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FEMINIZATION & DEMOGRAPHIC SHOCK SINCE CENTURY OLD PANDEMIC
The Influenza pandemic of 1918 killed about 5% of India’s population. This article finds that districts most adversely affected by
Continue readingEQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
Workfare programmes are an old tool to provide necessary income support to the poorest in times of recessions, droughts, and
Continue readingRESILIENT ECOSYSTEM FOR VULNERABLE
Providing their perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Gupta et al. contend that its objective should not just
Continue readingThe Positive Outcome of MGNREGA
While numerous micro-founded studies examine the household-level effects of MNREGA, little is known about its aggregate macro effects and long-term
Continue readingLAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Law can be simply defined as a system of rules that are used to regulate a society or rather control
Continue readingDISPLACEMENT- DYSFUNCTION OF DEVELOPMENT
Of these, there were 12 million new displacements involving children, including around 3.8 million of them caused by conflict and
Continue readingWay not easy FROM COVID-19 OF INDIAN WOMEN
Amid the Covid-19 crisis, three out of four Indians are experiencing their first recession. As might be expected, women are
Continue readingTRIBES AND THE INDIAN STATE
The introduction of money in adivasi society distorted its worldview and ecosystem Due to discourse created by a non-tribal worldview,
Continue readingRIGHT TO EQUALITY: FROM PROMISE TO POWER
Right to equality: From promise to power — which is the fifth volume in the Rethinking India series — author Nisha
Continue readingAN IMPERFECT WOMAN
A day in the life of an imperfect woman Being a psychologist mom, the expectations run high. But, I make
Continue readingLOCALISM IN INDIAN SOCIETY
While spatial segregation based on caste or religion is a constitutive feature of social life in India, there have been
Continue readingDYSFUNCTION OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
The area under common pool land resources (CPLRs), which are crucial to rural livelihoods in India, has recorded a steady
Continue readingDYSFUNCTION OF GENDER INEQUALITY: STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM
With many reports confirming women and other socially-disadvantaged sections have suffered the most during the pandemic, economists at BofA Securities
Continue readingCOVID-19 CRISIS AFFECTED THE URBAN POOR
While several commentators have highlighted the plight of migrants due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, less is known about how
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