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Buddhapal Dumane, Bhavna Shahare In India, people prefer private preschools over government-run anganwadis. This reflects divides based on caste, gender, income, and culture. The shift to English-medium options, which are often unaffordable for low-income families, perpetuates inequalities. The ASER 2023 report indicates that private setups achieve better learning outcomes despite gaps in foundational skills. This …

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Book Review: “Decoding Ambedkar: Ideas of Nation and Nation Building” by Vivek Kumar

by rti_adminon February 21, 2026February 21, 2026Leave a Comment16

Dhruv Kumar The well-known adage, “You can kill a person, but you cannot kill his thoughts,” has transformed in contemporary times. Today, ideas can be rendered ineffective not only through suppression but also by distorting them or preventing their dissemination to the public. This phenomenon is particularly evident in the case of Dr. B. R. …

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Reading the Geo-political rift in West Asia Through Reza Negarestani’s `Cyclonopedia’

by rti_adminon February 16, 2026February 16, 2026Leave a Comment18

Umar Nizarudeen The cyclical temporality of Indo-Iranian notions of metempsychosis lends itself to speculative fiction. The work of the Iranian thinker Reza Negarestani is interesting for its melding of petro-fiction with carbon lifecycles. The convoluted movement of energy and life in `Cyclonopedia’ cursorily lingers on theory. This visceral yet short excursus allows us an insight …

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Food, Smell, and Discrimination: When a Microwave Becomes a Battleground

by rti_adminon January 25, 2026January 25, 2026Leave a Comment31

Prithiraj Borah In September 2023, Aditya Prakash, a fully funded PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, was reheating palak paneer—a spinach and cheese curry—in a shared departmental microwave when a staff member approached him with a complaint about the ‘pungent smell’. The staff member instructed him to stop. Prakash’s calm response— …

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Two Ethics of Suffering: Nietzsche’s Greatness and Buddha–Ambedkar’s Compassion

by rti_adminon January 17, 2026January 17, 2026Leave a Comment31

Dr. Diksha R S What is suffering? Should it be endured, transcended, or even celebrated? This question has troubled the human mind across civilizations and centuries. Human beings have constantly sought to understand why suffering exists, what meaning it holds, and whether it can be overcome. Different philosophical traditions have offered radically different answers, reflecting …

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Economic Growth And Caste in India: A Dichotomy

by rti_adminon January 9, 2026January 9, 2026Leave a Comment23

Km Raksha This article investigates the enigma of India’s economic growth and the enduring caste-based inequalities. While India has experienced robust GDP growth since the 1991 economic reforms, caste continues to play a significant role in shaping access to resources, education, employment, and political power. Drawing on data from the NSSO, NFHS, NITI Aayog, and …

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Failing at Capitalism: Unmasking the Indian Tech Elite’s Feudal Obsession

by rti_adminon January 5, 2026January 5, 2026Leave a Comment34

Rohan Arthur This piece makes a deliberate choice. It does not evaluate gig platforms on moral grounds. Questions of dignity, justice, and fairness are real, but they are not the object here. What follows is a narrower test: whether these platforms succeed or fail on capitalism’s own terms. The critique that follows is economic, institutional, …

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Odisha’s Guest Faculty Crisis: The Silent Collapse of Educational Justice

by rti_adminon December 19, 2025December 19, 2025Leave a Comment256

Tapan Kumar Sethi Odisha’s higher-educational system has entered a moral and political crisis, resulting in a persistent educational crisis. Behind the grand promises of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the reality of university and college campuses tells a story of hopelessness—one where guest faculty, the invisible lifeline of classrooms, struggle each day against poverty, …