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A community Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, on October 13, 2021. Durga Pujas in Kolkata alone have estimated footfalls of 2 to 3 lakh people daily, providing employment and incomes for those involved in organising and performing as well as for sellers of wares and food and other service providers at the venues.

Reviving India’s beleaguered creative economy

The creative sector, which holds immense potential for employment generation and a healthier, happier population, suffered a body blow during the pand

At the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) campus in Siruseri near Chennai, a file picture. The software industry relied heavily on implicit and explicit state support for its development and expansion, by way of tax holidays and skilled labour from top-notch public institutions.

1991 reforms: Weak balance sheet, found wanting on manufacturing and employment

Contrary to popular perception, the economic reforms of 1991 were a dismal failure as they did not address chronic issues in the areas of manufacturin

Clerical mistakes in Aadhaar enrolment have deterred the aged, such as these pensioners from Chendurthi village, Andhra Pradesh, fram availing themselves of social security pensions and other benefits.

‘Cash for votes’ scheme

The proposed cash transfer to farmers on election-eve is a poorly imagined scheme that is likely to have little positive impact. An alternative to it

The dilapidated condition of government school of Adavihulagbal village in Muddebihal taluk of Vijayapura district.

Failing the education sector

The overarching theme of Budget 2018-19 is that of privatisation, and the budget for higher education is no different, with substantial cuts in alloca

Road to emancipation

Women were a significant force in the mass uprising that culminated in the revolution and were instrumental in shaping the attitudes and policies of t

Members of the congregation sing and pray for peace at a branch of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God church, inside the Mathare area of Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. The Mathare area seems calm Sunday as pastors delivered Sunday Sermons following deadly post-election violence where rioters have battled police who fired live ammunition and tear gas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Deras and evangelicals

How do we explain the extraordinary popularity of the bizarrely flamboyant Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of the Dera Sacha Sauda, and the deep lo

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Rabh tribal women carry fire wood in Boko area of Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Sunday, October 28, 2012.With the increasing price of LPG and limiting the usage of LPG to just six cylinders in a year, poor people have been forced to use more fire wood. The hike in diesel price has lead to increase in freight charges and prices of almost all the commodities, each household will now be entitled to only six cylinders of 14.2-kg per annum at the subsidised rate of Rs 399 and for any further requirement the market rate of Rs 746 per cylinder would have to be paid.
PHOTO: RITU_RAJ_KONWAR
GUWAHATI28-10-2012
Rabh tribal women carry fire wood in Boko area of Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Sunday, October 28, 2012.With the increasing price of LPG and limiting the usage of LPG to just six cylinders in a year, poor people have been forced to use more fire wood. The hike in diesel price has lead to increase in freight charges and prices of almost all the commodities, each household will now be entitled to only six cylinders of 14.2-kg per annum at the subsidised rate of Rs 399 and for any further requirement the market rate of Rs 746 per cylinder would have to be paid.
PHOTO: RITU_RAJ_KONWAR
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A silent struggle against inequality

The promises that inspired the enthusiastic participation of women in the national movement have remained unfulfilled, as a deep and pervasive gender

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Money and social contract

We are now in relatively uncharted economic territory in India. But this also means that we may be entering an entirely new phase of our social contra

People march in protest against US President-elect Donald Trump in Seattle, Washington on November 14, 2016.
Protesters have denounced Trump's often-inflammatory campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and women. Trump initially denounced the protests against him, saying they were 'incited' by the media but then reversed course and praised the demonstrators for their 'passion for our great country.'

/ AFP PHOTO / Jason Redmond

To friends in the U.S.

We understand and empathise with you because in our own way we have been there. Do not be afraid: fear is what the newly powerful groups want to insti

Latur 11/04/2016 Thousands of cattle are for sale at market in Pachod village of Aurangabad district. Farmers are selling their cattle due to water and fodder shortage. Marathwada is reeling under sever drought. Photo: Vivek Bendre

Reaping distress

The inability to resolve pressing problems with respect to the production, distribution and availability of food is one of the important failures of t

What next for E.U.?

It will be tragic indeed if the European Union collapses under the weight of its own contradictions only to yield to the petty and xenophobic forms of

MADURAI, TAMILNADU, 09/01/2015: Candidates register their names at the job mela held at The American College in Madurai on January 09, 2015.
Photo: G. Moorthy

Growth in joblessness

Job creation no longer seems to be a major policy priority of the government, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches no longer emphasise how much