Put simply, people are more likely to interact with and rely on those who are socially similar to them. Within sociological and economic analyses of networks, homophily is understood as a key ...

According to the survey, 56% of rural households borrow­ed from various lending sources to meet their basic survival needs of housing, healthcare, education and food, with 44% of these borrowings ...

What is alarming is that within the first few months of 2026, four major incidents involving racial profiling and physical violence against the North East Indians have been reported: the murder of a ...

To name a film after this phrase, and then to populate it with actual mothers and daughters who refuse to behave, is less a clever marketing provocation than a diagnostic act. It names the structure.

Systems Have Souls,” he repeated, this time more solemnly. Then he began singing Beethoven’s legendary Ninth Symphony, “Ode to Joy.” As he finished, after a pause that seemed as long as eternity, ...

Pensions have become an important concern for employees, employers, pensioners, fund managers, ministries and regulators. Until January 2004, government employees were covered by the Old Pension ...

Education is central to human capital formation and economic growth (Becker 1964; Romer 1986; Hanushek and Woessmann 2012), and school closures threatened learning outcomes and long-term development.

Whenever Himachal was imagined by its emergent political class in the waning days of British rule, no matter the disagreements (whether Garhwal should be included or not), one thing was certain: ...

Bhatia attempts to weave a narrative of communal polarisation through stitching in-depth interviews, personal anecdotes, police station diary entries, and testimonials. The book is an investigative ...

The genealogy of reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) can be traced back to the constitution of the First Backward Classes Commission headed by Kaka Saheb Kalelkar in 1953. The commission, ...

No, this is not an early sign of the state withering away or of big business pushing the government out of the picture to take its place. Visiting emissaries of foreign governments engage ...

Droughts rarely occupy public attention beyond the seasons of scarcity described through monsoonal variations. If people in the past watched the skies as they prepared for the sowing season, at ...