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The Government notified the National policy on Bio-fuels on June 4, 2018, under which it stated the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2030. However, the government achieved its target 5 years ahead of its time, which is in itself a commendable political achievement. It was stated with a view to make petrol eco-friendly, both economically and ecologically. Ecologically, in the sense, as ethanol is a cleaner fuel and emits less carbon emissions and economically, as in

“ If democracy is government by “the people”, who gets to define who “the people” are?” Identity becomes politically powerful when a social identity is converted into a claim about representation and recognition. In India, where caste, gender, religion, language and region intersect with democratic life, the question is not whether identity matters, but how it becomes political. Who exactly are “we”? From Imagined Communities (1983), Anderson des

The jute-and-tin house once stood around half a kilometre from the Bay of Bengal, a fragile structure that could not battle the monsoon winds year after year. The house belonged to the Rahman family for a very long time, but now it is no more. The sea did not destroy the settlement in one go; it did so slowly, attempt after attempt, tide after tide. Some waves were milder, and some carried more intensity, corroding the land beneath them. As a result, Rahman, along with thousa

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The year 2020 witnessed the beginning of one of the most devastating events in human history as the unprecedented pandemic brought the...