What do you mean we are running out of sand?
Photo by YoTuT, licensed under CC BY 2.0. By Annalise O’Sullivan-Moffat Although the importance of water as a resource is well accepted, fewer people know that sand is the second most consumed resource globally. Why is sand so important? Sand is a...
COVID in India: What has happened and what needs to be done?
By Arindam Basu A long summer awaits India and the world will need to come together to solve the crisis. None of us are really safe until all of us are safe from COVID-19. One hopes that the Indian experience has taught the world this lesson. As of 10 May, 2021, India...
What is it like living through a pandemic if you are under military occupation? 🔊
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of people all over the world. The sense of powerlessness and the fear of infection has alienated people regardless of political situations. But in areas of conflict or military and political occupation, populations are even...
What is the cause of growing tension between China and India? 🔊
Earlier this month, India reported that twenty members of its armed forces were killed in fighting with Chinese forces along a disputed border in the Himalayas. Tension is, therefore, growing between the two most populous nations. and emotions are running high. Doug...
What does the turn to using “truth serums” (narcoanalysis) mean for India’s police?
By Jinee Lokaneeta The police have claimed that lie detectors, brain scans, and narcoanalysis (the use of “truth serum,” Sodium Pentothal) represent a paradigm shift away from physical torture. A major feature of the Weberian, rational bureaucratic state...
Why are Indians protesting a new citizenship law?
By Ben Goldson A new citizenship law in India has sparked demonstrations across India, with protestors angered by the legislation’s exclusion of Muslim refugees. With the Supreme Court delaying its ruling on the law’s constitutionality until early next year, the...
Q+A: Kashmir: What’s behind one of the most volatile rivalries in the world?
The conflict in South Asia between India and Pakistan is one of the most volatile international rivalries in the world, and no issue embodies this rivalry more clearly than the regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Resolving this issue would ease tensions between these two...
A new India emerging? Explaining Modi’s victory in the world’s largest democracy
By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Is a new India emerging? Sakhar Bandyopadhyay explains what Narendra Modi’s election victory means for the world’s largest democracy. In the 2019 election to the 17th Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian parliament, the National...
What does it mean to love in law?
By Senthorun Raj How did Indian judges write love into law as they decriminalised gay sex? What does it mean to love in law? On Thursday 6th September, my social media feeds lit up with heart emojis, #lovewins hashtags, and status updates expressing love in response...Subscribe by Email
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