
India can’t achieve net-zero without sustainable construction
Construction accounts for 40% of carbon emissions in India. On the one hand, India needs to build cities, infrastructure and homes but it also needs to safeguard the environment. How can India insitut...
27 Okt 20237min

What are the long-term effects of high inflation?
From tomato prices to that of other essential commodities and even the cost of industrial raw materials, inflation has been the top global concern over the past 18 months. In the long run, high inflat...
20 Okt 20236min

Times have changed; an adopted child is better accepted but we still have some way to go
Adoption can be a complicated, tedious and frustrating process with complex legal procedures and numerous technicalities. It can also be emotionally taxing. No wonder then that there is a great mismat...
17 Okt 20231h

Caste discrimination on campuses is claiming lives, smashing dreams
Caste prejudice has led to several student suicides on Indian campuses. The abuse starts early and students and faculty alike are the perpetrators. Often, lower caste students are unfairly marked on t...
13 Okt 20239min

Women’s Reservation Bill good, but larger societal change requires more
While the Women’s Reservation Bill represents hope and is an important step, political empowerment is not the same as smashing the patriarchy entrenched in Indian society. Until all the factors that h...
6 Okt 20237min

There is a tendency to infantilise women with disabilities, take away their decision making powers
Across the world, women with disabilities are establishing their identity despite challenging social conditions. However, that journey is very different in developing countries such as India. Women wi...
3 Okt 202342min

India a vegetarian nation? It’s a myth
Recently, on an inter-city train, after I asked for a non-vegetarian meal, two women sitting next to me shifted to other seats. They explained that they could not sit next to someone who was eating me...
29 Sep 20237min

Alarming decline in bird populations highlights conservation urgency
A recent report on India’s bird numbers says 178 species are in need of urgent conservation measures and others are in danger of serious decline too. Blame it on change of land use, urbanisation, ecos...
22 Sep 20238min



















