Sanyal, who oversaw the economics chapters, said the rewrite breaks from what he called the “old poverty and gratefully colonised narrative.” The new NCERT textbooks for class VII are out.

Economist S Mahendra Dev assumes the role of Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), filling the vacancy since November. The council has been reconstituted for two ...

Former Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Vice Chancellor S Mahendra Dev has taken charge as the new Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

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Writer Syed Mujtaba Ali once said, “No one goes bankrupt buying books,” and now, a hundred years later, Sanyal is still the reason many Bengali continue to make a beeline for bookstores.

Sanyal's work, in particular, stands out for its sharp metaphors and unflinching critique, making it an essential text for discussions on gender, representation, and power in South Asia and beyond.