What if an economy could be looked at not merely as a collection of markets, firms, consumers and governments, but as a dynamic system? Physicists do not understand the universe simply by listing its objects. They ask deeper questions: What are the fundamental quantities? What changes them? What flows between systems? What is conserved? What […]
Sustainability is about what we can go on taking from nature without finding the courage to face our organised, well-disguised greed. This observation acquires a particular force when we look at India’s three great mountain systems—the Western Ghats, the Aravallis and the Himalayas. All three are under pressure from roads, mining, tourism, urbanisation, infrastructure and
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One of the most important contributions of Robert K. Merton to sociology was his attempt to explain how social structure shapes individual behaviour. His theory of social structure and anomie remains particularly relevant to understanding contemporary youth, including India’s Generation Z, gig workers and educated unemployed youth. Merton built upon Durkheim’s concept of anomie but
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Parliamentary democracy is not simply a mechanism for converting an electoral majority into legislation. Its deeper purpose is to provide an institutional forum in which competing ideas are debated, the executive is scrutinised, legislation is examined and, through the interaction of government and Opposition, public policy is improved. The strength of a Parliament should therefore
When Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of building institutions of higher learning in independent India, his vision extended far beyond the creation of a handful of elite educational institutions. The establishment of institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) reflected a larger nation-building philosophy: create centres
Introduction India faces a three-way challenge: ensuring food security, meeting its rapidly rising energy demand, and improving farmers’ incomes. Conventional solar parks can create competition for land, while dependence on fossil fuels increases environmental costs. Agrivoltaics, which combines agricultural cultivation with solar photovoltaic generation on the same land, offers a potential solution to this dilemma.
India’s emergence as a Great Power increasingly appears less a question of whether and more a question of when. Yet the second question may prove far more difficult to answer. India possesses many of the attributes associated with major-power status: a vast population, a rapidly expanding economy, nuclear weapons, a large military, a strategically crucial
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Techno-capitalism is a form of capitalism in which technology, data, artificial intelligence, software platforms, and intellectual property become the primary sources of wealth and economic power, rather than land, factories, or physical capital. Essential traits of techno-capitalism Difference from traditional capitalism Traditional capitalism Techno-capitalism Wealth based on land, factories, and machinery Wealth based on data,
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Introduction In the previous article, we explored how environmental catalysis has become one of the most powerful tools for controlling pollution. Catalysts accelerate chemical reactions, reduce energy requirements, and enable the transformation of harmful pollutants into less harmful substances. However, chemistry is not the only source of catalytic power. Long before humans discovered catalysts, nature
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Introduction In the previous article, we examined the major forms of environmental pollution affecting air, water, and soil. We also discussed the various strategies available for pollution prevention and mitigation. While prevention remains the most effective approach, modern society continues to generate vast quantities of pollutants through industrial production, transportation, agriculture, and urban activities. The
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