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Prime Minister Morarji Desai presenting the National UNESCO Award for 1977 to Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay in New Delhi on December 18, 1977.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The rebel who saw tomorrow

Nico Slate highlights how much of today’s feminist dialogue echoes feminist freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s ideas from decades ago.

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An open-air class at Joba Attpara village, Paschim Bardhaman district in West Bengal, in September 2021 when schools were shut during the COVID pandemic.

Civil servants as change-makers

Based on years of fieldwork, Akshay Mangla’s book shows how bureaucrats influence outcomes by enabling community participation and local ownership.

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A meeting of self-help groups promoted by Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project in Mangaluru, Karnataka, in June 2021.

A people-first development agenda for India

Sanjay Kaul proposes a set of focus areas for the country’s development while offering a way forward to activate the recommendations made.

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Coffee is one of the mainstays of the local economy.

The emerald lands of Kodagu

Footloose in Kodagu, where the mercury still hovers around 20° Celsius.

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The students of the Harijanawada Primary School in Suryapet, Nalgonda, Telangana, attend classes under the canopy of trees. A file photograph

The forgotten teacher: Review of ‘A Matter of the Heart’ by Anurag Behar

Parables about ordinary people doing extraordinary work in government schools across India.

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Queen’s College, Oxford

In Oxford, the university is all around

Oxford at the beginning of Michaelmas term is lovely. The trees are red, gold, and green.

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