Articles by EPW Engage

On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, we present a compilation of articles which give insight on Indian mental healthcare.

Even though the outrage over the riot-like situation at Noida’s Mahagun Moderne gated complex—over the alleged maltreatment of a domestic worker, Zohra Bibi, by her employers— has died down, it is important to think about how the incident exposes the fault lines and tensions underlying urban life.

The government has curbed pulse imports to shore up prices to levels above minimum support prices; this has had some success. But such a decision is only sustainable if domestic production is increased to meet demand in the long run, reducing India’s dependence on imports. In the past, pulse price rise was due to shortages and inadequate or delayed imports. Since, we do not produce enough for our domestic consumption as of now, we require imports to cover the shortfall. Two articles look into policy measures necessary to increase domestic production of pulses, which is the only sustainable...

As language debates about the imposition of Hindi rage in Karnataka, we look into the EPW Archives to shed light on the politics of language in India. Hany Babu M T ’s special article (2017) discusses how the Constitution only pays lip service to the linguistic plurality of India and has created a hierarchy of languages — with Sanskrit, Hindi, and the scheduled and the non-scheduled languages occupying various rungs of the ladder. Vasudha Dalmia ’s review (2003) of Alok Rai’s “Hindi Nationalism,” addresses complex issues like: "What was/is Hindi?" and "Where/when was Hindi?" Janaki Nair ’s...