Banning single-use plastics is inadequate without enforcing the law and creating consumer awareness.
Off the Press
EPW's Translation Project
Editorials
“Mutual deterrence,” among other things, eventually brought Washington to peace talks with Pyongyang.
Commentary
The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights report on the Maruti Suzuki case judgment says that it is illustrative of the anti-worker bias entrenched in the law and order machinery.
Special Articles
The 2015 gram pradhan elections in Uttar Pradesh present a distinct picture of local elections as compared to state-level and national elections.
Book Reviews
Dalit Women: Vanguard of an Alternative Politics in India edited by S Anandhi and Karin Kapadia, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2017; pp xviii + 350, ₹995.
Review Issues
Increasing variability in weather and climate is a major production risk for farming, especially among smallholders and, in particular, women farmers.
Special Issues
Reflecting on their experience of using The Economy to teach undergraduate students in India, two teachers of economics discuss the need for a version of the alternative textbook that addresses the needs of students who seek to understand the Indian economy.
