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Recent IiT Features

  • Challenging the Idea of India: Accommodating the Nagas

    For over sixty years, in few areas, has the idea of India been more strongly challenged as in the tiny state of Nagaland, located well east of Kolkata (Calcutta). It was here that the first shots for an independent breakaway nation were fired within a decade of India securing independence from Britain in 1947.

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  • Public Interest Litigation in India: Time for an Audit

    Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which aims to use the courts to advance social justice, began in India about thirty years ago when procedures for expanding access to justice were developed. The judiciary, aiming to recapture popular support after its complicity in Indira Gandhi’s declaration of Emergency rule, encouraged litigation concerning the interests of the poor and marginalized.

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  • India’s MMRCA Deal: Muddled Rationale, Costly Adventure?

    Although nowhere near as high profile or politically dramatic as the 2008 Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, India’s proposed $10 billion procurement of 126 medium multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) may have a much more profound impact on India’s strategic relations, particularly if a U.S. Platform – either Lockheed’s F-16 E/F or Boeing’s F/A-18 E/F – is selected as the winning bid.

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Papers -- most recent first

2009

Narendra Jadhav. "Empowerment of Dalits and Adivasis Role of Education in the Emerging Economy," CASI Working Paper Series No. 09-04, November 2009. [PDF]

Vasanthi Srinivasan. "Seeing Beyond Dharma: Ethical Excellence in Vikram and Vetaal Stories," CASI Working Paper Series No. 09-03, November 2009. [PDF] 

Sunil Khilnani. "Arguing Democracy: Intellectuals and Politics in Modern India," CASI Working Paper Series No. 09-02, October 2009. [PDF] 

Gopal Guru, "Food as a Metaphor for Cultural Hierarchies," CASI Working Paper Series No. 09-01, October 2009. [PDF] 

2008

Harish Damodaran, "Banias and Beyond: The Dynamics of Caste and Big Business in Modern India," CASI Working Paper Series No. 08-04, June 2008. [PDF]

 Justice Ruma Pal, "Judicial Oversight or Overreach: The Role of Judiciary in Modern India." CASI Working Paper Series No. 08-03, March 2008. [PDF]  

Andrea Goldstein. "The Internationalization of Indian Companies: The Case of Tata." CASI Working Paper Series  No. 08-02, January 2008. [PDF]

Chandra Bhan Prasad. "Markets and Manu: Economic Reforms and Its Impact on Caste in India." CASI Working Paper Series No 08-01, January 2008. [PDF]