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Demography, Democracy, and Delimitation

The recent debates over the possibilities of lifting the half-a-century-old constitutional freeze on the state representation in the Lok Sabha have...

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S Irudaya Rajan

The Tariff Tantrum and Its Justification

The United States authorities try to justify the imposition of tariffs as a response to persistent US trade deficits and the perceived decline of...

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Parthapratim Pal

The Vulnerability of Indian Federalism

In a landscape where constitutional amendments can swiftly reshape the contours of governance, Article 368 of the Indian Constitution reveals a...

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Sumedha Ray Sarkar

ILPS in Manipur and Its Impact on Minority Communities

Manipur was abruptly brought under the Inner Line Permit System in 2020, bartering it with the cacophonic local agitation against the then...

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Md Chingiz Khan

Delhi Assembly Elections 2025

The loss of Aam Aadmi Party in the recently concluded elections in Delhi must be analysed in the context of its visible difficulty in being able to...

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Rashmi Singh

Breaking Free from Geographical Isolation

Following its post-independence geographical isolation due to the partition, connectivity disruption pushed India’s once-prosperous North East into...

11.04.2025 2

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Amiya Sarma

Sri Lanka’s Democratic Turn to the Left

Sri Lankans elected the National People’s Power in the presidential and parliamentary elections held on 21 September and 14 November 2024,...

11.04.2025 2

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Kalinga Tudor Silva

Water Scarcity and Incentive Structure in India

Given India’s growing water scarcity, this article comments on Haryana’s Mera Pani Meri Virasat scheme that offers financial incentives to farmers...

11.04.2025 1

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Paras

Beyond the ‘Routine’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Russia in July 2024 is significant for its timing amid global geopolitical tensions. It highlighted...

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Archana Upadhyay

The Inflation–Growth Conundrum

The in­flation–growth debate has taken centre stage presently, with the central bank policy rate actions under scrutiny from the financial press...

09.04.2025 2

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Tasneem Chherawala

The Bangladesh Crisis

India’s preference for an ethnic nationalism domestically, when it seeks secular governments in the neighbourhood, is bound to limit its influence....

04.04.2025 1

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Satyabrat Sinha

Will Congestion Pricing Help Curb Traffic Jams?

With traffic volume increasing in India’s megacities, the discourse over congestion has evolved from looking at it as a by-product of urbanisation...

04.04.2025 1

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Alok Kumar Mishra

Raising Farmers’ Income Requires More Than MSP Guarantee

A legal guarantee of agricultural  prices at the minimum support price may address only the price risk and cannot assure farmers’ incomes as the...

30.03.2025 1

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A Amarender Reddy

The Fight for Supremacy in Artificial Intelligence

The article focuses on the escalating competition between the United States and China in the field of artificial intelligence. Despite US-imposed...

30.03.2025 1

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Parthapratim Pal

Why Is Market Price of Onion Increasing in India?

Despite increased onion production in India, seasonal price surges persist, harming consumers and failing to benefit the producers. This article...

30.03.2025 2

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P Alli

A Symphonic Zone?

In the context of the ongoing debates on the language and education policies of the nation state, and the political crisis that the union and state...

30.03.2025 1

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Dickens Leonard