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'False Allies' By Manu Pillai: A Review

False Allies : India’s Maharajas in the Age of Ravi Varma Author : Manu S. Pillai Rating : 4/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “To simply dismiss the princely...

A Castrated Oedipus

A New “Hindu” Rate of Growth: History and Perspectives

The political regime matters. It matters insofar as to indoctrinate an outlook for where the nation is headed. The regime is asymmetric....

Opinions

Diwali!!

With its mythological history dating back to the “treta yuga”, Diwali is a widely admired, adored, and celebrated festival throughout...

Opinions

Perpetuating Problem Unknowingly: The Principle Of Shirky

Clay Shirky in his book ‘Here Comes Everybody: the power of organising without organisations’ writes “...Social Networks provide new ways...

Contrariwise

Perceiving Civil Society: A Multipolar Conundrum

Column Image Credits: Shutterstock The term “civil society” enjoys a considerable degree of celebrated acceptance in popular discourse...

Polis Review

Hegemony and Identity

PART 1 The high voltage Uttar Pradesh assembly elections slated to be conducted in 2022 has brought forward themes of social and...

Shadow Banking in India

The cataclysmic collapse of IL&FS, Dewan Housing and the fall of 6 debt funds by Franklin Templeton, all exemplify the feeble structure...

Pangea Politics

Understanding Asset Monetization

(Image Source : ABP News) NITI Aayog's document titled "Asset Pipeline "asserts that the Indian government's commitment towards speeding...

Forthrightly Speaking

Talking Gendered and State Violence in Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’

Image Credits: The Quint Not long ago, the University of Delhi dropped Mahasweta Devi, an extremely significant author whose works...

Polis Review

Saturation of Democratic Politics in India

Image: gettyimages For students and critical observers of Indian political trajectory, at least since the last three to four decades...

Pangea Politics

Analyzing Success of Small Efficient Nations : How Some Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones ?

Image: unsplash.com In conventional wisdom, the size of a state is often equated with its success. But we must recognize that not all big...

Analyses

The Pandora Papers: Unleashing the Veil of Civility

Part-1 At a time when the national media was busy covering SRK’s son’s arrest over a rave party as their primary story, and the Lakhimpur...

A Castrated Oedipus

Sublimating Modernity

So, the whole question comes down to this: can the human mind master what the human mind has made? - Paul Valery Image Credits: Pinterest...

Opinions

The Dark and the Derogatory of Humour

Let us descend into the dungeon of dark humour with contrasting takes on drawing the line between what’s funny and what’s insensitive. Or...

Contrariwise

Defections and the State: Cracking the Illusions of Political Order

Until recently, a vocal BJP leader and former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, Babul Supriyo joined the party’s strident...

Opinions

“My Honor Is Not My Vagina”- Edicts From A Midnight Generation Feminist

Picture Credits: SheThePeople Kamla Bhasin, a robust Indian feminist activist, an articulate writer, poet, social scientist, and an...

Polis Review

NATIONALISM: Politics Among Parties

Picture Credits: Getty Images Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party government had earlier earmarked 84 crore rupees solely for the...

Surrogacy in India: Immediate need for Reforms to Uphold the Rights of Surrogate Mothers

Source: Getty Images In this article, the commercialization of surrogacy, the exploitation of women who consent for surrogacy, and Indian...

Analyses

Linguistic Ableism And Neurodivergency In India

Guest Writer Image Credits: NationofChange Language, as a principal method of communication, is what has distinguished Homo-Sapiens all...

Pangea Politics

The Document Worth the Most: Understanding Constitution

Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man asserted that " A government without a constitution is power without right." The Constitution embodies...

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