Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

While attending a wedding in March, M. K. Stalin, the chief minister of India’s fastest-growing state, Tamil Nadu, made a peculiar request: “Earlier we used to say, take your time and have a baby. But ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a six-chapter article on the economy of India, published this week. In “lombard street”, published in 1873, Walter Bagehot, then editor of The Economist, wrote ...

Saudi Arabia has abolished the Kafala system, enhancing the rights of over 10 million migrant workers, including 2.5 million ...

This is an age old system of self-governance among Jharkhand’s Ho adivasi community, which, since British times, has been a central feature of the state’s administrative apparatus.

Saudi Arabia ended its 50-year long Kafala system, in a landmark labour reform for the Kingdom. Migrants are set to benefit ...