Bhojpuri Cinema in the Comparative Media Crucible by Akshaya Kumar, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2021; pp 235, `1,495 (hardcover).

This paper revisits Raj’s approach to scholarship. The primary focus is not to address the content of his key arguments and findings or to evaluate whether they have stood the test of time. Rather, ...

The absence of caste-level data has been a pressing issue in India, with the long-standing demand for a caste census emerging as a major political point in the 2024 general elections. This paper aims ...

In recent years, the Government of India has been trying to popularise nutri-cereal crops through various policy measures such as increasing the minimum support price and changing the name of coarse ...

The crisis around the cinematic portrayal of desire in older adults is a result of the Family Planning Programme, which marked the prominence of a new sexual morality in Kerala. The EPW produces ...

Films like Srikanth can assist in countering the invisible or constructed characteristics of disability by portraying it as an ever-existing reality of our society. The EPW produces independent and ...

Is the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) an institution “established and admini­stered” by a religious minority community and, therefore, protected under Article 30 of the Constitution from state ...

The definition of household adopted in National Sample Survey household surveys does not always serve well the intended purpose. The article examines its suitability for estimating the distribution of ...

The media portrayals of persons with disability can overshadow their genuine achievements by framing them as extraordinary. The societal attitudes often objectify them and they are further burdened ...

The release of the Hema Committee report is a historic moment that marks a major intervention in the formation of new discourses in the public sphere. Ideas and practices of normalisation and ...

Besides providing an opportunity for different political parties to test their ground, the assembly elections held after a gap of 10 years were important for the people of the state—as much for ...

More efficient markets and effective supply-side responses can restrain food price surges. Consumer price inflation touched 6.2% in October 2024, thus once again crossing the upper threshold of the ...