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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
‘“Instant Help” to “Incessant Labour”: The Invisibility of Domestic Workers in Urban India’: A study of the impact of capitalist and patriarchal systems on the structural invisibility and devaluation of domestic workers in urban India. Also: ‘Karnataka: Domestic Workers Bill a Good Step, But Some Concerns Persist’.
The State runs on a democracy of lowered expectations, and Nitish Kumar’s victory shows he manages that low bar better than anyone else.
In Assam’s detention centre for suspected foreigners, the state wages an attritional assault against the lives of the detained. But that is only one part of a majoritatian fantasy to create a sinister ethno-racial utopia.
‘Consider Kashmir’: Kashmiris are fearful for their lives, their employment and the future of their children. It is necessary now more than ever to study the factors that point towards the volatility of Kashmir. Also: ‘A Conflict No One Asked For’.
India’s performance across the four dimensions of the GGG Index economic participation: educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment, tell a story of stalled momentum.
Over the past decade, the new normal has been an increasing decline in standards of judicial independence and integrity. As the 52nd chief justice retires, we reflect on his complicated legacy as a jurist, an administrator, and a Dalit chief justice in a withering democracy.
India’s coastal cities face an increasing risk of flooding, driven by a warming world and the now-frequent extreme weather events. While some cities are at a higher risk, this imperils the lives, livelihoods and critical infrastructure across the cities.
‘Why Does India Still Need Nehru?’: In the huge and highly colourful pageant of modern Indian history, the Mahatma remains unquestionably the tallest figure; Nehru marches only a few steps behind him, yet streets ahead of everyone else. Also: ‘The Lasting Legacy of Non-Alignment Pioneered by India’s First Prime Minister’; ‘Towards a State of Sorrow-lessness: Let Us Build Nehru’s Asoka Rajya’.
The memoir transforms personal suffering into a forensic examination of institutional decay.
‘The UN Embraces Colonialism: Unpacking the Security Council’s Mandate for the U.S. Colonial Administration of Gaza’; ‘Why Did Russia Abstain From the Latest UNSC Resolution on Gaza Instead of Veto It?’; ‘Weapons of Willpower: Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Trump’s Gaza Plan’.
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