The relationship between gig work, extreme climatic events, and urban infrastructures is a compelling realm that needs to be ...

Domesticity remains a curious space where men still make rare, fleeting appearances, much like visitors in a foreign land. What emerges as a potential agent of change or a seeming “equaliser” in media ...

Over the last few years, there has been rising inequality among Indian states in terms of per capita gross domestic product. By examining the convergence or divergence between 20 major Indian states ...

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The process of structural transformation in Uttar Pradesh is analysed from the labour productivity perspective. Sectoral shifts in labour productivity and employment elasticity from 1990–91 to 2019–20 ...

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Clean energy transitions in India have come at the cost of increasing the vulnerabilities of already marginalised populations and reproducing the existing gender, class, and caste inequalities. The ...

The recently notified Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code and the rules made to implement it are yet another unwarranted attack on the dignity and privacy of individuals. The Uttarakhand UCC seems less ...

Are wilful defaulters different from non-defaulter firms in terms of financial and governance characteristics? Do these characteristics impact the probability of wilful default? The role of related ...

Originally an agricultural and oral tradition of agro-literate communities, Bihu was standardised to serve the purpose of Assamese nationalism in the 20th century.

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Purse seine fishing has caused conflicts among fisher groups in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in India, initially addressed through informal district-level institutions. How courts in India have handled ...