City bus services in Mumbai are deteriorating as the BEST undertaking is facing financial hardships, a declining fleet strength, and a poor modal share. The authorities are deploying electric buses, ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

Australia’s new legislation banning social media access to children below the age of 16 is the first legislative attempt in the world to do so. It comes after years of research on the harmful effects ...

A Kaleidoscope of People, Culture, and Nature edited by Paul Hockings, Orient BlackSwan, 2023; pp 292, `975.

Despite strong mobilisation efforts since 1953 and numerous private member bills, domestic workers in India remain unrecognised as a sector requiring welfare and protection. This paper examines the ...

This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the ...

This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the ...

During October 2021 and February–March 2022, Indian power exchanges experienced a significant gap between buy and sell bids. In 309 time blocks, the market cleared at the maximum price due to the ...

Conventional history writing identifies historically “significant” events and weaves them into a coherent chronology. This process lends a sense of fixity to the events—both temporal and spatial. This ...

It is difficult to describe the sense of sadness and loss that I felt when I heard of the death of Amiya Kumar Bagchi on 28 November. As they say, we went back a long way: to the autumn of 1973, some ...

The recently adopted World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge has been hailed for achieving the best possible ...

Community engagement is crucial for India’s ambitious target of establishing carbon sinks to combat climate change. By fostering local ownership, facilitating knowledge sharing, and promoting ...