Sameer Lalwani and Hannah Haegeland
Two decades after India and Pakistan went nuclear,…
Reviewed by: Rajesh Rajagopalan
Rajendra M. Abhyankar
Every Indian head of Government faces the problem of how to match performance with articulation. Narendra Modi came to power articulating a resounding ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy which he continued to articulate, once telling the Nepali Prime Minister that Nepal is at the very top of India’s neighbourhood first policy.
Reviewed by: IP Khosla
Jawaharlal Nehru
My fortnightly letter to you today will be a brief one, but I am attaching to it a note which is for the present incom¬plete. I may add to it later. It represents really some kind of loud thinking on my part and an attempt to clarify my own mind. I am venturing to share this with you.
Reviewed by: No Reviewer
Saba Naqvi
One of the main challenges the institutions of Indian democracy are facing is the decline of the liberal professions. Journalists, lawyers, professors were supposed to be the front line of the army fighting for the rights of the governed. Today, they are seen more as collaborators of the governors. Why that is so is the subject matter of a separate debate.
Reviewed by: Santosh Kumar
Sundari Anitha and Ruth Pearson
Striking Women: Struggles And Strategies Of South Asian Women Workers From Grunwick To Gate Gourmet
2018
2018
Striking Women is a well-researched reexamination of two strikes in the United Kingdom (UK) that saw the mobilization of migrant South Asian women workers against highly exploitative and racially structured low-paying jobs, which have been overcrowded by a predominantly female labour force.
Reviewed by: Maya John
S Narayan
Tamil Nadu is seen as a model state that combined growth and development with inclusiveness. The State’s policy initiatives were critiqued by the Right for the populist schemes and neglect of fiscal prudence and by the Left for prioritization of populism over structural changes like land reforms. Such critiques notwithstanding, the State has done better in basic development indicators, an outcome of an efficient and inclusive delivery of social sector schemes…
Reviewed by: A Kalaiyarasan