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Employment incentives and skilling opportunities alone will not dent the brunt of K-shaped recovery. 
Lawless laws for “public security” are an attack on citizens’ civil and political liberties. 
Memoirs of a Dalit Communist: The Many Worlds of R B More by Satyendra More, translated by Wandana Sonalkar, edited and introduced by Anupama Rao, New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2019; pp 293, ₹450. 
Using plant-level panel data for India’s organised manufacturing, the impact of labour reforms undertaken by six Indian states during 2014–17 on industrial employment is investigated. A labour demand function in organised sector manufacturing plants is estimated to show that easing labour regulations contributed positively to job creation in Indian manufacturing plants.
The dream of publishing one’s scholarly work in databases like Scopus has evolved into a pervasive and troubling phenomenon, casting a long shadow over the academic landscape of developing nations. As early career academicians, we feel compelled to address this critical issue that distorts...

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India’s shift from traditional non-alignment towards strategic multi-alignment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership is examined. The theory of alliances in international relations is analysed, highlighting the relevance of multi-alignment for enhancing India’s security architecture, particularly against a rising China. The study addresses whether strategic alignment with a great power could benefit India’s foreign policy by evaluating the potential advantages and consequences of this shift. It considers India’s dilemma of abandoning non-alignment for stronger international partnerships in the face of evolving security challenges.

Transport is the second major carbon dioxide emitter after the power sector in India. Electric vehicles reduce overall pollution and demand for imported fuels. We surveyed electric two-wheeler owners—mainly salaried class, small business persons, and students travelling up to 10–30 km per day. A survey of 24-hour charging patterns during lean and peak months shows that e2W growth on the grid in the near-to-medium term may not add to peak load, but instead may add revenue for utilities during off-peak times.

In India, incidents of crime and crime rates against women are increasing steadily during the 21st century with considerable distributional inequalities among the states, districts, and…

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In view of the recent attacks on writer Kancha Ilaiah, we are republishing his 1996 article which was published as a Commentary in on 15 Jun, 1996 in Vol. 31, Issue No. 24 of the EPW. On one hand the BJP defines SC, OBC castes as Hindus, and on the other by banning beef denies them their age-old food habits. If beef is banned it will he the beginning of the end of the country's multiculturalism.

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Review of Rural Affairs
Review of Urban Affairs
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Review of Women's Studies
Review of Women's Studies
Review of Women's Studies
Review of Environment And Development

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An ethnographic researcher reflects on the politics of sound and hate in Hyderabad.

I spent my childhood in Samdrup Jongkhar in the eastern part of Bhutan, speaking Sharchop. But my formative years were spent in Thimphu which, as the capital of Bhutan, is experiencing globalisation....

Prolonged exposure to purely screen-based reading and “smartboards” among children has a significant impact on their attention spans and engagement with the world.

An unfulfilled social expectation for pregnancy leads to a dark and horrific turn in the lives of two women in this short story.

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