Khaldunian State Cycles and the Logic of Neopatrimonialism in Post-Weberian Governance – Ali Reza SK
Many countries in the 21st century suffer from corrupt and ineffectual governments that appear to be modern on the outside…
Framing the Media: Government Policies, Law, and Freedom of the Press in India by Pamela Philipose (2025): A Review by Sanskriti
In Framing the Media: Government Policies, Law, and Freedom of the Press in India (Orient Blackswan, 2025), Pamela Philipose attempts…
Deconstructing India’s Democracy: Essays in Honour of James Manor edited by Rob Jenkins and Louise Tillin – Malavika Pradhan
Deconstructing India’s Democracy: Essays in Honour of James Manor, edited by Rob Jenkins and Louise Tillin (published by Orient Blackswan…
Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools by Yamini Aiyar (2024): A Review by Pallavi Sanil
Yamini Aiyar’s Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools (published by Oxford University Press in 2024) represents a significant contribution…
Care, Gender and the State: A Conversation with Rajni Palriwala
Rajni Palriwala was a Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her…
A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the Bangladesh-India Border by Sahana Ghosh (2023): A Review By Afsheen Rizvi
The modern state is often imagined through a fixed set of markers—territorial borders, citizenship regimes, models of democracy, and relations…
The Fight for the Republic (2024) by Sitaram Yechury: A Review by Sashwat S R
Having had the privilege of undertaking my undergraduate and postgraduate education in spaces that promised interdisciplinarity, I have experienced faculty…
ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn by Rajeev Bhattacharyya (2023): A Review by Nikita Sarma
In ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn (published by Harper Collins in 2023), Rajeev Bhattacharyya puts forward a fundamental question –…
Practices of the State: Muslims, Law and Violence in India by Tanweer Fazal (2024): A Review by Mamoon Bhuyan
In his book Practices of the State: Muslims, Law and Violence in India (published by Three Essays Collective in 2024),…
India’s Elite Exams: A Crisis Of Integrity And Equity – Sunit Singh
NEET Controversy & NET Debacle The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), a national exam for medical aspirants, has become…