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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of
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An antidote to the sorry state of American publishing. Philip Graham Mar 17, 2025 For five months in 2023 my wife and I traveled through 28 states across the United States, in a hopeful, slightly crazy, deeply personal, and sometimes grueling search for Little Free Libraries. I had a book to deliver, a copy of…
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In the seven decades of the working of the Constitution, there has been a gradual drift towards the entrenching of a set of its characteristics, says the author in his new book ‘The Indian Constitution: A Conversation with Power’ Published – January 24, 2025 09:02 am ISTREAD LATERPRINT A protest in Srinagar against the removal of…
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View this email in your browser Spartacus is a figure who floats between history and allegory. In the latest episode of the EI Weekly Listen, audio essays featuring our writers, Richard Miles explores the extraordinary life of Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator whose revolt rocked ancient Rome to its core. Listen here.
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China has fired back at Canada’s tariffs with brutal economic retaliation—100% tariffs on key Canadian exports. This could cripple Canada’s agriculture industry. Here’s what just happened and why Canada made a HUGE mistake: Canada thought it could play tough by slapping tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel, and aluminum. They claimed China’s subsidies were “unfair.” But…
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A panel discussion at the launch of Peggy Mohan’s book, ‘Father Tongue, Motherland’ traced the evolution of Indian languages from the Indus Valley Civilisation to the Mughal era. Krishan Murari 06 March, 2025 12:05 pm IST Follow Us : Text Size: A-A+ New Delhi: When it comes to Prakrit, linguist Peggy Mohan goes against the grain. It was not…
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