Literacy is fundamental to many state-sponsored interventions in less developed countries because of its pervasive influence on economically relevant variables, such as productivity, health and ...

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Beyond Binaries: The World of India and China by Shastri Ramachandaran, New Delhi: Institute of Objective Studies, 2024; pp 309, ₹450. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship and ...

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The passing away of Manmohan Singh has left a big void in India’s political and economic scene. The reformer who changed the direction of India’s economy and put it on a track of faster growth is no ...

Happy as Lazzaro is a Marxist allegory that lays bare mechanisms of exploitation, highlighting the dehumanising effects of capitalism through its innocent protagonist.

While cash transfers can be beneficial, the question of whether it displaces core government functions remains.

Recent reports on capacity constraints faced by the state pollution control boards have revealed serious systemic issues—problematic board structure and composition, lack of competence in the boards’ ...

Through their writing and speaking, M T Vasudevan Nair and Mammootty extended the horizons of Malayalam.

“Poor images” make visible neglected, lost, and alternative media cultures.

The Supreme Court recently struck down several provisions of prison manuals as unconstitutional on the grounds that they perpetrated caste-based discrimination in Sukanya Shantha v Union of India and ...