
The agrarian crisis and you
India’s farmer has to deal with the vagaries of the weather, rapacious moneylenders, an indifferent government, political violence and now three new farm laws that have sparked fierce protests across ...
28 Sep 20207min

How three new farm laws impact you
By removing limits on stockholdings, shrinking the essential commodities list, casting a cloud of uncertainty over the minimum support price for food items and pushing the farm sector into the hands o...
22 Sep 20206min

The UAPA sword hanging over our freedoms
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, is a threat to our most basic freedoms, giving the Indian government the power to designate any person a terrorist without proof and to incarcerate t...
21 Sep 20207min

High-stakes, high-altitude standoff
As China attempts to permanently alter the territorial status quo in Ladakh, the Indian government struggles for answers. Earlier, it watched mutely as neighbours like Sri Lanka and Nepal moved closer...
15 Sep 20207min

Unemployment pandemic could be worse than COVID-19
As India’s economy shrinks, unemployment expands. Millions of young people enter the workforce every year, but India is losing existing jobs by the millions instead of creating them. This can have far...
7 Sep 20206min

How soaring government debt, inflation, fuel prices affect you
Government debt in India is set to reach record levels. This has a direct impact on how you’re taxed, the public services you avail of, whether your business gets access to affordable credit or not, a...
31 Aug 20206min

Facebook allowing hate speech undermines democracy
Recently, the Wall Street Journal exposed how Facebook decided not to apply its own rules on hate speech BJP leaders’ posts. Ankhi Das, its top public policy executive, it turned out, has links throug...
24 Aug 20206min

For ‘aatmanirbharta’, a forest under siege
While the world moves away from coal towards greener energy, India’s affinity for it seems to be growing. As the government, spurred by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for ‘aatmanirbharta’ (self-s...
20 Aug 20207min



















