Path final

Publications

Filter by

Published By

Publication Type

Topic

Year

Published By

Publication Type

Topic

Year

Article

State Life: Land, Welfare and Management of the Landless in Kerala, India

Dr. Sudheesh R C

September 8, 2023

The pressing need to manage the spiralling number of landless people around the world has compelled several states to experiment with scattered land distribution programmes in combination with welfare transfers, instead of comprehensive land reform….

Article

Does Today’s India Need ‘Decolonisation’ Speak?

Dr. Salmoli Choudhuri

August 25, 2023

[with Moiz Tundawala] This article analyses the introduction of three new Bills to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the updated Criminal Procedure Code of 1973—the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,…

Review

Dharma’s Social Messaging

Prerna Dhoop

August 21, 2023

[with Vandana Dhoop] The recently released film, ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ raises important questions about gender roles and stereotypes.

Article

Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the Cinema of Caste in Tamil Nadu

Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan

August 10, 2023

A new generation of Tamil filmmakers are confronting the caste-glorification films of the past – but controversy is often quick to follow, and Tamil cinema’s history with caste is more complex than many recognise.

Photo: Red Giant Movies / Wikimedia Commons
Working Paper

Illuminating Judicial Productivity in India’s District Courts: An Empirical Analysis

Varsha Aithala, Srijoni Sen, Anushka Sachan

August 4, 2023

[with Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Himanshu Payal] Studies on court administration in India have so far focussed their attention largely on caseload management and judge strength of the higher judiciary. An in-depth investigation of the productivity of India’s lower…

Article

Periyar’s Political Atheism

Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan

August 1, 2023

Intervening in contemporary debates around secularism, this article characterises the fight between New Atheism and religious extremism as a “false conflict”. The author argues that political atheism—drawn from his engagement with the works of Periyar…

Article

Locating a Shadowy State in Queer, Feminist Politics

Dr. Atreyee Majumder

July 15, 2023

In this commentary, part of a book forum on Srila Roy’s (2022) book ”Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India”, I argue that the feminist and queer movement, in response to the neoliberal turn…

Article

The Duality of Deaths in the Sea

Dr. Debangana Chatterjee

July 15, 2023

“Loss of life is tragic, period. However, one cannot help but notice the selective mourning, which seems to stem from sociopolitical apathy towards the refugees. The tragic agony in the death of the refugees is…

Article

Another Hole in India’s Data Tapestry

Prerna Dhoop

July 12, 2023

[with Vandana Dhoop] This article argues that the government’s decision to exclude anaemia as an indicator of women’s and children’s health from the National Family Health Survey, 2023–24 creates a ‘gender data gap’.

Article

Not Western, Not Urban: For Queer People in India, Love Is More Than Just Love

Dr. Debangana Chatterjee

June 25, 2023

Excerpt: “Seeing like a state, it is a piece of paper that carries the evidence of ‘being related’ to a partner and the blindness of law does not see the person behind. Put otherwise, obliviousness…

Article

Biraha

Dr. Atreyee Majumder

June 23, 2023

Excerpt: The followers of Swami Shri Haridasji live in the sand-laden compound of Tatiasthan and assemble in song with devotees from the general public every evening. This musical tradition is called samaaj gaayan. They first…

Article

Litigation is more than courtroom victories

Prerna Dhoop

June 20, 2023

This article examines the role of litigation as a powerful tool to create awareness about LGBTQI+ rights and effect social change.