A new nationwide survey has laid bare the dark side of Indiaās microfinance boom. Conducted by the All India Democratic Womenās Association across 15 states, the study of 6,685 women shows how non-banking finance...
You, Me & the Economy Time Of Monsters:Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation | In conversation with Aditya Nigam In this episode, Aditya Nigam traces how Indiaās political economy has...
Infrastructure Update | August 2025 Another year, another monsoon, and the same cycle of loss. Mountains and wetlands are giving back after years of blasting, tunnelling and concrete poured in the name of development....
Press Release New Delhi | 23.08.2025 A broad spectrum of civil society voices has come together to strongly oppose the latest attempt to intimidate independent journalism in India. In a joint statement signed by...
In this episode, Ladan Mehranvar examines how global financial architecture entrenches inequality between the Global North and South. She unpacks how debt dependency, austerity measures, and the dominance of private creditors undermine development and...
This monsoon has once again shown how unprepared India is for extreme weather. Cloudbursts in Jammu and Kashmir killed more than 60 people in a week. Flash floods and landslides devastated Himachal and Uttarakhand....
The targeting of Siddharth Varadarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire by the regime is yet another attempt to flatten what remains as one of the last few bastions of journalistic ethos and editorial courage...
In this episode, veteran journalist Pranjoy Guha Thakurta dives deep into the Adani Groupās meteoric rise and the complex web of debt, state policy, and global finance that fuels it. From offshore tax havens...
Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience ā itās an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causing irreparable harm to our climate, biodiversity, human health, and basic rights....
As the world prepares for the next round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations at the United Nations (INC-5 in Geneva, August 2025), we have been amplifying grassroots voices from pollution-impacted communities. Youth Voices from...
When the credibility of an election is questioned, the first responsibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) should be to open its books, show its data, and prove its processes beyond doubt. Instead,...
In this episode, Ranja Sengupta (Third World Network) unpacks how trade rules from GATT to the WTO to todayās bilateral agreements have been designed to favour the powerful. She exposes how negotiations are rigged,...
The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites applications for the Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025. Started in 2018, the Fellowship encourages young writers...
Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC) strongly condemns the Greater Chennai Corporationās illegal dumping of waste in the Sathangadu wetland (Proposed WTE incinerator site) Press Statement | August 08, 2025 Alliance for Incinerator Free...
Protect Our Health First ā Stop Plastic Pollution at Its Source: Over 700 concerned citizens, communities, and Civil Society Organisations call on the Government of India for Urgent Action on Plastic Pollution in the...
