Partha Chatterjee’s comparative, contextual study of the Indias within India

Partha Chatterjee’s comparative, contextual study of the Indias within India

[ad_1] There can be few scholars working anywhere in the world today with Partha Chatterjee’s sustained record of close intellectual engagement with India’s political economy and its place in the colonial and postcolonial worlds. As is well known, his interests also range widely over issues in social and cultural history, from rural mentalities to bourgeois … Read more

2,400 buildings in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi face a high sinking risk, warns study

2,400 buildings in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi face a high sinking risk, warns study

[ad_1] A new study published in Nature Sustainability warns that India’s largest cities are slowly sinking. Using eight years of satellite radar data, researchers found that parts of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bengaluru are subsiding due to groundwater extraction and soil compaction, a process where the ground compresses as water is drawn out from … Read more