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The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Natural Resources play a vital role in the development of the human civilisation. Natural Resources served as a source o...

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Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgar...

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निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

पिछले बजट सत्र (2020-2021) से ही सरकार ने अनेक सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनियों के निजीकरण की घोषणा की है। भारतीय रेल इनमें...

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Holding Ground

Oinam Rajen appears to have suddenly grown old in the past one year. Sitting in his wooden canoe, his eyes wander over t...

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How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

In the year 2017, the Government of India changed the way airport tariffs are calculated in India. Airport tariffs are f...

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Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

Since the turn of the 21st century, the Indian state has increased its focus on using digital technologies to provide an...

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बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

बुन्देलखण्ड भारत या किसी राज्य का टुकड़ा नहीं है, यह संस्कृति है और यह सभ्यता भी है। ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई इस बात को जानता ...

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कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

लेख के शीर्षक में प्रयोग किए गए दो शब्द कोविड और बुन्देलखण्ड जैसे ही हमारे कानों को सुनाई देते हैं। वैसे ही हमारे कान चौ...

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Whither Coal?

The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification on June 18, 2020, officially launched the process of auctioning...

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State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

As an essential part of the financial system, banks’ role in India’s ambitious goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy ha...

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November 17, 2021

Jones Thomas Spartgeus

The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Natural Resources play a vital role in the development of the human civilisation. Natural Resources served as a source of livelihoods’ sustenance for the Natural Resource Dependent Communities (NRDC), since ages. The NRDC are indigenous in nature, their interface with nature and ecology helped flour...

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August 11, 2021

Swarnima Kriti

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh). Kavita struggled with her mask. She adjusted and readjusted it. She remembered that the pandemic was a difficult time for people of her village; difficult not merely economical...

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June 26, 2021

Kavita Kabeer

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

पिछले बजट सत्र (2020-2021) से ही सरकार ने अनेक सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनियों के निजीकरण की घोषणा की है। भारतीय रेल इनमें से एक है। सरकार ‘एसेट मॉनीटाइज़शन’ के द्वारा रेलवे से 90,000 करोड़ रुपयों की वसूली चाहती है। सरकार का कहना है कि अनेक संपत्तियां बिना उपयोग के पड़ी हैं। इनमें जमीन सबसे ऊपर है। आज रे...

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June 10, 2021

Donald Takhell

Holding Ground

Oinam Rajen appears to have suddenly grown old in the past one year. Sitting in his wooden canoe, his eyes wander over the vast expanse of Loktak lake that surrounds his village, in search of the end. But the lake appears to be as endless as the struggle of his community to stay afloat- both literal...

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June 10, 2021

Nihar Gokhale

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

In the year 2017, the Government of India changed the way airport tariffs are calculated in India. Airport tariffs are fees that passengers and airlines pay the airport for using its services, which include user development fees (that are a part of air tickets) and aircraft landing charges. Under th...

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June 10, 2021

Uttara Purandare

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

Since the turn of the 21st century, the Indian state has increased its focus on using digital technologies to provide and organise government services. As information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become ubiquitous, e-governance has become more ambitious. Furthermore, the internet is ra...

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June 10, 2021

Shivasheesh Tiwari

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

बुन्देलखण्ड भारत या किसी राज्य का टुकड़ा नहीं है, यह संस्कृति है और यह सभ्यता भी है। ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई इस बात को जानता नहीं है। जानते तो हैं, पर मानने में अभी दिक्कत हो रही है। अब डर इस बात का है कि कहीं यह दिक्कत समाप्त न हो जाए क्योंकि जिस दिन दिक्कत खत्म हो जाएगी, उसी दिन बुन्देलखण्ड खत्म हो जाए...

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June 10, 2021

Shivasheesh Tiwari

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

लेख के शीर्षक में प्रयोग किए गए दो शब्द कोविड और बुन्देलखण्ड जैसे ही हमारे कानों को सुनाई देते हैं। वैसे ही हमारे कान चौकन्ने हो जाते हैं। दोनों शब्दों के सुनते ही मन-चिन्तन में डरावने चित्र उभरने लगते हैं, रूह कांपने लगती है। कई लोगों को कोविड से भले ही ऐसे विचित्र और डरावने चित्र उभरते होंगे। हो स...

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August 20, 2021

Nikhil Varghese Mathew

Whither Coal?

The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification on June 18, 2020, officially launched the process of auctioning coal mines, thus opening up the Indian coal mining sector to commercial operations by the private industry. The stated aim, according to the Government of India (GoI), of the move...

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June 10, 2021

Aswathi Nair

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

As an essential part of the financial system, banks’ role in India’s ambitious goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy has become a topic of intense debate. Significant reforms in scheduled commercial banks, mainly the state-owned public sector banks, are essential to achieve socially optimal outcome...

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The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

Holding Ground

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

Whither Coal?

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

Holding Ground

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

Whither Coal?

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

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Smitu Kothari Fellowship- 2020

The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

Holding Ground

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

Whither Coal?

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

Holding Ground

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

Whither Coal?

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

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