Cover February 06, 2010	[EDITORIALS] Degrees of Disparity The division that has emerged in the structure of higher education services bodes ill for India’s youth.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to hike the cash reserve ratio was, at this juncture, the right one.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The January presidential election campaign as well as the post-election developments in Sri Lanka indicate quite clearly that the dominant political class of the country is deeply and antagonistically divided  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The differential responses to the implementation of special economic zones across states offer an opening to understand how policy implementation gets shaped by the regional political economy  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Earlier studies held the militant trade unionism of the 1970s and the early 1980s responsible for the increasing importance of unorganised manufacturing activities in West Bengal  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

A report on a round table held in November 2009 on the proposed National Environmental Protection Agency.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

While Indian elites hanker after recognition from the American dominated world, we have debased our own awards. They are now often given for services rendered to the powers that be. What does this hankering tell us about ourselves?  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The National Urban Health Mission was supposed to address the unmet health needs of urban Indians. Yet, it has failed to commence work even 18 months after the announcement of its formation  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The poor quality of the state-run school education system has led to demands that the State should withdraw from schooling, and that the government should only fund private initiatives or let the private sector take over schooling with public-private  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

A comment to the analysis and discussion in Angus Deaton and Jean Dreze, “Food and Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations” (EPW, 14 February 2009).  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Violent Gods: Hindu Nationalism in India’s Present, Narratives from Orissa by Angana Chatterji  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur by Deepti Priya Mehrotra  [Abstract]  [Full Article]