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Citizen’s Burden

When the government insists that an Indian passport is not proof of Indian citizenship, something more than a legal clarification is at stake.

War and Consent

The most enduring consequence of a war is often not what happens on the battlefield, but what it reveals about the institutions that authorise it.

Plutocracy gone crazy

At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company accumulated an empire, many times the size of the mother country.

Hidden Costs

Economics is not just about financial comings and goings within markets: the ‘unpriced’ or non-market services that the natural environment provides us with are equally its concern.

Economy in Review

Every year, a day before the Union Budget, the Chief Economic Adviser comes out with the Economic Survey for the year. This year, breaking with tradition, since an interim budget was being presented, the Government deferred publication of the Economic Survey.

Swerving right

In the wake of Portugal’s general election on Sunday, politics finds itself at a crossroads, with the rise of the far-right Chega party signalling a notable departure from the country’s historical political trajectory.

The unveiling

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has dealt a decisive blow to the shadows that have long shrouded political funding in the country.

Innovative means to tackle delirium

Delirium is a condition that occurs commonly in older people. The rising elderly population means more cases of delir ium to manage, emphasising the need for capacitybuilding to manage this condition in hospitals, at home or in 24-hour residential care homes.