Journal Articles

Energy requirements for sustainable human development

In this paper, we explore the relationship between sustainable energy consumption and human well-being. We estimate energy sufficiency levels for achieving Equitable Development Levels (EDL) using the quadratic plateau (QP) model for fourteen development variables related to health, education, and infrastructure for the period between 1990 and 2017. Our results show that the energy threshold necessary for securing key developmental targets is 70 GJ person−1 year−1.

Occlusive Narratives: School Textbooks and National Identities

This paper examines the intersectionality between education, national identity formation, and race relations. It argues that the exclusion of the socio-cultural and political narratives of the people of North-East India from the dominant nationalised school textbooks has had serious consequences, particularly in shaping the identity of North-Eastern Indians.