Saumya Dubey Abstract In 2017, the Parliament of India passed The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act (MB Act hereafter) which increased the paid leave for expecting mothers from 12 weeks to 26 weeks. The seemingly progressive move, on closer scrutiny, reveals an undercurrent of acceptance for the ‘gendered division of labour’ in society and appears to…
Category: Social Policy
Understanding the Project of Chandigarh: A Reflection on High-Modernist Thinking
In this paper, I attempt to understand the role of personal bias with regards to urban planning. Le Corbusier’s architectural ideology has been briefly contextualised in the political realm of high modernism. MEHAK SIDHU The new city (Chandigarh) was to represent India’s bold break from its colonial past, while being its first attempt to create…
The Indian Judiciary – A Man’s World
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.” – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vidhi Narang The discussion around judicial reforms in India has been largely focused on issues of delayed judgements and vacancies. However, a much larger problem which has not received adequate attention is the lack of gender representation in the Indian…
Limits of Formal Democracy and Deepening of Democracy
In this article on democracy as a process Arshiya looks at the limitations of the formal democracy and ways to usher the deepening of democracy through social democratic processes.
Digesting Caste: Caste on my Plate
The second of a two-part article, this piece explores how food based caste-discrimination manifests itself within the structure of official State food security policies.