Sanchari Pal

Abstract We investigate quantum field theories in two dimensions (2D) with an underlying Bondi–van der Burgh–Metzner-Sachs symmetry augmented by u(1) currents. These field theories are expected to holographically capture features of charged versions of cosmological solutions in asymptotically flat 3D spacetimes called flat space cosmologies. We conduct a study of the modular properties of these field theories.

“He was not a crocodile but a friend,” Basawan, a resident of Bawa Mohtara village in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district, told Hindustan Times after the death of the 130-year-old Gangaram in 2019. Crocodiles are widely feared, but not in Bawa Mohtara. This is because, for the longest time, this tiny village was home to Gangaram, one of the most docile members of this dangerous predator species.

On 25 June 1975, the citizens of India woke up to a state of Emergency. Civil liberties were taken away, elections were suspended and the nation was fettered, with Prime Minister (PM) Indira Gandhi ruling by decree. Soon to be depicted in Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film Emergency, the 21-month period between June 1975, and March 1977 marks one of the darkest phases of Indian democracy.