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Pulapre Balakrishnan
The writer is professor of economics at Ashoka University, Delhi
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In Bihar, everyone is talking about women but few give them a voice
November 06,2025 07:22:08 AM
Bihar’s leading parties must field women candidates in numbers equal to those of men. Their discourse imagines women as passive recipients of welfare without addressing their aspiration for agency.
Thu, Nov 06, 2025
In Bihar, Nitish and Tejashwi are talking about women. Who’s listening to them?Sign In to read
November 03,2025 15:49:39 PM
When leaders equate empowerment with welfare, women’s aspirations for voice, choice, and equality are reduced to election rhetoric
Tue, Nov 04, 2025
In the face of Trump’s tariffs, India must secure oil supply chains, assert sovereigntySubscriber Only
August 09,2025 07:01:58 AM
Despite the naivete he has displayed in his dealings with Trump, PM Modi is not responsible for his perfidy
Sat, Aug 09, 2025
Measuring poverty shouldn’t be about calories. India needs a thali indexSubscriber Only
July 01,2025 06:24:52 AM
In 2023-24, upto 40 per cent of rural population and 10 per cent of urban population could not afford two thalis a day, indicating that levels of food deprivation are much higher than implied by poverty estimates
Tue, Jul 01, 2025
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad has moral ambition and courage. Ashoka University must show some tooSubscriber Only
May 21,2025 15:44:17 PM
It is difficult to figure out exactly why Ashoka University acts in the way that it does. Can it be that when it speaks of an education in the liberal arts, it has in mind merely a transfer of the protocols and materials in use in American colleges without any commitment to freedom of expression?
Sun, May 25, 2025
Can private universities really help Kerala’s education system?Subscriber Only
April 29,2025 07:00:00 AM
While private universities may be secular, it is not necessary that they will also be liberal, that is, open to contending ideologies and permitting a critical stance by members vis-a-vis the power elite
Tue, Apr 29, 2025
Why criticism over the Nehru-led economy doesn’t holdSubscriber Only
January 07,2025 07:05:58 AM
For sure, Nehru could have done more, but he did quicken a moribund economy, a historic achievement without which there could not have been much human development anyway
Tue, Jan 07, 2025
Pressuring the RBI to lower the interest rate isn’t going to solve the problemSubscriber Only
December 12,2024 07:15:45 AM
While the government appears to be concerned about stagnant growth rates, it would be wrong to assume that the central bank can lead the change by implementing a supply-side solution to a demand-side problem
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
Hema Committee report shows why ambit of social justice must be widened to include womenSubscriber Only
September 24,2024 06:00:54 AM
In India, they constitute neither a class nor a caste. Women are not financially independent and have lower health and education endowments within every caste group. After recent events in Bengal and Kerala, it cannot be business as usual for India’s talkative political class
Tue, Sep 24, 2024
Karnataka jobs quota bill goes against the idea of IndiaSubscriber Only
July 26,2024 12:08:06 PM
It is particularly disappointing that it should come from a Congress government, whose ideology, historically, has been one of inclusion
Sat, Jul 27, 2024
Rahul Gandhi’s redistribution pitch: First, fix public schoolsSubscriber Only
April 29,2024 12:17:58 PM
A one-shot redistribution of wealth or the adoption of a universal basic income scheme are not substitutes for building the capabilities of the mass of the population
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
Climate change is driving food prices up. This can no longer be ignoredSubscriber Only
April 17,2024 08:10:45 AM
The ecological aspect to the rising food inflation must be tackled head-on by addressing the problem of lowering of the water table, evaporation of soil moisture and depleting top soil, all of which directly lower yield and thus reduce agricultural output
Wed, Apr 17, 2024
Pulapre Balakrishnan writes: University is where India imagines a common future — it needs to have academic freedomSubscriber Only
October 05,2023 07:45:53 AM
The university is to be understood as an entity devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, and freedom is central to this exercise, whatever the body of knowledge or discipline
Thu, Oct 05, 2023
India’s universities are coming apart, political class ignores damage caused by the exit of the ablest from the countrySubscriber Only
April 26,2023 06:15:01 AM
Universities of the West have largely remained free of the state even when they receive public funds. This is perhaps the single most important reason why they have succeeded, which in turn explains why India’s youth flock to them
Wed, Apr 26, 2023
Disappointing as Kejriwal’s silences may be, AAP succeeded in Delhi because it has a programmeSubscriber Only
February 21,2020 00:55:00 AM
Why should not a commitment to improving the lives of ordinary people count as politics? If a democracy cannot improve the lives of people when it is possible to do so, it is not worth having. Political parties with ideologies cannot change this feature.
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
Tired and tested in KeralaSubscriber Only
March 29,2016 00:00:34 AM
A new election approaches. But unless the two political blocs offer a new path for the economy, the state must continue to live by exporting labour — in times when the Gulf is reeling under low oil prices.
Tue, Mar 29, 2016Journalism of Courage
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