on three things – the analysis of the conflict from the perspective of customary international humanitarian law (IHL), international reactions to the issue and the policy…
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India’s QUADilemma: Managing the US and China
Read more: India’s QUADilemma: Managing the US and China*Note: This article only contains excerpts from the interview. To listen to the entire interview, head to our Samvaad playlist on our YouTube Channel.
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Environmental Casteism
Read more: Environmental CasteismAbout this Issue The environment is experienced differently by different groups of people, the experiences, be it climate change, natural disasters, or access to natural resources, are shaped by one’s class, race, caste, and various other identities. Race and the disproportionate impact of environmental injustices felt by certain racial groups has been widely acknowledged and…
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TalkPoint: Intersectionality In Environmental Engagement
Read more: TalkPoint: Intersectionality In Environmental EngagementRoundtable Discussion by the Environment and Social Issues Cluster, Nickeled and Dimed Ques: What implications, if it does, does globalisation have on how people interact with the environment? There is a duality in the impact of globalisation. For the people who had prior social and economic capital, globalisation came as an accelerant to economic growth.…
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Vichaar: Environmental Casteism and Climate Refugees in India
Read more: Vichaar: Environmental Casteism and Climate Refugees in IndiaIn Conversation with Professor Harsh Vardhan Bhati In this episode of Vichaar, Professor Harsh Vardhan Bhati walks us through the history of the issue of climate refugees, how the term was coined, what it means, and how it has gained recognition over the years. He talks about the specific case of a refugee who sought…
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Nazariya: Eviction, Environment & Caste
Read more: Nazariya: Eviction, Environment & CasteThe Housing and Land Rights Network’s 2019 report on forced eviction describes the practice in India as an “unrelenting national crisis”. Almost 6 lakh people have been evicted from their homes since 2017, out of which at least 54,000 people were evicted during the COVID-19 pandemic between March and October 2020. The latest of these evictions is…
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Awaaz in Focus: the Dalit Critique of Environmentalism in India
Read more: Awaaz in Focus: the Dalit Critique of Environmentalism in IndiaIn Conversation with Dr. Mukul Sharma Ques: What do you think are the counter-narratives to the dominant Hindu, Brahmin current of environmentalism? For instance, you talk about Dalit environmental symbols. What kinds of symbols are these and how do they challenge existing assumptions about caste and environment/nature? Giving the reference of my earlier work that the…
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Is Privatisation a Boon, Causing Economies to Boom?
Read more: Is Privatisation a Boon, Causing Economies to Boom?This article concerns itself with understanding the role of privatisation of the economy in economic growth and development. It offers an interesting insight into how privatisation worked for certain Asian countries and what inferences can be drawn from them. Further, through some empirical and theoretical framework this article qualifies the impact of privatisation, offering some…
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One to Three Child Policy: An Account of Retrospective and Anticipated Losses
Read more: One to Three Child Policy: An Account of Retrospective and Anticipated LossesChinese Communist Party’s recent move to introduce Three Child Policy aligns with its worry about future national demography. Will introducing the policy cover up the hazards of the previous One Child Policy? Will raising three children resolve the problem of ageing and meet the equilibrium in the labour market? How will this policy affect the…
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Tamil Nadu Elections: The Period between the 1980s and early 2000s
Read more: Tamil Nadu Elections: The Period between the 1980s and early 2000sDravidianism has been at the helm of Tamil Nadu state politics since the 1940s. It capitalizes on promising development to its masses, and relative to the other states in India, it has largely been economically successful. However, one needs to inquire what happened when the economy liberalized in the 1990s and more importantly, whether or…
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How social exclusion continues to prolong the caste system in India
Read more: How social exclusion continues to prolong the caste system in IndiaDespite the continued attempts since the 1950s, why has India not made significant improvement in eradicating the caste system? In this article, Ashika attempts to answer this question by observing two spaces of social exclusion which have existed since pre-independence times.
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Bimonthly MPC meeting review
Read more: Bimonthly MPC meeting reviewThis article talks about the bi-monthly MPC(Monetary policy committee) meeting which concluded on the 4th of June. In the article, I analyze the importance of policy rates on the economy and the effects of keeping them constant in the Covid stricken economy. Further, this article also discusses the implication for the economy’s future.
