Supriy Ranjan

1 month ago | epw.in | Supriy Ranjan |Pankaj Kumar

Institutional Decay and IAS Story in India The argument that the twin factors of political interference and internal incentives are the major reasons that have stymied Indian bureaucracy is only partially valid. It cannot be the sole cause of its structural inefficacy and failure.

Jun 26, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Mrityunjay K. Sharma |Supriy Ranjan |Vaishna Roy |Shamindra Nath Roy

Since the trail-blazing work of the journalist Arvind Narayan Das, scholastic works documenting the politics and society of Bihar have been steadily rising. A State mired in stark backwardness undergoing deep sociopolitical transformation has been of much interest to policymakers, journalists, academics, and activists alike. In recent years, a new trend of writing accessible non-fictional book-length tales documenting events and personalities of the State has kicked off.

May 3, 2024 | epw.in | Supriy Ranjan

Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar addresses the underexplored theme of post-rebellion romance and how it might be sustained. Dwaipayan Bhattacharya, a commentator on Indian politics, captures the difficulties of thinking about social change in India by characterising Indian politics and society to be “a messy terrain of myriad contradictions.” It is messy because the social totality that encompasses Indian politics is mired with multiple contradictions.

Mar 21, 2024 | epw.in | Akshaya Mukul |Supriy Ranjan

Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya by Akshaya Mukul, New Delhi: Penguin Random House, 2022; pp xxiii + 779, `999. Biographies have always garnered a huge readership internationally. In contrast, biographies make up a small portion of the Indian publishing market. However, this trend is seeing a sharp shift. In the last decade or so, the Indian reading public has steadily warmed up to good biographies.