The recent attempt by the district administration in Koraput, Odisha to halt the sale of meat, fish, and eggs on Republic Day, in the name of “decorum,” raises serious questions about citizenship, culture, and state power. Though the order was...
This second part returns to Mozda not through memory or letters, but through lived encounters. Listening closely to villagers, friends, and long-time residents, it reflects on how everyday life in Mozda has been reshaped by markets, technology, state interventions, and...
This narrative traces a long, inward journey toward Mozda, a tribal village nestled in the Satpuda ranges of Gujarat. Woven through letters written over three decades by Swati and Michael, the essay reflects on land, community, and a way of...
Through this series of articles Prof. Jos Chathukulam argues that the public finance envisioned by J C Kumarappa needs to be seriously take into consideration by the modern-day public finance experts and economists in India. Rethinking public finance is required...
The first of this article series revisits public finance in India through the economic philosophy of J. C. Kumarappa, arguing for its renewed relevance in contemporary policy debates. It contends that achieving a truly sustainable Viksit Bharat by 2047 requires...
If Part One traced how secular reason emerged as a legal solution to the moral crisis of colonial conquest, this second part of the article by Asokakumar V follows that logic into the present. It examines how a form of...
Modern violence rarely announces itself as cruelty. It arrives clothed in the language of reason, law, and humanitarian necessity. This article by Asokakumar V traces how that language was forged, not in the Enlightenment, but in the crucible of colonial...
We are living in an age of obscene inequality. A world that produces unimaginable wealth denies even basic dignity to millions. While a tiny elite hoards income, land, and power, the majority are pushed into insecurity and silence. This article...
In this concluding part of the interview, based on his book The Caste Con Census, Anand Teltumbde examines how Hindutva politics and neoliberal capitalism jointly stabilise caste inequality by depoliticising it, one through cultural homogenisation, the other through market rationality....
In this second part of the interview, Anand Teltumbde argues that caste inequality in India persists not because of a lack of data, but because social justice has been reduced to managerial fixes detached from universal welfare and redistribution. He...
