Category: Sociology

Workfare programmes are an old tool to provide necessary income support to the poorest in times of recessions, droughts, and

Providing their perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Gupta et al. contend that its objective should not just

Law can be simply defined as a system of rules that are used to regulate a society or rather control

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, three out of four Indians are experiencing their first recession. As might be expected, women are

A day in the life of an imperfect woman Being a psychologist mom, the expectations run high. But, I make

While spatial segregation based on caste or religion is a constitutive feature of social life in India, there have been

The area under common pool land resources (CPLRs), which are crucial to rural livelihoods in India, has recorded a steady

With many reports confirming women and other socially-disadvantaged sections have suffered the most during the pandemic, economists at BofA Securities

While several commentators have highlighted the plight of migrants due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, less is known about how

There are more than a million women elected to the Panchayati Raj Institutions of local governance in India. Despite constitutional

Like father, like son? The economic impacts of political dynasties in India Political dynasties remain ubiquitous in democratic countries even