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Presidents and Popularity: Trump & Biden

This piece takes the reader through the low points in Trump’s tenure as the POTUS, focusing on his public image and popularity. It also assesses the support for Joe Biden, and contrasts his public image with Trump’s.
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NOBEL PRIZE 2020 – BEYOND THE CRITICISMS

In this article, Siddharth G addresses the criticism of the Nobel Prize awarded this year to Dr Paul Milgrom and Dr. Robert Wilson for their work in auction theory. He also looks into how this microeconomic concept is used in macroeconomics and how auctions benefit the government.
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A GLOBAL FOOD STORE THROUGH THE DOCUMENTARY – FOOD, INC.

Vanshika Mittal talks about America’s controlled food industry through its portrayal in the documentary Food, Inc. This article brings forth the focus on the integrated capitalism and the hidden consequences of a globalized food chain.
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Choice and Nudity

The article attempts to understand the various strands of discourse that surround nude art. The main question that the paper explores is the relationship between nude art/ art of posing nude to that of choice and agency. Its the second part in the series Identities Through Art.
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India-Taiwan trade relations: Benefits for India in implementing a trade agreement with Taiwan

In this article, the author intends to highlight the economic benefits of India-Taiwan FTA while taking into consideration the “One China Policy”.
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Frida Kahlo’s ‘Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair’

This piece interprets the nuances and implications in Frida Kahlo’s art, specifically, her self-portraits; analysing its symbolism from a gendered perspective and raising questions that challenge existing gender and cultural norms. It is the first part in the series of Identities Through Art.
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PAIGAM E AWAAZ

The Politicisation of Organised Religion and Freedom. This session of JanPaigam explored the link between faith and freedom within India. The discussion was conducted by Ms. Akriti Bhatia, Founder and Director of PAIGAM, and Dr. Valson Thampu, an author, scholar, and the former Principal of St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Throughout the discussion, discourses…
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SAMVAAD

Caste in Christianity; Conversions and Problems Faced by Dalit Christians. In this month’s Samvaad discussion, Dr. Sanal Mohan, author of Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala, talks about the discrimination meted out the Dalit Christians from a historical and socio- anthropological . He begins with explaining the social fabric in colonial…
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Citizenship : From Civic Agency to Religious Statism.

In conversation with Dr. Laurence Gautier. Q1) How did the concept of citizenship emerge? If you look at global history, not just Indian history, you will see that we often trace the idea of citizenship back to Ancient Greece, that’s the 5th or the 6th century BC. Of course when you hear the word citizenship,…
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Nazariya

THE WOMEN BHAKTAS IN INDIAN HISTORY: SUBVERTING GENDER ROLES? Author bio: Aqsa Agha (Ph.D, JNU) teaches history at Delhi University and is consulting with Partners in Change, New Delhi. She has worked extensively on issues of human trafficking (TISS, Mumbai) and on human rights violation with different organisations. She has previously worked with Centre for…
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1947 & 1984 – Anecdotes from India’s Darkest Moments in History

Talkpoint captures real-life narratives, haunting anecdotes from survivors of the Partition of 1947, and the 1984 Sikh pogrom. These tales act as lessons from history that form a basis for further introspection for the present. Mr. Surinder Nath Malhotra narrates his experience of the Partition. At the time when we had to move across the…
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Erasure of Religious Minorities in India: Demolishment of Monuments and the Renaming of Cities.

In this podcast, Mr. Pathak takes us on a tour of India’s history and sheds light on those aspects of history that have been ignored over the past decades. Mr. Vikas Pathak is a former journalist at the Hindu, Hindustan Times, Asiaville, etc, and the author of the book Contesting Nationalisms. His deep understanding of…
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