Traversing the overlapping print worlds of Portuguese, Konkani and English, Rochelle Pinto has been studying how colonialism and its aftermath has shaped life in Goa and the larger Goan diaspora in Mumbai and beyond. In this interview with Murali Ranganathan, she looks back at her engagement with print history and its connection with politics and land
At what point of time in your career did you realize that you had evolved into a book/print historian from a professor of English literature? How did the evolution happen?
A Master’s degree at JNU opened up a world of different methodologies thanks to an extraordinary range of teachers who introduced us to nineteenth century writing in India and to theoretical questions about the history of literary studies both in England and in India. This led to questions about how the field of literature was shaped during colonial rule and after, and about the assumptions that underlay our use of the category literature. Amo
Have politicians lost the fear of inflation?
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Food and groceries have become increasingly unaffordable over the past few months across Indian cities and towns. Mint
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Inflation has emerged as a key risk to India’s economic recovery but it may not be a political risk factor as yet. Inflation is still low compared to India’s past history, and a weakened Opposition has been unable to capitalize on rising prices so far
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After many years, inflation has emerged as the key economic risk factor in India once again. With the wheels of the economy picking up pace and the hope generated by covid-19 vaccines lifting investor sentiments, the major roadblock on the road to recovery in 2021 appears to be inflation.
Indian police use violence as a shortcut to justice. It s the poorest who bear the scars
By Mohit Rao
Updated 3:57 AM ET, Thu December 3, 2020
Bengaluru, India (CNN)It was minutes into India s Independence Day when police stormed a slum in the western state of Gujarat where Hira Bajania, 65, was sleeping. In the black of night, he was dragged from his home, taken to a nearby police station and accused, with 11 other men, of stealing cell phones.
As dawn broke on a day commemorating India s freedom, one by one the men were taken from their cell to be interrogated for up to 30 minutes, according to a complaint subsequently filed to police, and seen by CNN. They were bound, stripped, beaten, abused and, according to two people in the group, tortured sexually and told to confess. Many returned to their cell limping, unable to stand or sit, say several of the men. All denied the charges.
Farmers Bill & illusion of a green revolution
When the entire North India is burning with farmer’s agitation there is complete silence in Assam. Righty so,
Kalpajit Saikia
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When the entire North India is burning with farmer s agitation there is complete silence in Assam. Righty so, as the debate on the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, popularly known as farmers bill is meaningless in Assam. With almost the entire farming community being marginal, APMC yards have never been a destination for Assamese farmers selling their produce. Very few farmers have ever heard of MSP, let alone taking advantage of it. In fact, the second bill which was introduced along with the Farmers Bill, The Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of price assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 may be beneficial for the farmers of Assam by enabling them to be aggregators and directly dealing with t