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What Does the Right to Education Need to Achieve? | Economic and Political Weekly
In the context of the Right to Education, it is essential that the government (i) lays down a clear financial road map based on a normative framework with clearly stated and transparent norms that apply equitably; (ii) recognises the unequal financial position of the states and the crucial role of the centre in forging long-run development goals; and (iii) approaches finance in relation to social policy.
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The Appearance of Interpretation: Teaching Humanities in the Age of AI | Economic and Political Weekly
While AI’s place in pedagogy and learning remains contested, this essay grows out of a series of moments in my classrooms that highlight the limits of AI in the teaching and learning of the humanities.
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EPW Engage | Economic and Political Weekly
, and discarding portions of their work to chart the possible directions their writing could take, which I argue is crucial for learning to find one’s voice. … A fundamental question that arises is how to justify societal investment in women’s education when the society itself does not recognise usefulness of that education.
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Insight | Economic and Political Weekly
Vol. 57, Issue No. 37, 10 Sep, 2022 Do Machine Learning Techniques Provide Better Macroeconomic Forecasts? … Sabyasachi Kar, Amaani Bashir, Mayank Jain Machine learning techniques are now very common in many spheres, and there is a growing popularity of these approaches in macroeconomic forecasting
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Part I: The Arc of Jain Studies: A Conversation with John E Cort | Economic and Political Weekly
He obtained his undergraduate and master’s (MA) degrees in South Asian Studies from University of Wisconsin (which also allowed him to spend three years in India that was crucial for his subsequent lifelong engagement with
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epw.in › engage › article › artificial-intelligence-and-future-indias-it
Artificial Intelligence and Future of India's IT Companies | Economic and Political Weekly
For nearly three decades, Indian software companies have been among the most successful wealth creators in the stock market.
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The Politics of Language: Neglect and Decay of Urdu Language | Economic and Political Weekly
Author icons inspired by the 1927 cover of the Urdu book, Diwan-e-Ghalib Muraq-e-Chughtai
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epw.in › engage › article › beef-bjp-and-food-rights-people
Beef, BJP and Food Rights of People: Reading Kancha Ilaiah's 1996 Article | Economic and Political Weekly
In view of the recent attacks on writer Kancha Ilaiah, we are republishing his 1996 article which was published as a Commentary in on 15 Jun, 1996 in Vol. 31, Issue No. 24 of the EPW. On one hand the BJP defines SC, OBC castes as Hindus, and on the other by banning beef denies them their age-old food habits. If beef is banned it will he the beginning of the end of the country's multiculturalism.
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Columns | Economic and Political Weekly
It is also a sorry example to show how far the credibility of one of India’s premier high courts has fallen. … The framework does less to regulate the issue and trading of these digital “assets” and more to give them official recognition.
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Columns | Economic and Political Weekly
Not only does it lead to very different ways of thinking about how the global political economy works but also, more crucially, leads to very different visions on how to change it. … Training a cadre of efficient translators and utilising machine translation shall help this effort.