power
From pleasure to protest
On how food helps us connect, exhibit power and protest.
Vidya Balachander | Dec 07, 2020
Why the Teesta matters
Effective hydro-diplomacy is essential in correcting troubled India-Bangladesh relations.
Rupak Bhattacharjee | Jan 14, 2015
The wireless village
A pioneering rural internet scheme in Nepal, and the man behind it, point toward a more inclusive digital future
Deepak Adhikari | Jul 09, 2013
The price of power
Even as Washington lawmakers give their blessing to the historic — and illegal — Indo-US nuclear deal, few involved are addressing the most crucial issue: does India need nuclear power at all?
Zia Mian and M V Ramana | Sep 01, 2006
Needed: A People’s Power movement
Perhaps the return to war in Sri Lanka will energise the flagging peace movement, as people wake up to what was achieved during the time of ceasefire and all that would be lost. We have …
Sanjana Hattotuwa | Jul 02, 2006
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In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man
Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply
When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm
With a focus on agricultural policy since the 1990s, 'Distress in the Fields' demonstrates how neoliberal interventions sowed the seeds of the crisis faced by farmers today
