2025

Introduction
In Jodhpur

Last September 2025 brought Ladakh back into the national spotlight when the usually tranquil Himalayan region witnessed violent protests in Leh, resulting in several tragic deaths that shocked the conscience of a nation otherwise preoccupied with political calculations and urban concerns. The subsequent imposition of curfews and the arrest of environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk under the draconian National Security Act (NSA) marked a disturbing turn of events that underscored how environmental (…)

September 25, 2025
Promoting sustainable livelihoods for women in Uttarakhand requires addressing their economic marginalisation and focusing on hill-centric employment strategies.
The plight of women in Uttarakhand is reflective of the broader malaise of unemployment and underemployment of women in India. Despite constituting nearly half the state

May 13th, 2025
These days, when people say the word

It was a very great experience to read Prof. Sunil Ray’s upcoming book. In fact, at many instances while I was reading, I thought as if I am reading my own writing on the "Alternative development paradigm "!! This was particularly true when I was reading the beginning of the Part III which says,
"The primary condition for cohesive development is social cohesion among individuals with a sense of community and commitment to the common objective based on collective understanding and shared (…)

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Shadow Cell: An Insider Account of the New Spy War
by Andrew Bustamante and Jihi Bustamante
Headline Press/Hachette
Pages: x + 261; Price: Rs 699
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Without doubt, this is a gripping story involving the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and how two of its operatives decided to use techniques perfected by Osama bin Laden in their own spy business with surprise results.
No, CIA agents Andrew and Jihi Bustamante did not (…)

* Odissa

Abstract
The 2027 Indian Census, the first digital census and the first to enumerate castes since 1931, aims to map caste identities to inform equitable policymaking. Conducted after a 16-year hiatus, this ambitious exercise faces methodological, sociological and anthropological complexities due to caste

The rapid growth of population, coupled with the ever-increasing pressure on finite resources, has rekindled the global debate on the

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Behen Mayawati could not have chosen a more inopportune time to shower her praises on the most inappropriate party (the ruling BJP) and the most underserving leader, UP chief minister Ajay Bisht, nee Yogi Adityanath on October 9 to mark the death anniversary of Manyawar Kanshi Ram.
Two days prior to that on October 7, Y. Puran Kumar a scheduled caste 2001 batch Haryana cadre, senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer shot himself dead at his home in (…)