In Dharavi, Mumbai’s most densely populated informal settlement, the question of who takes responsibility for the city’s garbage is never neutral. For the Devipujak community or Vedu Vaghris, this is ...

Their modes of production, distribution, and consumption are characterised by self-sufficiency, deep ecological sensitivity, and a sharing and caring philosophy rooted in coexistence with nature, ...

In Kochi, humidity is the principal adversary of its vernacular cosmopolitanism, imposing a tangible burden, enveloping the skin and dictating bodily rhythms. The fortunes of the city were, after all, ...

Given the long-standing dependence of India’s shrimp exports on the US market, the tariff exposed the risks associated with excessive geographic concentration of exports and the sector’s vulnerability ...

This paper examines how Tamil cinema—specifically Pa Ranjith’s Kabali (2016)—stages the diaspora as a site where caste is reworked, contested, and made newly visible. Focusing on the Tamil–Malay ...

Recognising its severity, the United Nations (UN) set forth the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the first goal aiming to eradicate extreme poverty globally by 2030 (UN 2015). However, the ...

It brought together thoughts on numerous aspects of the poet’s literary production, his universality, and resonances in a comparative literary mode. One of such is by Graciela Palau de Nemes, who at ...

Now integrated with the Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) initiative and prominently featured in trade fairs, exhibitions, and e-commerce platforms, ODOP has acquired the character of a national movement ...

I came to theory because I was hurting—the pain within me was so intense that I could not go on living. I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend—to grasp what was happening around and within ...

The Fiscal Health Index (FHIThe Fiscal Health Index (FHI) released by NITI Aayog for 2022–23 ranks Odisha first among 18 Indian states, with a composite score of 67.8. Based on five parameters—quality ...

Yes, students need hostel accommodation when they study far away from home, and its absence forces them into cubbyholes force-fitted into buildings rendered fragile by their augmentation and expansion ...

The murder, in Delhi, of Chongtham Vikram Singh, a popular Manipuri rock band member and music teacher, for objecting to a raucous gathering in front of his house, illustrates the fatal potential of ...