2025

Popular culture is interesting to IR (International Relations) theorists in so far as it can naturalize or normalize a certain social order upon which dominant ideologies are founded. Here, the myths serve as a silent, sub-textual pillars of the real. Gestures of naturalization are phenomena of political power in so far as such power works through myths by appearing to the political out of ideological[[Weber, C. (2013)

Abstract
The essay explores the no-detention policy and its implications in the Indian education system, arguing that poor academic performance stems from systemic flaws rather than individual student failure. Highlighting historical, constitutional, and policy dimensions, it emphasizes the importance of quality teacher training, individualized learning approaches, and addressing systemic shortcomings to ensure effective education. The essay critiques recent policy changes and calls for a (…)

The elevation of Draupadi Murmu, an Adivasi, as President of India succeeded by Ramnath Kovind, a Dalit, as the Constitutional Head of the country signaled adroit strategies by the BJP to represent marginalized sections communities in consonance with its efforts at forging national identities conferring it with electoral success. Much in a similar vein, of late, Mohan Majhi has been anointed as the Chief Minister of Odisha following the BJP

January 6, 2025
The year 2025 has begun. It is appropriate to examine the challenges before the NDA Government and the Opposition.
It must be stated at the very outset that though the BJP failed to secure a majority on its own and had to depend on the allies, specially the TDP and the JD(U), to form the government, in reality, it is clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is conducting himself as though he is heading a single party/ BJP government. The symptoms of that emerged in the (…)

All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)
Date: 10th January 2025
Press Release
The following statement was issued to the press by AITUC today-10th January 2025.
Subrahmanyam, Murthy, Adani want more from the workers - for the nation, of course. Subramanyam of L & T, close on the heels of Murthy of Infosys, wants the workers to work 90 hours a week, also on Sundays, as he claims, he does, all for building the nation.
Sure, India needs all the work hours it can generate. But then (…)

Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD)
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Ludhiana

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]
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Disparate Remedies: Making Medicines in Modern India
by Nandini Bhattacharya
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Intoxicating Histories Series
2023. xii + 257 pp.
(paper), ISBN 978-0-228-01753-0
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Reviewed by Asmita Sarkar (University of Oxford)
In Disparate Remedies: Making Medicines in Modern India, Nandini Bhattacharya investigates the historical roots of the contemporary pharmaceutical industry in India. Bhattacharya

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