Cover February 18, 2012	[COMMENTARY] Corporatisation of the Media  Paranjoy Guha Thakurta , Subi Chaturvedi The entry of Reliance Industries, India’s largest corporate entity in the private sector, into the country’s media industry in a major way with strategic associations with the Network18 group and the Eenadu group, has been perceived as an instance of  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The Law Commission’s bill on combating honour crimes falls short of what is required.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The Indian Constitution has, as part of the history of nation making and the process of nation building, become the site of contestations of power  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The targeted public distribution system, intended to provide subsidised food to poor households, is the largest welfare programme in India, with a budget corresponding to about 1% of the net national product  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Regional disparities in literacy levels were rightly emphasised in the recent Jammu and Kashmir Finance Commission report, with Jammu having achieved a literacy rate of 73% and Kashmir only 65%  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

For those who believe that we are not necessarily condemned to the gloomy status quo and that societies can do things differently, what is happening in Ecuador provides inspiration and even guidance  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Preparations for the Rio+20 United Nations conference on sustainable development have begun, but the first round of preparatory meetings did not address important issues such as sustainable resource use, production and consumption.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

South Africa’s ambition to dominate Africa opens up deep divisions in the continent.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The National Mission on Libraries awaits government action.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Given the growing interest in landscape urbanism in Indian architectural discourse, this article critically examines the history and impact of its most prominent embodiment, New York’s High Line public park  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

How much of the benefits of economic growth accrue directly to farmers and workers who lose their livelihoods when agricultural land is taken over for development? If handled properly, the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 201  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

An analysis of the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act 2008 shows its distance from the original National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector proposal  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The use of social media like blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc, has come to define the new youthdriven politics in many countries across the world  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Making a Difference: Memoirs from the Women’s Movement in India editd by Ritu Menon (Delhi: Women Unlimited),2011; pp 412, Rs 350.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

From Financial Crisis to Global Recovery by Padma Desai (New York, USA: Columbia University Press), 2011; pp XVI + 254, $27.50.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The author of “A Marxist Post-mortem of Soviet Socialism” (EPW, 28 May 2011) responds to Paresh Chattopadhyay’s “On a Strange Misreading of Marx: A Note” (EPW, 24 September 2011) and Cem Somel’s “On a ‘Marxist’ Post-mortem” (EPW, 24 September 2011) w  [Abstract]  [Full Article]