Op-Ed – Page 50 – NICKELED AND DIMED

Is the Global Depletion of Oil a Near Future?

In his recent article, Ganesh Bhaskar Lata talk about whether there actually is a lack of oil? This paper in that sense seeks to argue that oil reserves are not decreasing at a rapid rate and there are reserves left.
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Affiliations and Affirmative Action

In this post, the authors trace the legal history of caste-based reservation in India, and contemplate the way forward.
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Why did Gulf countries come to the rescue of Kerala during the flood?

Through his latest article, Danish MC revisits the bond between Kerala and the middle eastern countries which was showcased during the recent floods in the state.
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Pandian’s Republic

Using Benedict Anderson’s argument that hegemonic beliefs only operate at the level of ideas, author through this essay, attempts to unveil the roots of Nationalism to help the reader reach an “Archimedean vantage point from where the ideals imposed by nation-form can be critiqued” and an India replete with plurality of cultures, religions and ethnicity…
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Financing Hunger

In the following article, the author Harshit Pai, talks about how financialisation of the food market is making the world’s poor go hungry. He talks about the role of futures markets; how a boon for farmers became their bane. Read on to know more..
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The Indian Banking Crisis

In the following article, the author, Spandan Pattnaik, follows a multidimensional approach and tries to analyze the ongoing banking crisis in India. The article highlights various loopholes in the banking system, the major causes for an account becoming a stressed asset and relate them to various crisis attributes. It examines the crisis from an institutional…
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The Reasonable Expectation of Privacy and the Labyrinth of AADHAR and Constitutionalism

Through this article, Professor Ashit Kumar Srivastava explores the idea of privacy, it’s relationship with AADHAR and how it links to Constitutionalism. The article also looks at judgements from the U.S Supreme Court and relies on them to further elucidate on the concept of informational security. Read on more to find out..
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Irish Banking Crisis and Herd Behaviour

In this paper Mr. Devashish Mathur attempts to look at the Irish Banking Crisis from the lens of behavioral economics. Irish Banking Crisis in 2008 made Ireland a ‘public finance posterchild’ prior to the European Debt Crisis of 2009.The paper specifically focuses on Irish Banking Crisis as to how banks failed without venturing into the…
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Inter-relationship Between Economies: The Country and The World

In this article, Shubhalakshmi Bhattacharya explores the interdependence between a national economy and the global economy through an analysis of the Greek economic crisis.
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The Cost of LGBT Exclusion to the Economy of India

The essence of this article written by Viswas Viswanath is to look at the exclusion of the LGBT community through an economic lens rather than a socio-cultural one. It focuses on the influence behavioural economics has on this exclusion as well as looks at the crisis which could arise out of the “identity bias” attribute…
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Quantum Decision Theory Series: #5 Techniques from Quantum Field Theory

This article is the next one in the Quantum Decision Theory Series. In the following article, Professor Sudip Patra describes the two stages of development in the basic quantum theory. He also discusses about the different techniques from Quantum Field Theory.
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Embracing the Positive Obligation of Privacy

Mr.Ashit Kumar Srivastava talks about the role of the Union Government as a ‘Data Fiduciary’ after the Puttuswamy judgment which cements the Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Even though it is a negative right demanding non-interference of the State, with the Adhaar initiative, the Author…
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