Public Reason

Research dispatches, field notes, and commentary from India Institute.

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A case for dying with dignity

On November 27, 1973, Aruna Shanbaug, a junior nurse at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai was sodomised and brutally assaulted by a janitor working in the same hospital.…

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In Higher Education: The Cop Is The Culprit

This article written by Baladevan Rangaraju, Founder Director of India Institute was published by Swarajya on 23rd September, 2014. Higher education in India is considered among the poorer in the…

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Why do people rape?

In India, a woman is raped every 15 minutes as per the National Crime Records Bureau. And this ghastly statistic is only based on the total tally of rape cases…

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War and Peace: The Trade Off

Today, world military expenditure is estimated to have reached $1.756 trillion. This corresponds to 2.5 per cent of world gross domestic product (GDP), or approximately $249 for each person in…