Now that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for ‘their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’, it…
Devolution of power with the Morley–Minto reforms led to jostling for political space among various groups and communities. The issue of representation in governmental bodies and institutions set the stage for intensification of identity politics in colonial India.
The study of labour migration requires combining the skills and approaches of scholars from several disciplines such as anthropology, demography, economics, sociology, law, political science, and history. Migration between one area and another within the same country as also between…
Walter Hauser, The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha 1929–1942: A Study of an Indian Peasant Movement, Manohar Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2019, 265 pages, Rs 1295 Following the publication last year of an English translation of the memoirs of the…
The lead article by Utsa Patnaik in the current number of Social Scientist presents a striking argument about colonial India that is both unconventional and counter-intuitive. The colonial period, as is well-known, had witnessed a substantial and systematic drain of…
During 1893 to 1923 some half a dozen Commissions to consider problems of Indian finance and currency were constituted and submitted their reports. This flurry of activity resulted from international economic developments, especially the adoption of the Gold Standard by…
Jainism is known for its uncompromising emphasis on asceticism as the only way to attain the soteriological goal of mokṣa. The life and teachings of the Tīrthaṅkaras exemplify the required commitment to an ascetic mode of living to prevent the…
Credit cooperatives are the oldest serving financial institutions in the country. These institutions, premised on the principles of self-help, mutual aid and cooperation, were established with the vision of promoting growth and development in the rural hinterland and strengthening the…
As we know, nineteenth-century Bengal witnessed aggressive religious debates, and denunciation of various aspects of society, culture and the economy relying on the vocabulary of religious discourse. Newspapers emerged as the most effective organs for different religious institutions and champions…
Conversations with Ambedkar: 10 Ambedkar Memorial Lectures, Edited by Valerian Rodrigues, Tulika Books–Ambedkar University Delhi. Book Reivew by Moggallan Bhartiteaches Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD), along with Tulika Books, has recently brought out a collection of the first ten Ambedkar Memorial…