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The Beef Ban: An Irrational Decision with Economic Implications?

There are several questions that remain unanswered about the motives of this ban. In this article, Hrideja Shah aims at bringing out the economic implications of this law. The 20 year old bill, Maharashtra Anila Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995 was finally signed and approved by the President. The bill prohibits slaughter of oxen and bulls…
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Global Nationalism: An Analytical Challenge for International Relations

In 2014 the Scottish Referendum once again brought to light questions surrounding the logic of devolution of power and nature of federal relations; variations in voting behaviour across local, national and supranational elections; lessons for other secessionist movements; the nature of empire and anti-imperialist movements across space and time. But above all, Kalyani Unkule believes…
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Nigeria’s Economy Amidst the 2007 Financial Crisis

This essay assesses the impact of the 2007 global financial crisis on Nigeria by closely analyzing the basic macroeconomic indicators such as inflation, government revenue, imports, exports etc. Through the study, P. Samuel Goweh aims to investigate the direct (financial transmission) and the indirect (transmission through real economy) impact of the crisis on Nigeria as…
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Obama’s Visit to India: Political Bonhomie and More

Will Obama’s visit on January 26 lend any substance to India-US relations? Dr. Monish Tourangbam and Mr. Manish Vaid examine the possibilities. The upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama as the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day Celebrations is highly symbolic to the trajectory of India-US relations. With this visit, Obama will also be the…
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From Kunming to Kolkata through the BCIM Route

Kunming to Kolkata connectivity is sought via China-backed BCIM economic corridor. What implications does it hold for India? Manish Vaid explains. In order to find new ground for Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC), all the countries concerned have done their part to push hard for this project. But it was during 2013, when…
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Oil Slump, Challenges and Reward: Who Benefits?

In this article, Shashwat Tiwari looks at the dynamics of the slump in global oil prices and its impact on two major nations- Russia and China. Global oil prices have come down considerably. Brent Crude a pricing benchmark for more than half of the world’s oil has dropped 45 per cent this year and…
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Corporate Governance Practices in Ghana and Kenya: Lessons for other African countries

Good corporate governance reduces emerging markets’ vulnerability to financial crises, reinforces property rights, reduces transaction cost and leads to capital market development. P. Samuel Goweh explores the trends being followed in Ghana and Kenya. 1.0 The need for good corporate governance practice in developing countries cannot be over emphasized. Good corporate governance practice contributes…
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Don’t Understand Statistics? Wanna Bet?

Statistical testing is not that difficult! Let Dr. Stephen P. Holden guide you through the murky territory of statistics, only to discover that it isn’t murky at all! So You start by calculating a statistic which is simply a measure of how far the observed is from what we might have expected. I think we…
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A Lethal Dose: A Bungled Death

The United States has implemented lethal injection as a method of execution from the year 1982 onwards. Since then, it has been surrounded by controversies on botched up executions. Carthik Venkat explores the various instances where lethal injection has been administered under ambiguous circumstances. …
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CHABAHAR: India’s Gateway to Central Asia

For India, the Chabahar port project is expected to serve a number of purposes, including expansion of trade, investments and transit facilitation for the Central Asian Republics. Shashwat Tiwari provides an insight into the various aspects of this crucial project. The recent decision by the Indian government to invest further in the Iranian port city…
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Analysing International Business: From an Indian Lens

One of the immediate challenges for the Indian economy is to improve the ease of doing business across the country. Morati Kelly Molelekeng feels that the role of the state is of critical importance in combating this challenge, prepare a solution model which points out at the tangible measures including policy initiatives that will help…
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Process of Nationalism and Identity Transformation in Kashmir and its Implications

Abstract: The paper discusses the mechanism and processes of nationalism and religion at work in Kashmir and the consequent evolution and assimilation of the Kashmiri identity into the pan-national identities determining the birth of India and Pakistan. This process was not one-sided and was in fact mutually reinforcing. The genesis of the Kashmir imbroglio was in…
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