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Central Pay Commissions and Performance-related Pay

India’s Union government pay structure remains largely seniority-based despite repeated recommendations by successive Central Pay Commissions to...

14.08.2026 20

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Prajapati Trivedi

The Political Importance of Kashmiri Response to Pahalgam Terror Attack

By disowning acts of terror perpetrated in their name, Kashmiris, in April 2025, not merely rejected violence as a means of political expression but...

14.08.2026 10

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Rekha Chowdhary

Whatever Happened to ‘Dravidian Common Sense’?

The 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election results have been widely read by scholars and activists as an affirmation rather than a repudiation of Dravidian...

14.08.2026 20

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Ganeshwar

Water ATMs

While providing temporary relief from inadequate piped supply, water ATMs commodify water, deepen inequalities, mask failures in urban water...

14.08.2026 20

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Kusum Lata

Global Schools, Local Elites

The growth of International Baccalaureate schools in India is often attributed to educational globalisation and rising urban demand. IB schools are...

08.08.2026 20

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Yogini Andalgavkarkulkarni

Vidyāpati’s Kīrtilatā and the Forgotten Harmony

The portrayal of Muslims in the politics and media of the Mithila region of North Bihar has experienced a significant decline in recent years. This...

08.08.2026 20

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Nisha Thakur

Strengthening Regulatory Impact Assessment

Regulatory Impact Assessment is increasingly recognised as an important instrument for improving regulatory quality. While India has strengthened its...

08.08.2026 20

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Amol Baxi

Who Represents the Sacred?

Guruvayur cannot be understood as a bounded or purely sacred space restricted to a single faith. Rather, it is a historically produced and...

08.08.2026 20

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Aswathy Mohan P

Household Composition across Economic Classes in India

Fertility transition has progressed unevenly across regions and social groups, with some reaching replacement fertility much earlier than others....

08.08.2026 30

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Shraddha Jain

Rising Heat in India

Extreme weather, particularly excessive heat in India, intensifies occupational health risks and reduces the work capacity of accredited social health...

03.08.2026 20

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Bijoya Roy

Ghats or Riverfronts?

Historically, Nashik’s river edge evolved as a fragmented network of kunds and localised access points shaped by the seasonal ecology of the...

03.08.2026 20

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Shilpa Dahake

Teaching Sociology in a College in Assam

While many scholars have drawn attention to the challenges faced by sociology teachers throughout India, there is a lack of literature addressing...

03.08.2026 20

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Samujjal Ray

Filling the Legislative Gaps

The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has entered into force, but India is yet to ratify it. The article assesses...

03.08.2026 20

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James J Nedumpara

Access to Liquefied Petroleum Gas in India

Recent developments in West Asia have disrupted the supply chains of liquefied petroleum gas, leading to shipping delays and heightened supply...

03.08.2026 20

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Montu Bose

Monetary Policy Communication in an Era of Persistent Uncertainty

Monetary policy communication has evolved from secrecy to a central instrument of policy in an era of persistent uncertainty. Drawing on global...

03.08.2026 10

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Sangita Misra

‘I Can’t Breathe’

The murder of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old university student in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2025, has triggered a political storm, stirred up by...

03.08.2026 20

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Vinay Lal

Manufacturing Choice

Advertising is widely recognised as a driver of consumption, yet its influence extends beyond individual behaviour. The article argues that...

03.08.2026 20

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Satyanarayan Kumbhakar

Labour Codes, Criminalisation of Collective Action, and Workers’ Protests

Situated within India’s Labour Codes regime, the April 2026 Noida Workers protest revel how interstate wage disparities and the procedural...

03.08.2026 20

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Rahul Suresh Sapkal

Manufacturing Choice

Advertising is widely recognised as a driver of consumption, yet its influence extends beyond individual behaviour. The article argues that...

31.07.2026 20

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Satyanarayan Kumbhakar

‘I Can’t Breathe’

The murder of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old university student in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2025, has triggered a political storm, stirred up by...

31.07.2026 30

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Vinay Lal

Labour Codes, Criminalisation of Collective Action, and Workers’ Protests

Situated within India’s Labour Codes regime, the April 2026 Noida Workers protest revel how interstate wage disparities and the procedural...

31.07.2026 30

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Rahul Suresh Sapkal

An App for Everything, Security for None

India’s platform and community health systems offer the promise of flexibility, yet female labour force participation remains low at 33.7%. These...

25.07.2026 30

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Karuna Anand Kurien

Monetary Policy Communication in an Era of Persistent Uncertainty

Monetary policy communication has evolved from secrecy to a central instrument of policy in an era of persistent uncertainty. Drawing on global...

25.07.2026 20

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Sangita Misra

Filling the Legislative Gaps

The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has entered into force, but India is yet to ratify it. The article assesses...

24.07.2026 30

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James J Nedumpara

Access to Liquefied Petroleum Gas in India

Recent developments in West Asia have disrupted the supply chains of liquefied petroleum gas, leading to shipping delays and heightened supply...

24.07.2026 30

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Montu Bose

Digital Public Infrastructure Needs a Governance Reset

Digital public infrastructure is globally promoted as a transformative solution for welfare delivery and financial inclusion. However, India’s DPI...

17.07.2026 30

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Mubarak T N

Ghats or Riverfronts?

Historically, Nashik’s river edge evolved as a fragmented network of kunds and localised access points shaped by the seasonal ecology of the...

17.07.2026 40

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Shilpa Dahake

Teaching Sociology in a College in Assam

While many scholars have drawn attention to the challenges faced by sociology teachers throughout India, there is a lack of literature addressing...

17.07.2026 30

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Samujjal Ray

Rising Heat in India

Extreme weather, particularly excessive heat in India, intensifies occupational health risks and reduces the work capacity of accredited social health...

17.07.2026 50

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Bijoya Roy

An App for Everything, Security for None

India’s platform and community health systems offer the promise of flexibility, yet female labour force participation remains low at 33.7%. These...

17.07.2026 30

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Karuna Anand Kurien

Is Climate Action Commensurate with Achieving 1.50CTarget from an Equity Perspective?

There is a growing mismatch between climate actions implemented on the ground and what is required to achieve the 1.50°C temperature goal necessary...

11.07.2026 30

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Anshuman Gupta

Uttar Pradesh Economy

The economic performance of Uttar Pradesh under the Bharatiya Janata Party is assessed. A closer look at the numbers show that they do not support the...

11.07.2026 30

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Ajit Kumar Singh

Relationship between Rights and Duties

The idea of connecting fundamental rights with duties and requiring proof of adherence to duties as a necessary precondition for claiming rights—as...

11.07.2026 30

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P Puneeth

Overworked and Undervalued

The recent advocacy for longer work hours in India echoes Marx’s concerns about capitalist exploitation. An empirical analysis of data from 131...

11.07.2026 40

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Jins Varkey

Relationship between Rights and Duties

The idea of connecting fundamental rights with duties and requiring proof of adherence to duties as a necessary precondition for claiming rights—as...

10.07.2026 30

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P Puneeth

The Rise of Shia Iran and the New West Asia

The more power shifts away from Arab and Sunni-dominated countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt towards Shia Iran, the region is more likely...

10.07.2026 30

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Amir Ali

Phelps’s Contributions and Labour Market Research

Edmund Strother Phelps was the last of a genre of notable economists whose publications spanned various topics, transcending the boundaries of macro...

10.07.2026 20

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Vivek Moorthy

Faith, Privacy, and Abuse of Anti-conversion Laws

Several state governments in India, through their anti-conversion laws, have blurred the lines between a democratic state and a theocratic state....

07.07.2026 40

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Faizan Mustafa

Meeting Kosambi

The polymath historian, mathematician, and Sanskritist, D D Kosambi died 60 years ago on 29 June 1966. Interviews with those who had known him...

05.07.2026 40

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Ram Ramaswamy

Is Climate Action Commensurate with Achieving 1.50CTarget from an Equity Perspective?

There is a growing mismatch between climate actions implemented on the ground and what is required to achieve the 1.50°C temperature goal necessary...

04.07.2026 40

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Anshuman Gupta

Uttar Pradesh Economy

The economic performance of Uttar Pradesh under the Bharatiya Janata Party is assessed. A closer look at the numbers show that they do not support the...

04.07.2026 40

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Ajit Kumar Singh

Faith, Privacy, and Abuse of Anti-conversion Laws

Several state governments in India, through their anti-conversion laws, have blurred the lines between a democratic state and a theocratic state....

04.07.2026 30

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Faizan Mustafa

Overworked and Undervalued

The recent advocacy for longer work hours in India echoes Marx’s concerns about capitalist exploitation. An empirical analysis of data from 131...

04.07.2026 40

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Jins Varkey

Public Health System Effectiveness and COVID-19 Fatality Rates

The case fatality proportion (or case fatality rate) is widely used to compare health systems because it is easily available and understandable....

04.07.2026 60

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Hariprasad T

Meeting Kosambi

The polymath historian, mathematician, and Sanskritist, D D Kosambi died 60 years ago on 29 June 1966. Interviews with those who had known him...

29.06.2026 40

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Ram Ramaswamy

At Home in the Forest

The idea of “voluntary” relocation in the context of conservation-induced displacement in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu is examined....

29.06.2026 40

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Senkathirvanan K

Clean Cities, Contaminated Water

The case of drinking water contamination in Indore in early 2026 reveals the widening gap between performative urban governance and the realities of...

27.06.2026 40

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Ravi Bhushan

Dissent under Siege

The systematic constitutional erosion of the right to protest in India, needs closer examination, as Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(b) are being...

25.06.2026 50

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Samparna Tripathy

Recasting Disaster Governance

India’s disaster profile has undergone a significant transformation in the past decade due to the intensifying climate extremes, fragile Himalayan...

25.06.2026 50

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Dinesh Kumar Aswal

IMO’s Carbon Levy and Implications for India’s Tax Architecture

The International Maritime Organization’s proposed global carbon levy marks a significant shift in maritime climate governance and raises important...

25.06.2026 30

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Manoj Kumar Singh