Publications

Any arbitrary disenfranchisement of voters in the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections will cast a shadow over the sanctity of elections in India. Views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do…

Co-Author: Mrudula Vanangamudi The Karnataka government’s move to enact the Karnataka Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice) (Right to Education and Dignity) Act, 2025, is a welcome step forward, responding to long-standing demands for such…

Co-authors: Hamid Beladi, Sugata Marjit, Reza Oladi It has been argued in many policy circles that lack of access to credit by the poor may be a source of inefficiency in developing economies. Then, conventional…

In a Cournot oligopoly set up with constant marginal cost and linear demand, innovation is rewarding, i.e., profit enhancing. We show that the same may not be true when marginal costs are increasing. In contrast…

Co-Author: Sanjay Shenoi P, Doctoral Scholar, School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru The paper examines adopting the ‘just sustainability’ principle in India’s water governance that can balance human water demands and ecological…

Menstrual Hygiene is often considered vital for formulating public health policies in developing economies like India, because the overall wellbeing and social development of women could remarkably be compromised due to poor menstrual hygiene. This…

This article suggests that rather than studying the “failures” of the individual trusts to foster sanitary built environments, we should pay attention to the contingent workings of the city trusts that were constitutively designed for…

The two major political fronts have remained ambivalent about the caste census. This reflects not only fears about electoral arithmetic, but also deeper apprehensions that it could disrupt Kerela’s carefully maintained political stability and expose…

“The worsening water crisis highlights an urgent need for better groundwater governance in India.” Views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not reflect the opinion or stand of the…

A book review of Malleable Māra: Transformations of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil by Michael D. Nichols Sanctum Books, New Delhi, 2025. Views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do…

The book review distills some of the main arguments of Nair’s pathbreaking historical study of Secularism, in most of modern South Asia. The review highlights the importance of studying the intellectual and social history of key…

The recently released Malayalam film Narivetta has sparked public discussions in Kerala regarding the 2003 Muthanga land struggle. But, 22 years later, RTI responses reveal that spending on special Adivasi funds and promised land allocations…