Jawhar Sircar

Jawhar Sircar is former Culture Secretary, Government of India. A former Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati, he specialises in Culture, Media, Education, and Contemporary Affairs. In addition to his research on Religion and Popular Cults, and Social History, he is currently Chairman, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath watching Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party legislators protesting against the cattle menace in the fields during the address of Governor Ram Naik to the joint session of the two houses on the opening day of the State Assembly’s Budget session in Lucknow on February 5, 2019. Due to a ban on the slaughter of cows and bulls by the Yogi Adityanath government, the number of unclaimed cattle who destroy the crops in the fields has grown manifold Photo By: Rajeev Bhatt/ The Hindu

Contending with Contentious Cows

The evangelical zeal with which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought to protect cows has caused an administrative crisis. Farmers, ...

UPSC Headquarters in New Delhi on August 16, 2014. File photo: R. V. Moorthy

Subservience over Efficiency: The Prime Minister & Civil Service 'Reforms'

One consistent undercurrent that directs the actions of the four-year old Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Union ...