Education inflation in India burdens middle-class households, eroding affordability and widening the income-expenditure gap. Rising tuition fees, weak regulation, and shadow education costs intensify debt dependency, threatening sustainable access to quality education without strong policy intervention.
Why do religions that look so alike produce such different political outcomes across Southeast Asia? This paper argues that religion is never a fixed force, it is a “strategic grammar”: a shared vocabulary of belonging, legitimacy and threat that leaders draw on selectively, shaped by history, institutions and regional norms. The same tradition can justify exclusion in one state and negotiation in another, revealing religion not as destiny, but as a language leaders learn to speak differently.
This paper examines the causal architecture of the ongoing West Asia conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, and its cascading effects on global energy markets and India’s energy security. With crude oil import dependency reaching nearly 89 percent in FY 2023–24, India remains acutely vulnerable to disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz. The paper argues that the resulting LPG supply shock stems from calculated escalation rooted in four interlocking causes: Iran’s contested nuclear ambitions, the collapse of the JCPOA, militarization dynamics seen in the Twelve-Day War, and the theoretical relationship between petrostates and militarized interstate disputes — situating India’s predicament within a condition of “dual energy dependency.”
This paper examines India’s export potential in the context of the changing global trade landscape shaped by the “China Plus One” strategy and global supply chain diversification. It aims to evaluate whether India possesses the structural, institutional, and policy capacity to emerge as a competitive manufacturing alternative to China by analysing export trends, policy initiatives, logistics, and integration into global value chains. Using a mixed-method approach and a comparative case study of Vietnam, the study finds that while India has made sector-specific gains, particularly in electronics and pharmaceuticals, persistent structural constraints continue to limit broad-based manufacturing competitiveness and export-led growth.
A co-authored research paper during internship in Feb Cohort 2026
This paper examines how algorithmic systems and digital surveillance shape user behaviour in contemporary digital environments. Drawing on critical theory, surveillance studies, and qualitative interviews with university students, it explores how data extraction, personalised content, and algorithmic opacity influence autonomy, decision-making, and democratic accountability.
Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Digital Surveillance; Algorithmic Systems; Behavioural Modification; Algorithmic Opacity; Data Privacy; Democratic Accountability
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This study interrogates the paradox of rural infrastructure and women’s labour in India, showing that time-saving schemes do not automatically translate into economic participation. Through a mixed-methods, intersectional lens, it argues that patriarchal norms and care burdens often absorb freed time, producing intensification rather than empowerment.
Mobile banking is reshaping savings behavior among low-income urban households in India, yet access alone is not enough. While UPI adoption shows a positive effect on savings quality, trust deficits rooted in fear of fraud and poor past banking experiences remain the most significant barriers to meaningful digital financial
inclusion.
This paper examines the reverse migration of Indian blue-collar workers from Gulf countries, highlighting causes such as nationalization policies and geopolitical instability, while analyzing the economic, social, and legal hardships migrants face during and after return, and proposing stronger policy interventions and GCC cooperation.
This paper examines how cognitive and psychological factors shape perceptions of political leaders and influence political processes. By linking psychoanalytic theories with historical events, it highlights the role of political psychology in governance, policy-making, social stability, national development, and international positioning.