It is worth stressing that the distinctness of the dominant constitutional interpretation of affirmative action in the Indian case is that it does not interpret the goal of affirmative action as diversity (which is the norm in the global North) but rather as equity. This foregrounding of equity is popularly…
Diversified Business Groups (DBGs) are dominant players in the private sector of a number of Global North and Global South countries. Their historical role in Global North countries, including that of late- industrialisers, took several trajectories: while some metamorphosed into specialised groups concentrating on vertical integration, others became more networked…
A manner in which the study of ‘Delhi’ becomes interesting is not the continuity but the uneven presence of written accounts for its study. For the period before the thirteenth century, only one written text survives: Pasanahacariu, composed in 1132 CE by Sridhara, an Agarwala–Digambar poet. This scarcity of textual…
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.’ In the deeply contentious and sometimes violent realm of social movements, traditional academic scholarship has gravitated towards the study of ‘sticks and stones’ over the comparatively meek domain of words and visuals. However, words, visuals and rhetoric…
The military intervention in Venezuela on the night of 3 January 2026 was a demonstration of America’s new intent in Latin America and a strong message to the international community. The United States’ National Security Strategy (NSS) document released in November 2025 emphasised the pre-eminent American role in the western…
The United States’ military assault on Venezuelan territory and the abduction of President Maduro mark a decisive turning point in Washington’s hemispheric strategy – with likely global repercussions, of course. While the operation signals a return to direct interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean – reviving methods many assumed…
Every nation has an anthem which it accords a unique place in all observances deemed to be of ‘national’ significance. India is unique in having enshrined a song that competes for place and prestige with its national anthem.
The notion that India endured several centuries of ‘foreign’ rule during the medieval period was firmly planted by colonial administrators and ideologues in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Colonial ideologues sought to conceal the intrinsic foreignness of British rule by labelling their immediate predecessors, the Mughals, as foreigners.…
The Nizamuddin Basti region of Delhi constitutes one of the most significant necropolises of the Mughal and post-Mughal world, encapsulating a continuum of architectural, cultural and spiritual expressions from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Anchored by the sacred presence of the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the area emerged…
Over the last forty years, scholarly debates regarding the Mughal empire have centred primarily on the nature of its mansabdari system, a foundational element introduced under Akbar. These interpretations fall into two principal categories. The first, represented by historians such as M. Athar Ali and John F. Richards, is rooted…