Revenge of the East
The best tribute to the dead of Charlie Hebdo is the debate on freedom of speech that has now opened up.
Inflation Targeting as Policy Option for India
Inflation targeting may have its benefits but the timing of India's ongoing transition to IT – an adverse domestic and global macroeconomic context – poses signifi cant risks to a successful implementation. Moreover, the evidence of IT having a positive impact comes from the pre-financial crisis era; more recent studies of the emerging market economies over a longer period show the non-IT countries growing faster than those which have adopted IT.
Commentary In a peculiar re-enactment of the fascist past, sections of the Indian intellectual community are displaying a horrifying moral ambiguity in their slow drift into a system that typifi es a dangerous and opportunist liaison between the forces of... | Special Articles The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers and lead to a reduction in the number and frequency of industrial conflicts. However, the reform... |
Editorials The courts must decide whether free expression is a constitutional right. | Editorials A mandate from across ethnic and social groups in Sri Lanka has felled the mighty Rajapaksa regime. |
Special Articles Born in a poor Nai (barber) family, Karpoori Thakur, a committed socialist, played an important role in politics of Bihar for more than four decades between the 1950s and 1980s. He introduced controversial policies of reservation (the "Karpoori... | Commentary I was 12 when I first heard of Krishna Iyer. It was a steamy Madras morning in July 1987. That day's Indian Expressannounced that the retired judge would be the Opposition's presidential candidate. He was to face R... |
Commentary An appropriate response is not to curtail legitimate civil liberties or democratic freedoms, for this could have even more dangerous political and social consequences in areas of civil liberties and democratic rights, but rather to work towards... | Notes An examination of age-wise voting and preferences in the 2014 elections reveals that the Bharatiya Janata Party benefi ted from youth and first-time voters showing a high preference for the party relative to other age groups. |
Commentary The safety guidelines for schools in Karnataka that mandate cultures of surveillance and control are inadequate to prevent the systematic abuse of children in schools. Systems that place child welfare at the heart of schooling and school... | Commentary Assessing the progress made in reducing under-nutrition among children who are less than two years old in Maharashtra between 2005-06 and 2012, this article points out that child under-nutrition, especially stunting, declined signifi cantly in... |
Special Articles The public distribution system remains the bedrock of India's food security system and the Food Security Act (2013) has only increased its importance. At the same time, the PDS administration has been subject to reform, change and experimentation... | Perspectives This article examines the nature of two varied forms of assessments like the continuous comprehensive evaluation and end-of-the-year exams, studies the variations in the principles underlying them and presents a case for an assessment that is... |
Reports From the States / Web Exclusives Union Carbide Corporation managed to wrangle out of the Bhopal gas tragedy by exploiting a loophole in the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. If governments are not vigilant, other companies, ushered for "Make in India", would do the... | Discussion Two responses to "Has Microfinance Lost Its Moral Compass?" (David Hulme and Mathilde Maitrot, EPW, 29 November 2014). The first argues that microfinance institutions in Bangladesh remain client-focused and mission-oriented. The second... |
Discussion David Hulme and Mathilde Maitrot's article on amorality of money in EPW ("Has Microfinance Lost Its Moral Compass?", 29 November 2014) is timely and well-researched to illustrate one of the successes in development turning into... | Book Reviews Beyond Inclusion: The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education edited by Satish Deshpande and Usha Zacharias (New Delhi: Routledge), 2013; pp 356, Rs 415 (hardback). |
Book Reviews Chandernagore: From Bondage to Freedom, 1900-1955 by Sailendra Nath Sen (Delhi: Primus Books), 2012; pp xv + 376, Rs 1,150. | Book Reviews Left of Centre: Kamal Morarka in Parliament edited by Lina Mathias (New Delhi: Rupa Publications), 2013; pp xviii + 267, Rs 495. |
Web Exclusives Charlie Hebdo's critics have got one thing wrong – the real target of such terrorist attacks is not the "Islamophobic" Western establishment, it is the Muslim heretic who wants to defy the cleric and... | Web Exclusives While the election victory for President Maithripala Sirisena was due to a unique political moment that united minorities and many in the Sinhala electorate to vote out an authoritarian regime, expectations of major change in economic policy need... |
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Review of Rural Affairs: June 29, 2013
With Indian agriculture growing slowly, employment in agriculture too has been increasing at a low rate. Urban employment has not expanded rapidly enough to provide work for the growing rural population. So, is the rise in non-agricultural employment in recent years driven more by distress than demand? Three articles in this edition of the Review of Rural Affairs look at aspects of this issue.
A couple of related issues that are examined are the growth of "non-cultivating households" and the movement of wages of agricultural labour.
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