
The racism endemic in Indian sports
While the Ollie Robinson episode underscores the racism prevalent in international sport, discrimination based on looks, skin colour, geography and caste have existed forever in Indian sport. It’s tim...
18 Jun 20216min

India’s water bodies need rescuing
It’s estimated that a staggering 70% of surface water in India is too polluted for consumption. Every day, 40 million litres of wastewater enter rivers and other water bodies with only a tiny fraction...
15 Jun 202129min

Linguistic imposition is discrimination
Language is political. So, when nurses in a Delhi hospital were asked to not converse in Malayalam, it was correctly considered discriminatory. Instances of linguistic discrimination, including the fi...
11 Jun 20216min

How new laws are destroying workers’ rights
44 labour laws have been condensed into four codes on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations. The government claims this will allow flexibility in hiring and layoffs, and...
8 Jun 202148min

India’s COVID orphans
There were roughly 350,000 orphans in institutional care before COVID-19. The pandemic has orphaned thousands more, say social workers. The government said at least 577 children were orphaned between ...
4 Jun 20215min

Failure after failure on the vaccine front
The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer is facing a deadly shortage of COVID-19 doses. From planning to procurement and pricing, everything went wrong. Murali Neelakantan, a former global general c...
1 Jun 202147min

India’s cryptocurrency dilemma
15 million Indians have invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency. Is it a bubble? Or an opportunity? A lot depends on how the regulatory framework takes shape. Please listen to the latest episode of All...
28 Mai 20217min

Why India must get disability counts right in the census
“Disability is a political issue,” asserts disability rights crusader Arman Ali in a special conversation with All Indians Matter. The 2011 census counted 2.68 crore disabled persons, which is more th...
25 Mai 202133min



















