India’s Pressure-Cooker Education System
The relentless pressure to excel in exams like JEE and NEET drives students to the brink. But that’s just one side of this tragic story.
Myths About the Green Revolution – 3 Articles
“The Passing of the Father of India’s Green Revolution – But What Did the GR Really Do for India?”; “Commentary: New Histories of the Indian Green Revolution”; and: “Myths About the Green Revolution”.
Narendra Modi’s Decade in Power Has Brought a Shrinking Welfare Landscape to India
Declining allocations on social welfare spending, and neglect of existing schemes and programmes, underscore how welfare has come to be constrained in the past ten years.
Modi’s Cricket Ploy: Hindutva as Twelfth Man
Commentators are already noting that the One-Day international cricket tournament commencing in India will usher in a pre-election campaign extravaganza for Modi and his BJP, one lasting six weeks.
The Opium of Nationalism
Are the people who stood around, watched, clapped, and cheered when Ramesh Bidhuri dishonoured a fellow citizen of this country and his community, not complicit in brutal hate speech that tars an entire community?
Indian Government Bonds Added to JP Morgan Emerging Markets Index: Who Loses, Who Gains?
JP Morgan has now decided to add Indian government bonds to its “emerging markets government bond index” (GBI-EM), starting in June 2024. The effects of this will be seen with a lag, over the next few years, but the impact will be far-reaching.
In the Heart of Delhi, Authorities Take Bulldozers to Muslim Shrines with Little Warning
‘This government is hell-bent on removing the signs that point to the Muslim history and Muslim culture of the national capital.’
Kabir: A Public March to Spread His Message; Also: Book Review
‘Dhaai Aakhar Prem’: A One-of-a-Kind Public March in Rajasthan, that will include artistes, teachers, students, scientists, journalists, etc.; Also: Review of Purushottam Agrawal’s new book ‘Kabir, Kabir’.
Caste, Gandhi and the Man Beside Gandhi: The Diary of Mahadev Desai
Following Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award, designating separate electorates for ‘untouchables’, Gandhi began a fast unto death which culminated in the signing of the Poona Pact. The diary of Mahadev Desai, Gandhi’s personal secretary, offers an honest window into the days leading up to this decision.
‘We Knew This Was Coming’: Deadly Himalayan Dam Burst was Predicted by Scientists
A glacial lake overwhelmed a dam in the Indian Himalayas earlier this week, in one of the worst disasters in the area in nearly half a century. The dam breach had long been predicted by scientists and environmental advocates due both to the climate crisis and inadequate regulations.