The new poverty numbers released by the World Bank have placed it at least one step ahead of the Government of India (GOI). The GOI remains stuck to official poverty numbers made more than a decade ...

Elsewhere, a minor boy takes his life after enduring relentless caste-based harassment in his village. Digital notes of solidarity appear for grieving families in Gaza, Sudan, Congo, and beyond. The ...

There is a near-total collapse of the ideas of the welfare state, and after post-liberalisation, the individual is refashioned into a being solely responsible for their life circumstances. Therefore, ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

It examines the circulation of ideas in the age of European colonialism, and how Indian thinker-actors engaged, modified and adopted these foreign ideas in local settings. Indeed, the movement ...

This landmark recognition marks the first time an archaeological site from North East India has been included in the cultural category. This is a testament to the site’s immense historical and ...

Its profound effects are particularly evident in coastal areas, where the convergence of rising sea levels, shifting weather patterns, and increasing temperatures create a significant environmental ...

The Indian census is a “constitutional” exercise. Though its origins lie in the colonial administrative regime, today, the census plays a crucial role in determining the size of the electorate for ...

More recently, Carlota Perez (2002) developed the Kondratieff model of long waves of technological change into that of changing techno-economic paradigms, which include not only technology but also ...

In order to resolve the imbalance, institutions across the world use the population size criterion (PSC) (proportion of a state’s population in the total population of all states participating in ...

These renew­ed tensions, however, stem less from extemporaneous public outcry than from the ripples stirred by the rally on 9 March and the subsequent violence unleashed during the 28 March protests ...