The Awkward Bourgeois: Role of the Armchair Critic in Neoliberal Democracy
Of late, the middle class has increasingly sought to influence national agenda and policies through new forms of citizens’ activism.
Government
Government is one of the most powerful institutions in a society. This section talks about various perspectives on government, and also its functioning across countries.
Powerplay in a post-COVID world: India – USA relations
The US should also focus on finding new ways to amicably part ways with China and look forward to a better diplomatic relationship with India in numerous fields and evolving areas of mutual interest.
On the Need for an Income Support Scheme for Farmers
India, a federation of mini countries will require the active role of Indian states in building an efficacious income support structure for farmers.
India’s role in heralding a new multilateral order
An India, working closely with democratic countries, based on humanity, fairness, and equality as envisioned by PM Modi at the online summit of Non-Aligned meet, can lead the world in the right direction.
Online Class, AI, and Future of Higher-Education
Till now, the major change that has already occurred to our education system is the shift of classroom teaching to an online-mode.
Welfare in India: Business, BJP and Middle Class – 2
The BJP manages to run and maintain pro-poor welfare schemes while also furthering its pro-business and MGMG agenda because they have tailored their welfare schemes in a way that would appeal to the middle classes and proponents of neoliberalism
Welfare in India: Business, BJP and Middle Class
How does the BJP government that posits itself as neoliberal and pro-business, manage to not only maintain existing welfare schemes but also launch new ones?
Life vs profit: Dilemma of capping COVID treatment prices
In a country like India, where caste and class inequalities have dictated the distribution of wealth and access of resources, unless the government does not move further than the capping of prices in private hospitals, it will be leaving a significant amount of the population without any affordable medical avenue.
Pressure Groups in the USA and UK – A comparative study
Pressure Groups in the USA were found to be more successful than the UK, as the Cabinet with agenda-setting, coalitional-cohesion, the confidence of the House created strong incentives for it to legislate for majoritarian voters instead of special interests.
Governments pass the buck of suicides, every time
While discussing suicides and mental health, we do not talk about governments correcting structural factors, but focus on individual, community, and so on.
Indian federalism and the changing times
The framers of the Constituent Assembly had envisioned a ‘Strong Centre but not weak states.’ In an era of ‘cooperative federalism,’ states are to be the partners in nation-building. Leadership and well as policy implementation seem to be the foundation of federal dynamics during any crisis of such massive proportion.
The curse of cartography: India-China border dispute
A permanent solution depends upon the degree of statecraft exercised based on mutual interest and understanding. If a conflict situation is to be avoided, then it is imperative that the governments of the two countries amicably negotiate and come to an agreement over the border.
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