Economic and Political Weekly

Distilled | This graphic feature is based on Alok Prasanna Kumar’s article, “Lawless Laws and the Supreme Court”. View Here:
https://www.epw.in/engage/article/lawless-laws-and-complicity-courts

This video is based on the article titled, ‘Where Marriage Is Dangerous for Women’ by Karin Kapadia. The article talks about the Lancet Report of 2018, which discuses the rise of female suicides in India, especially in the southern states.

The Increasing Rate Of Female Suicides In India This video is based on the article titled, ‘Where Marriage Is Dangerous for Women’ by Karin Kapadia. The article talks about the Lancet Report of 2018, which...

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Postscript | Gulzar’s Green Poems tries to challenge human ascendancy on nature by developing an ethics.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/53/postscript/dwelling-ecopoetry-and-future-earth.html

Resource Kit | This repository covers over 100 articles related to many perspectives of the privacy debate. View here:

Privacy Kit Are you being watched? Privacy concerns in India There is no doubt that concepts like Privacy can be explained in a few pages of articles or books, as it has come to be one of the most complex and debatable topics in the current scenario. Through this debate kit, we attempt to introduce readers to t...

For Season 2 of Supplement we bring you experiences from the field published in EPW Postscript, read by the authors.

On this episode we have Rajeev Anand Kushwah reading his article titled 'Queering Care and the Space–Time Disruptions of COVID-19'.

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| The feature 'A woman in wolf's clothing', is based on the Editorial 'Freedom of Loitering.'

A woman in wolf's clothing In light of the triple talaq judgment that has now criminalised the practice among the Muslim community, there is a need to examine the politics that guide the practice and reformation of personal....

Discussion Map | Language is a complex human phenomenon that provides us with the agency to derive meaning from our human experiences with ourselves and the world around us.

Thinking Language and Linguistics with Chomsky and Wittgenstein A few other articles related to this discussion:

This video is a recitation of Sravanthi Dasari’s poem, 'Let Me Count the Ways.' The poem encapsulates how men, irrespective of how much knowledge, expertise and proficiency women have, believe that, in the end, only men know better. Access it here:

Extracts by EPW: How Have I Been Mansplained This video is a recitation of Sravanthi Dasari’s poem, Let Me Count the Ways, which came out of the frustration of cis men constantly tone policing, advising...

Special Article | Transgender identity and culture are mostly invisible in the history of . In the absence of any historical or archival records, the paper attempts to reconstruct and reimagine the social space occupied by transgender individuals in the state from the 1970s to 1990s. It analyses and historicies how they negotiated their identity and gender within the heteronormative society. It relies on oral histories of elderly transgender individuals. It thereby explores how transgender individuals navigated their everyday lives and, in that process, formed transgender spaces that were not oppositional or separate from mainstream spaces of society.

https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/12/special-articles/negotiating-transgender-identity-and-space-assam.html

Law and Society | Maamla Legal Hai is perhaps the first show in India to sympathetically represent the lives of lawyers, judges, and staff at the district court level in India. In doing so, it makes us question some of the established narratives of the legal profession and the justice delivery system, showing characters who rebel in quiet and not-so-quiet ways.

The Many Mutinies of Maamla Legal Hai Maamla Legal Hai is perhaps the first show in India to sympathetically represent the lives of lawyers, judges, and staff at the district court level in India. In doing so, it makes us question some of the established narratives of the legal profession and the justice delivery system, showing charact...

Letters | As per research, women spend 7.2 hours per day on household chores, while men spend 2.8 hours per day on the same.

From Women-centric to Women-led Development The union government recognises that it cannot afford to ignore half of its population if it aims to emerge as a global power. Upon this realisation, uplifting women has become one of India’s key priorities, as evident from the emphasis placed on the theme of “Nari Shakthi” (women power), whic...

Postscript | Considered the father of modern-day Khari Boli, Bhartendu Harishchandra’s Urdu prose and ghazals were highly eloquent in terms of style.

Secularism, Mysticism, and Sensuality Considered the father of modern-day Khari Boli, Bhartendu Harishchandra’s Urdu prose and ghazals were highly eloquent in terms of style.

Postscript | Is the sensitive portrayal and mainstreaming of q***rness in Kaathal—The Core enough to consider it a q***r film?

Kaathal—The Core Is the sensitive portrayal and mainstreaming of q***rness in Kaathal—The Core enough to consider it a q***r film?

Postscript | Throughout history, human and animal lifeworlds have been entangled symbolically, emotionally, and instrumentally, mediated along and lines.

Of Men, Women, and Their Animal Kinsfolk Throughout history, human and animal lifeworlds have been entangled symbolically, emotionally, and instrumentally, mediated along caste and gender lines.

Letters | Bhutan’s fourth National Assembly elections were held in two rounds on 30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024. For a small landlocked country near the Himalayas that transited from a monarchy to a parliamentary government in 2008, the peaceful conduct of elections with the active participation of eligible voters is a significant accomplishment. It manifested the people’s faith in the continuation of parliamentary democracy under the guidance of a constitutional monarchy.

Analysing the 2024 Elections in Bhutan Bhutan’s fourth National Assembly elections were held in two rounds on 30 November 2023 and 9 January 2024. For a small landlocked country near the Himalayas that transited from a monarchy to a parliamentary government in 2008, the peaceful conduct of elections with the active participation of eli...

Commentary | Robert L Hardgrave’s book titled The Nadars of Tamilnad (1969), a study of a caste in South India and the politics of self-assertion in the colonial and postcolonial period, is revisited. This book is read in light of discussions on subaltern studies and caste.

Oppressed, Backward, or Subaltern? Robert L Hardgrave’s book titled The Nadars of Tamilnad (1969), a study of a caste in South India and the politics of self-assertion in the colonial and postcolonial period, is revisited. This book is read in light of discussions on subaltern studies and caste.

The revival of the statistical system, a trained cadre of survey personnel with adequate technical knowledge and interview skills to ensure reliability of survey results are indispensable. Additionally, excessive use of offi cial statistics for the promotion of party politics as well as expensive statistical activities like caste census, which contribute only to divisive politics, need to be avoided.

The Indian Official Statistical System The revival of the statistical system, a trained cadre of survey personnel with adequate technical knowledge and interview skills to ensure reliability of survey results are indispensable. Additionally, excessive use of offi cial statistics for the promotion of party politics as well as expensive st...

Does Art Have a Caste? A Debate on Carnatic Music

The Discussion Map charts important debates from the pages of the EPW.

Does Art Have a Caste? A Debate on Carnatic Music .

Discussion Map | This discussion map traces the legal and cultural composition and implication of family and marriage, reimagines it beyond its conventional form, and questions the need for it in its current structure in our society.

How to imagine marriage and family in a q***r society? A few other articles related to this discussion: "Legalising Same-sex Marriages, Pranjal Khare and Paridhi Sharma, Letters, 2023 How Can Families be Imagined Beyond Kinship and Marriage?, Arijeet Ghosh and Diksha Sanyal, Engage, 2019

In this issue of the Review of Urban Affairs, we highlight the work of young and emerging urban scholars who theorise from otherwise lesser-studied, lesser-known urban geo­graphies, articulating different types of social dynamics, social transformations, and linkages to urbanisation patterns.

The Social and the City .

Postscript | Song sequences offer a creative space for q***r readings against the rigid heterosexuality of Hindi films.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/52/postscript/%E2%80%98didi-tera-devar%E2%80%99%C2%A0-q***r.html

Marathi poet Namdeo Dhasal challenged Brahminical literature and sought to reconstruct a caste-less society through his works.

This podcast is based on the article "Namdeo Dhasal’s new language" that was published in EPW journal on 27th October, 2018.

Namdeo Dhasal’s New Language- A reflection of the conscience of the oppressed Marathi poet Namdeo Dhasal challenged Brahminical literature and sought to reconstruct a caste-less society through his works.

Commentary | Perceived wisdom postulates that the ascent into liberal democratic politics correspondingly diminishes ascriptive identity-based violence. The Indian political landscape, on the contrary, has witnessed an increasing normalisation of communalism.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/12/special-articles/two-parallel-lines-meet.html

Against the challenges of increasing domestic production and exports and positioning as a global hub for electronics, it is argued that developing dynamic firm-specific capabilities is vital for keeping pace with technology and skill upgradation.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/12/insight/can-india-emerge-global-electronics-hub.html

Atlee’s Jawan (2023) is an epic tale of melodrama, action and romance. The film reopens the possibility that cinema can provide a grand platform to the damped voices of the passive citizenry without compromising on its commercial and entertainment quotients.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/12/commentary/examining-anti-establishment-populism-jawan.html

| Shrinking financial savings and surging liabilities of households will constrain domestic investments.
https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/12/special-articles/two-parallel-lines-meet.html

by Supriy Ranjan | Biographies have always garnered a huge readership internationally. In contrast, biographies make up a small portion of the Indian publishing market. However, this trend is seeing a sharp shift.

Agyeya and His Contradictions Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul, New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2022; pp xxiii + 779, `999.

2017 | "We, Phule–Ambedkarite women/men firmly reject the systems of violence and exploitation."

Reflections on the ‘Chalo Nagpur’ Campaign The ‘Chalo Nagpur’ campaign mobilised thousands of women marchers and drew attention to not only the exploitation and violence suffered by women from the lower castes, classes and marginalised sections but also their efforts to build connections with women engaged in similar aims across the worl...

Women loco-pilots in the Indian Railways, although few in number, face unique challenges as they negotiate with masculine forms of labour and technology in a male-dominated work environment.

The Gendered Lives of Railway Loco-pilots Note: If you are viewing this feature on a handheld device, please pinch the screen to make use of the zoom feature. This feature is based on Arundhathi's article "‘Piloting’ Gender in the Indian Railways: Women Loco-pilots, Labour and Technology."   Curated by: Sohnee Harshey [[email protected]] ...