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EPW Conversations- The Great Nicobar Project: A Holistic Folly

The Project for Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island, a large-scale infrastructure project, is more folly than national gain. The project remains a purely commerc

Kāvyaśāstra and Censorship in Premodern India

On this episode of Research Radio we have Sreenath V S and Mini Chandran discussing their paper To Write Was to Cense: Kāvyaśāstra and Creative Freedom in Premodern India

The First Bible Women of Rayalaseema

On this episode of Research Radio we have Chakali Chandra Sekhar discussing his paper titled “⁠Dalit Women and Colonial Christianity: First Telugu Bible Women as Teachers

Crisis and change in the world and in the United States

On this episode of Research Radio we have Inderjeet Parmar discussing his paper titled “Poly Crisis or Organic Crisis?: The Crisis of the United States and the US-led Wor

Rethinking India's Agricultural Extension System

On this episode of Research Radio we have A Suresh discussing his paper titled "Reinventing Agricultural Extension System in India: The Road Ahead" which he co-authored w

Evaluating India's Entrepreneurship Policy

On this episode of Research Radio we have Anish Tiwari discussing his paper titled “⁠The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of ‘Startup India": A Review of India’s Entrepreneurs

Understanding Urban Digitalisation Projects in India: Platformisation, Infrastructuring, and Datafication

On this episode of Research Radio we have Khaliq Parkar discussing his paper titled “Platformisation, Infrastructuring, and Datafication: Regional Variations in the Digit

Brahminical Environmentalism and Conservation Laws in India

In this episode of Research Radio, we have with us Sanjana Meshram and Aditya Rawat discussing conservation law in India and how it perpetuates Brahminical environmentali

Special Episode: Review of Urban Affairs 2023

Over the past 12 years the EPW Review of Urban Affairs has tried to be a finger to the pulse of Urban Studies in India. In this special episode of Research Radio we speak

Indian Labour Intermediaries and Global Production Networks

In this episode of Research Radio, we have with us Dr. Keshab Das to discuss the changing role of intermediaries in the relationship between labour and capital as Indian

Dalits and the Environmental Movement in India

In this episode of Research Radio, we have with us Prof. Mukul Sharma who will be discussing his work on Dalits and the environmental movement in India based on his paper

Electoral Politics in ‘Jatland’: The Changing Political Landscape in Haryana

In this episode of Research Radio, we have with us Dr. Radhika Kumar, who will be discussing the changing political landscape in the ‘Jatland’ of Haryana. This discussion

Debt and Service: The Logic of Caste

In this episode of Research Radio, we have Rajat Roy discussing his research on Dalit Political Subjectivity. In his papers titled "From Postcolonial Irony to Dalit Truth

COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Manufacturing in the US and in India - Part 2

This time on Research Radio we have with us Prof. Sunil Mani for a two-part episode on COVID-19 vaccine R&D and manufacturing in the US and in India based on his Special

COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Manufacturing in the US and in India - Part 1

This time on Research Radio we have with us Prof. Sunil Mani for a two-part episode on COVID-19 vaccine R&D and manufacturing in the US and in India based on his Special

Caste Among School Children in Maharashtra

On this episode of Research Radio we have Sameer Mohite discussing his research on Caste among School Children in Maharashtra. In his  papers titled  "Critical Thinking o

Socio-cultural Factors and Mental Health in India

On this World Mental Health Day we bring you a conversation with Sudarshan Kottai on Mental Health in India and it’s entanglements with socio-cultural factors both in the

Left Resurgence in Latin America

In this episode of Research Radio we speak to Tathagatan Ravindran about the rising ‘pink tide’ in Latin America based on his papers in EPW titled “Bolivia at the Crossro

Race, Caste, and Class

In her book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' Isabel Wilkerson looks to the Indian caste system to provide the vocabulary to expose the invisible substructure under

Contemporary Capitalism and the 4th Industrial Revolution

In this episode Atul Bhardwaj discusses his papers on Contemporary Capitalism and the 4th Industrial Revolution. The first paper titled 'Decay of Liberalism and Withering