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Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books

An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct

Demonetisation – Hindutva’s obscurantism In the Economic Sphere

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Quick Thoughts: Joost Hiltermann on Iraq and the Likely Limits of Kurdish Independence

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RTI revelation: Rs 2,958 Crore Spent on Ganga ‘clean-up’ Without Visible Results

The union government, despite the hype, spent only Rs...

Youth Hurls Pamphlet at Modi’s Cavalcade, Raises Tough Questions on Note Ban

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How heartbreaking images from Aleppo could actually change international norms

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Modi Is Wrong: His Govt Changed Law On Foreign-Funding Of Political Parties

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on December 19, 2016,...

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