By Aseem Shrivastava

Celebrated social scientist Amartya Sen has questioned the trickle-down theory of economic growth leading to the termination of poverty on numerous occasions. Recently, however, he said that resisting the transition from agriculture to industry will not serve the interests of the poor. Economist Aseem Shrivastava counters his views More...

By Dr Sudhirendar Sharma

An unprecedented new legislation from the RBI seeks to give traditional moneylenders a new legitimacy, making them eligible to borrow from commercial banks and putting a cap on interest rates that can be charged More...

By Rajashri Dasgupta

It was the women of Nandigram who led the opposition and the agitation against the takeover of their farmlands. These women are regularly paraded as victims of State violence. But they are excluded from the processes of conflict-resolution and negotiation More...

By Sharmila Joshi

Globalisation encompasses several simultaneous processes, at the base of which is greater interconnectedness across the globe. Liberalisation is a more specific term that refers to a bunch of consequential economic changes underway in several countries. The two terms tend to be used interchangeably though they are not the same, and it is useful to understand the difference More...

By Ammu Joseph

In the face of outraged opposition, the draft Broadcast Bill and Content Code will be submitted to another round of consultations with stakeholders. A more carefully considered and drafted piece of legislation aimed at setting up an independent, autonomous public authority with a mandate to regulate the media in the public interest is required More...

By John Samuel

Two of the suspects from the terror attack on Glasgow airport are highly-educated youth from globalising, booming Bangalore. Why are young people like them increasingly drawn to destruction and not creation? Why does culture no longer give us a sense of community? Why does it fail to counter alienation, discontent and discrimination? More...

By Nakul Krishna

Is modern Indian theatre that attempts to 'conscientise' people about social justice issues turning real individuals into an undifferentiated mass of generic suffering-people? Are we only evoking fleeting moments of pity, rather than the outrage these issues demand? More...

By Ashish Kothari

In 2005. there were 84,000 public protests in China. Indian economists and planners who are keen to emulate the Chinese economic model would do well to heed this, says Ashish Kothari, since the unrest in China, as in India in recent years, is fuelled by the inequities resulting from the race to double-digit growth More...

By Ramnath Subbaraman

By 2010, India aims to have 1 million medical tourists a year in its five-star hospitals. Are we headed towards a system that mobilises incredible resources to protect the lives of the privileged, while abdicating its responsibility towards the poor, asks a doctor who spent a year in the HIV ward of a Chennai hospital More...

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