The ‘sexual Internet’ is clearly a social space where multiple economies – commercial, political and libidinal – intersect. It is a phenomenon that requires exploration from multiple angles: economic, psychological and discursive. This essay highlights the multiple...

The Indian society has been multicultural for many centuries. But the texture of this 'multicultural Indian identity' has changed drastically in the last decade or so. Earlier, when two cultures came in contact, the circle of their own beliefs and social imaginary overlapped to some extent. But...

The handbook is prepared to create an informed public debate on Genetic Engineering in agriculture and this Introductory Manual is a contribution to this debate – a debate not just on GE in agriculture per se but on democratization of science and technology.

The social, environmental and economic impacts of dams are summarised and outlines better options for water management and energy supply. [IRN Brief].

Each day, there is news of the crisis spreading to a newer part of the world or to a newer institution. What we are going through is an unprecedented crisis; and we will be failing the world if we do not draw lessons from the crisis to prevent its recurrence. [Statement at the International...

This paper queries the rightness of the current mainstream thinking on development and technological change; expresses the apprehension that the much-feared climate change seems to have begun, and concludes with a fervent plea to all to undertake some radically new thinking. It is a concerned...

This paper attempts to analyse the role of public innovation policies for creating national innovative capabilities in the context of the fast pace of globalization. It is fairly well established both in theory and practice that innovative expenditure will be low if left in the hands of private...

This paper argues that at the present juncture in India’s development the window of poverty elimination provides the appropriate perspective to search for an alternative development paradigm. The alternative development paradigm outlined in this paper is based on the premise that market,...

There are two factors that make additional central transfers for reinforcing health services essential: (a) while the prescription of spending 3 percent of GDP on health may be an appropriate objective for the nation as a whole, in some of the states, the requirement is substantially higher and...