Economic and Political Weekly

07/11/2025

This article delves into the complex interplay of caste and gender dynamics within the judicial processes concerning the homicides of three young Dalit men from Tamil Nadu.

Marriage customs in India are deeply intertwined with caste and gender norms, which predominantly promote arranged marriages between a man and a woman belonging to the same caste group.Marriage customs in India are deeply intertwined with caste and gender norms, which predominantly promote arranged....

07/11/2025

From 50 Years Ago: United States: Grain Power
https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/43-44/50-years-ago/50-years-ago-united-states-grain-power.html

07/11/2025

Commentary | Free trade agreements have become vital trade policy instruments for India, addressing the issue of untapped export potential and harmonising trade policies with potential trading and strategically important countries.
https://www.epw.in/journal/commentary/emergence-free-trade-agreements-trade-policy.html

07/11/2025

Review Article | the book’s interpretative framework, narrative choices, and occasional stylistic density invite critical engagement alongside acknowledgement for its scholarly inputs.
Chaman Lal writes in EPW:

The arresting pronouncement emblazoned across the front cover of Aparna Vaidik’s Revolutionaries on Trial: Sedition, Betrayal, and Martyrdom declares it a “groundbreaking new study of the Lahore conspiracy case and its The arresting pronouncement emblazoned across the front cover of Aparna Vaidi...

07/11/2025

Special Article | The birth of the All India United Democratic Front in 2005 heralded a major shift in the electoral dynamics and politics of Assam.
Parvin Sultana and Akhil Ranjan Dutta write:
https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/35/special-articles/aiudf-and-assams-politics.html

07/11/2025

Letters | This is in response to the commentary, “Fighting Carbon Sinks: The State’s 15-year Battle against the Wetland at Kanjurmarg, Mumbai” (EPW, 30 August 2025). As a resident of Bhandup, living in close proximity to the Kanjurmarg wetland belt, I read the article with great concern and a sense of familiarity.

This is in response to the commentary, “Fighting Carbon Sinks: The State’s 15-year Battle against the Wetland at Kanjurmarg, Mumbai” (EPW, 30 August 2025). As a resident of Bhandup, living in close proximity to the Kanjurmarg wetland belt, I read the article with great concern and a sense of f...

07/11/2025

A computable general equilibrium model based on GTAP 11 database is used to assess the potential global impacts of the Trump 2.0 tariff regime.

Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in favour of liberal trade, trade war between nations recurs often.Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in favour of liberal trade, trade war between nations recurs often. In fact, the United States (US)–China trade war in recent years is on...

07/11/2025

Commentary | As India charts its ambitious course to achieve “Viksit Bharat” —developed nation status by 2047—the success of this mission is inextricably linked to the ability of its urban centres to function effectively as powerful engines of economic growth.
Ejaz Ghani writes in EPW:

On the outskirts of India’s great metropolises, from Bengaluru to Gurugram, stand the gleaming glass and steel testaments to the nation’s economic ascent.On the outskirts of India’s great metropolises, from Bengaluru to Gurugram, stand the gleaming glass and steel testaments to the nation’s ...

07/11/2025

Insight | The article finds that, even though certain groups of people are perceived as being resilient to flooding due to their ethnic practices, other geographical characteristics outweigh this benefit and make those households more vulnerable.

Climate change increases the likelihood of disasters, jeopardising human lives and livelihoods (IPCC 2001, 2019, 2022) by extending their negative impacts on communities and socio-economic development (Jakariya et al 2020; Panda and Dhanapal 2014; Panthi etClimate change increases the likelihood of....

07/11/2025

Commentary | By turning to audience, access, and reach, it is argued that we have lost sight of what makes the double lives of history possible.
Sarath Pillai writes in EPW:

It is not surprising that the public and the academic life of history should exist in tension. The proliferation of historical information through the internet and social media has made this tension moot, bringing to the fore questions about the reach and accessibility of historical scholarship.It i...

06/11/2025

In-Quotes | These In Quotes are based on Nandini Suresh, Trupti Mishra and Gautam Jain's article on Green Taxonomy.

These In Quotes are based on Nandini Suresh, Trupti Mishra and Gautam Jain's article on Green Taxonomy. Drawing insights from the taxonomies of Europe and India's neighbouring countries the article gives a comparative overview of the climate finance taxonomy introduced in the Indian Budget of 2024-2...

06/11/2025

Discussion Map | In a provocative article published in mid-2009, Ramchandra Guha argued that, while modern Indian thinkers were intellectually active in more than one language, there has been a “decline of the bilingual intellectual.”

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