India. Once hailed as the world’s largest democracy, it has in recent years given more and more cause for its democratic credentials to be held in doubt. With a nationalist majoritarian political party in power… [Read more]
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The World Environment Organisation: Do we need a Ministry for the Future?
As one of the worst heatwaves in memory strikes India in these weeks, the absence of a single authoritative UN agency that deals with global climate change is jarring. The establishment of a World Environmental… [Read more]
Making India’s Gig Economy Gender Inclusive
At 23.3 percent, India has the lowest female labour force participation rate in South Asia and among BRICS countries. The gig economy, as experts and researchers have claimed, offers an opportunity for female workers to… [Read more]
The Disposable Lives: Covid-19 and Wars
In March 2020, war-time medical personnel were roped in to assist hospitals in the world’s wealthiest city, New York. Confronted with do-not-resuscitate policies, rationing and elective surgeries, they termed the situation as requiring ‘countermeasures’. Although… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part III: Legalisation of Constitutional Violations
This is the third of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In this article, we talk about the controversies surrounding the constitutionality of the CAA. The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act constitutionally legalised… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part II: The Protests
This is the second part of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. In this article, we talk about the rise of student protests in response to the Act. More than ninety days have… [Read more]
Opinion: On being a minority in India right now
It isn’t merely a Hindu versus Muslim issue. It’s a Hindutva (Hindutva ≠ Hinduism) versus Secular India issue. A battle raging in the world’s largest democracy. This piece is not part of the existing Indian Citizenship Amendment… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 – Part I: Violence and Constitutional Violations
The first of a four-part series on the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) passed by Indian Parliament in December 2019 that has sparked a broad range of civil action and violence from the Modi administration.… [Read more]
The Price of Failure or an Opportunity to be Counted?
In the second part of our ‘Climate for Change’ series, Gaurav traces his journey from despondence to optimism as he looks at the fundamental duality associated with climate change: is it an insurmountable problem, or… [Read more]
Which Came First – The Latrine or Behaviour Change?
UNICEF estimates that India contributes 60 percent to the total population of individuals who practice open defecation which has grave consequences for water source contamination. MPP student Gaurav Ganti examines how a behaviour change is… [Read more]