The importance of cities in India’s development transition derives from their externalities, which catalyse growth. On the supply side, agglomeration externalities are owed to the clustering of firms, ...

The global surge of different kinds of conservative politics, broadly classified as populism, is an intensely theorised and researched area. Studying the flipside of populism, elitism, and the world ...

A casteist remark by a Kerala-based Mohiniyattam performer, trained at the prestigious Kerala Kalamandalam, sparked public outrage in Kerala, leading the National Human Rights Commission to initiate ...

The factual context of this case is illustrative of a deeper crisis in India’s federal design, particularly involving the discretionary powers of the governor under Article 200 of the Constitution.

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

My employer told the police that I was involved in a motor accident. I had to admit that I was. It would be stupid for me to think that the police would believe me over my employer. If I told them ...

Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed government in 2014, it has been acting on several priorities set by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), including, among others, the revision of family ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

Cities have battled pandemics with a usual public health response involving isolation, quarantine, and border control to limit the spread of disease until pharmaceutical development catches up to ...

Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900 (1994) described democide as the “murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide and mass murder in cold blood.” This uprising as an ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

The report shows that the gross FDI inflows have gone up by an impressive 13.7% to $81 billion in 2024–25. Though this looks comforting, the overall trends are not very encouraging. This is because ...