A sudden spurt in crimes in Bihar, especially against women, and the State’s weak responses have exposed the BJP government’s lack of control over law and order.
Tourism may give one the impression of seeing an unexplored world, but novels help one imagine it. As such, reading novels is a good way of discovering another country.
This year’s Economics Nobel recognises two economists whose work helped establish the models central banks use to understand economic fluctuations, respond to demand shocks, and pursue greater stability.
The latest victim of saffron terror is the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata, currently in the midst of a graffiti row, where students face threats and harassment.
The Ambedkarite activist speaks about allegations of caste discrimination surrounding Sahil Wakode’s death, IIT Bombay’s response, and demands for an impartial inquiry.
When did the Durga Puja leave the mansions of the aristocracy and enter the streets as a public festival, the Sarbojanin or universal Puja? Tracing the history of this grand phenomenon in its centenary year.
The BJP’s grand “Hindutva Project” is hobbled by its internal contradiction: needing to pander to the dominant castes on the one hand, but afraid of alienating the OBC and Dalit electorate if it tries to tinker with reservation.
Karnataka’s Arivu Kendras are rural public libraries, inclusive community spaces, and centres of information and interaction for school students and adults alike. They are a model for the rest of India.
The crackdown on the CJP-backed protest demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation suggests the government fears public anger could spread into a wider mass movement.
On the second anniversary of G.N. Saibaba’s death, his life and writings remind us that scholarship and activism belong together. His idea of “subhumanity” links the violence of prison to the wider structures of caste and state power.
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