The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches

India has two realities, like two parallel universes. In one of these universes a handful of super rich seem to be doing great, in fact they are thriving. While the other India including both...

Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on July 25, ending 36 days of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, All India Students Association (AISA) and other student organisations after the NEET-UG papers...

Read more July 30, 2026 at 1:03 pm Haripriya B Harshan

विस्थापितों की अनदेखी का ‘वन टाइम सैटलमेंट’

प्रधानमंत्री के जन्मदिन, 17 सितंबर 2017 को राष्ट्र को समर्पित ‘सरदार सरोवर’ बांध अब तक अधूरे पुनर्वास के चलते कुख्यात था, लेकिन अब विस्थापन-पुनर्वास, वन और राजस्व की जमीनों की डूब और संबंधित निर्माण...

Read more July 29, 2026 at 11:49 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

It is educative and encouraging to see that this agitation and its participants – young and restless – have not only been able to dispel the veil of fear in publicly speaking up against...

Read more July 28, 2026 at 12:46 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

More than 100 civil society organisations and activists appeal to financiers to exercise environmental, social, cultural, and climate-related diligence regarding the Sijimali Bauxite Mining Project.

The Rajesh Mehta Episode Raises Questions on Financial Regulation

Early in June the country was rocked by the allegations of financial misreporting on Rajesh Exports Limited (REL), Bangalore based company in gold business headed by Rajesh Mehta, involving massive revenue of ₹15.15 lakh...

Read more July 15, 2026 at 5:26 pm Amitanshu Verma

“10 जुलाई राष्ट्रीय मत्स्य पालक दिवस” मध्यप्रदेश की नई मत्स्य नीति से पारंपरिक मछुआरों का भला होगा?

विगत 6 जुलाई को जबेदी अल कुवैत की अग्रणी कंपनी और कामदार्स केयर इंदौर के बीच मत्स्य पालन के लिये 7 हजार 430 करोड़ रुपये का अनुबंध संपादित हुआ। इस निवेश से इंदिरा सागर,...

India Out of Work

An excerpt from ‘India Out of Work: Rethinking India’s Growth Story’ India Out of Work explores the growing crisis in India’s labour market. Over the past few years, non-farm jobs, which are crucial for...

Read more July 14, 2026 at 4:06 pm Santosh Mehrotra and Jajati Parida

India’s Monsoon Paradox

The monsoon is once again showing India’s climate contradiction. A weak monsoon brings fears of drought, lower crop production, rising food prices and reduced rural incomes. Farmers delay sowing, inflation increases, and economic growth...

Realising Rights: An Introduction to the Handbook of Welfare in India

An excerpt from Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India In the 2000s, the character of the welfare regime began to change. From 2004 onwards, major social policies reflected a significant shift towards...

Read more July 8, 2026 at 12:21 pm Dipa Sinha and Rajendran Narayanan

सिजीमाली विरोध-प्रदर्शन एक अहम सवाल उठाते हैं: वित्तीय संस्थानों को ऐसे प्रोजेक्ट्स में जनता का पैसा क्यों लगाना चाहिए जिनसे सामाजिक, पर्यावरणीय और जलवायु-संबंधी नुकसान होता हो?

Read more July 7, 2026 at 5:47 pm Deepmala Patel

Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Women bear the burden of a lending system that profits from chronic financial distress as they borrow to pay for food, healthcare and survival. Forty-five-year-old Shabreen (name changed) lives with her two sons and...

Read more July 6, 2026 at 10:09 pm Samali Banerjee

A Census in Question!

With the first phase of India’s long-delayed Census now completed, attention is shifting from the exercise itself to the questions surrounding it. The Census is far more than a population count, it is the...

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mechanisms not only reflect economic growth but also indicate the capacity of the state to deliver welfare to its...

Read more July 2, 2026 at 7:04 pm Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

The Social Layers of Wealth Inequality Among Dalits and Adivasis in India

India’s Economic inequality is closely connected to its long-standing system of social stratification, particularly the caste system. Although economic reforms and globalisation have contributed to economic growth and increased incomes for many sections of...

Read more July 1, 2026 at 3:15 pm Beena Pallical & Pritika Pariyar

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