
‘Air pollution affects women more, especially the most poor’
Mortality due to air pollution is a bigger pandemic than COVID, say experts. The Mahila Housing Sewa Trust and Purpose India have conducted a study on the impact of air pollution on Delhi’s women cons...
30 Nov 202149min

What farmers taught us about democracy and inclusiveness
Our farmers have shown how Gandhian satyagraha and social justice movements can protect our democracy and enable it to flourish. Faced with the determination of the farmers and possible setbacks in a ...
26 Nov 20218min

Why governments need more meaningful communication with citizens
Social platforms offer citizens a direct dialogue with government agencies, which deploy their handles for a variety of functions, from awareness building and information dissemination to troubleshoot...
23 Nov 20211h 7min

No respite from rising prices
India’s wholesale price index is at a 5-month high and retail prices are rising too on the back of supply shortages, high energy costs and a cut in fuel levies that’s come in too late. Prices of food ...
19 Nov 20215min

‘Absence of a personal data protection law is worrying in Pegasus case context’
The Pegasus case, in which several public personalities were tracked through Israeli spyware on their phones, raises worrying questions about privacy, freedom and data security – even for the common m...
16 Nov 202132min

5 years on, the failures of demonetisation are even more stark
The government kept changing the justification for demonetisation, but it failed no matter what the objective was. It harmed farmers, labourers, daily-wage workers and women disproportionately and did...
12 Nov 20217min

‘When it comes to hate, people don’t want neutrality; they want an echo chamber’
The politics of hate can be traced back to Partition and even before that but only now has it become so rabid and a matter of pride. Sachin Garg, bestselling author, media columnist and TEDx speaker, ...
9 Nov 202125min

Another climate summit big on words, small on action
COP26 should have made a greater commitment to climate change mitigation and arrived at a roadmap to a sustainable future but, other than vague statements, not much was achieved. This is unfortunate b...
6 Nov 20219min



















