Politicians on Facebook
| Date: | 01 March 2021 |
In the coming weeks we would like to explore gender-gap in political representation of women in online spaces. Young scholars and researchers are encouraged to send their entries.
Not a Centre Left, India is Actually Missing a Centre Right Party
| Date: | 15 February 2021 |
| Author: | Dr. Asad Rauf |
The argument in recent political discourse has often been that India is missing an alternative in the form of the “Left”. This notion has gained momentum after the near erasure of the Communist Party of India form their bastion of West Bengal in the last...
Why have India’s new farm bills riled up the farmers?
| Date: | 01 February 2021 |
| Author: | Dr. Asad Rauf |
So what exactly are the Farmer's laws in India that have riled up farmers so bad? The issue is complicated. Agriculture is a heavily regulated industry and, importantly, within the ambit of the state governments in India. Thus, agricultural laws were always state-specific, and countrywide reforms were always difficult and required consensus building.
India And Its Refugee Discontent
| Date: | 21 January 2021 |
| Author: | Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie |
Despite being a melting hot-pot of the population dislocation and forced migration, most of the countries in South-Asia do not have a national, regional or international policy for the protection of its refugee population. There are no official documents to explain this policy absence, however, over the past decade many reasons have been inferred and attributed to this peculiar south-Asian behavior.