A large part of this rise is due to women working in family businesses or farms where they are not paid rather than in paid ...

In India when the participation rate of the female labour force rises, it is often seen as a positive sign of progress and inclusion. The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), reported an increase in ...

As a long-time observer who has followed developments in the Indian nuclear energy sector for more than three and a half decades, I read with great interest the recent news regarding the finalisation ...

The celebration of 100 years of Bollywood needs to be reviewed from a subaltern perspective. The general assumption that cinema is a normal mode to produce anecdotes to satisfy the entertainment ...

Sandeep Shastri , who is a well known academician writing for decades on electoral poitics, federal relations and about the functioning of India’s democratic institutions has penned a book about his ...

The seeds for a miserable end to Velupillai Prabhakaran’s Tamil Eelam dream were laid by the man himself — a long, long, long time ago. This is the conclusion one draws after reading a brutally honest ...

This essay examines the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s century-long engagement with caste, arguing that the organisation’s evolution from Hedgewar to Bhagwat constitutes a performance of reform rather ...

Images of protestors from the satirical political movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, giving flowers to police officers, are circulating on social media, which many have interpreted ...

Revanth Reddy marks an important moment in the history of public education in Telangana. The Chief Minister described the initiative as a flagship effort to restore confidence among parents in ...

The Banas River flows for over 500 km in water-scarce Rajasthan, fulfilling important ecological roles and meeting the needs of many people. The Bisalpur project has increased its reach further for ...

The bilateral interim trade framework between the India and United States of America (USA) is the talk of the nation since its official statement made on 6th February, 2026. The India-US trade deal is ...

Historians had always believed that large-scale urban life in India first emerged in the north, in the greater Magadha region of the Gangetic basin, from around 600 BCE. South India, by contrast, was ...