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What Mahalanobis Got Right About National Identity – and the BJP Gets Wrong

Abhinav Srinivasan 26/01/2020

Like Mahalanobis, the current government mistakenly believes that a...

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How Nehru’s Politics Hobbled Modern India’s Use of Technology for Development

Shankar Sunil Nair 24/01/2020

'Midnight Machines' by Arun Mohan Sukumar effectively demonstrates that...

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Eminent Journal ‘Nature’ Joins India’s Scholars to Protest University Violence

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/01/2020

Nature's editorial is notable because it places the weight...

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Why Climate Change and Bigoted Legislation Are Toxic Bedfellows

Bharath Sundaram 15/01/2020

Nationalist citizenship laws, such as but not limited to...