Malayalam film Neru critiques the judicial system’s conventions of exclusion through an overdependence on visual and auditory evidence at the cost of other senses.

Barzakh offers a brave and introspective narrative of life and its complexities in its exploration of homosexuality in a society that is unforgiving of difference.

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

The film reveals how class and caste forces shape the rapidly expanding informal economy, now digitised to trap people in roles of entrenched inequality.

The impact of Srinagar’s smart city project on the Hanji community of Kashmir is examined, exploring the intersection of urban development, traditional livelihoods, and cultural preservation. How this ...

What does the production of space in cities of the global South entail? Through Jaitpur, an “unauthorised colony” in Delhi, this paper explores how neighbourhoods are co-produced and settled via ...

The incidence of land-grabbing by local developers, that leads to illegal colonies and unauthorised housing in the informal land markets of the National Capital Region, particularly in Gautam Buddha ...

The EPW produces independent and public-spirited scholarship and analyses of contemporary affairs every week. EPW is one of the few publications that keep alive the spirit of intellectual inquiry in ...

The local governments’ financial sustenance crucially relies on transfers from the union finance commission, governed by Article 280(3)(bb) and (c) of the Indian Constitution, introduced in ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

Amid multiple resettlement attempts, driven by increased private investment and rising land values, residents of a slum in Visakhapatnam have successfully defended their rights to their houses and the ...