The consolidation of agricultural lands by dominant socio-economic groups is discussed in the context of contemporary debate on the land question by foregrounding market-led land transfers as a driver ...
Frugal technological activity through jugaad or frugal invention, collective and defensive technological strategies, or grassroots innovation can battle the lived experience of inequality, and perhaps ...
The rural economy and society have been in a period of transition. The transition is not only economic but also social and political. The last decade has seen rural areas witnessing several economic ...
Writings from the Sundarbans edited by Indranil Acharya and Sayantan Dasgupta, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2023; pp 201, `690.
Since 2004–05, the proportion of agricultural workers in the total workforce has declined rapidly. This trend slowed after 2012 and reversed during the pandemic, with signs of recovery evident in 2022 ...
The impact of prolonged economic slowdown, agrarian distress, demonetisation, the goods and services tax, and the COVID-19 pandemic on the rural workforce and earnings is examined. The determinants of ...
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This article critically analyses the pervasive issue of discrimination in India's healthcare system, focusing on the Muslim ...
This photo essay captures moments of life and accounts of some women from the Baramati subdistrict of Maharashtra, India, and ...
The article responds to the festivity surrounding the idea that the time has come for women’s cricket and women in cricket in India following The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s ...
The repeal of Section 377A of the Penal Code 1871 of Singapore, which criminalises male same-sex relations, marks a ...
Based on the article The Hunger Crisis: Measuring Hunger across Indian States by Amrita Pal, Atanu Ghosh, Shoummo Sen Gupta ...