“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” – Mark Twain The Modi government is howling about the triumph of the Indian economy as the fastest growing major economy of the world. . .
On 21 November 2023, the BRICS-Plus grouping, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and six newly inducted countries – Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – held. . .
On August 16, 2023, the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud released the Supreme Court’s “Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes”, addressed to members of the legal fraternity including Judges, that acknowledges and seeks to address. . .
Professor Claudia Goldin of Harvard University won this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics (formally called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023), for “having advanced our understanding of women’s. . .
The Many Uses of the Ancient The controversy over Udayanidhi Stalin’s call for the eradication of Sanatana Dharma refuses to die. His comment bewildered a few, shocked many, but satisfied several people as well. He. . .
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has come out with several audit reports which expose the fallacy behind the government’s tall claims of combating corruption. The audit reports on Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY), Bharatmala. . .
Inaugural Speech at the All India Conference of All India Students’ Association (10 August, 2023) I am grateful to the organizers of the All India Conference of the All India Students’ Association for creating a. . .
"Guha’s incisive, capacious, untiring mind has now come to rest. For us, he has left behind a treasure house of ideas that scholars will explore for years to come." Partha Chatterjee [1] As a sequel. . .
In the first part of this article, the focus was on suicides by daily wagers, agriculture workers and the unemployed. The suicide figures published by NCRB (2021) show a rising trend with the daily wagers. . .
The Union Government has recently come out with a 4th draft of the Indian Ports Bill, which seeks to replace the 1908 Indian Ports Act. Previous versions of the Bill have faced strong opposition from. . .
