When Research Is Invisible to Patients

Clinical trials shape the medicines and treatments we rely on every day. India runs thousands of clinical trials every year, yet most patients never hear about them. This lack of information affects patients who can get access to new treatments.▶01-Feb-2026
Ponnari Gottipati

February 6, 2026

When research is invisible to patients, Impact of new labour codes, Sharjeel Imam, and more

When Research Is Invisible to Patients

Clinical trials shape the medicines and treatments we rely on every day. India runs thousands of clinical trials every year, yet most patients never hear about them. This lack of information affects…
▶01-Feb-2026
Ponnari Gottipati
Book
Book Review

Inequality, Class, and Political Economy in India and China

In China and India, economic disparity in the 1950s-70s was low and declining, but began rising thereafter. A new book explores the different drivers of inequality in the two countries and how…
▶29-Jan-2026
Ishan Anand

Reviving Public Vaccine Manufacturing in the BioE3 Era

India’s BioE3 policy envisions nationwide biomanufacturing hubs to drive bio-innovation. However, a key unresolved issue is whether the hitherto ignored public sector vaccine manufacturers will…
▶29-Jan-2026
Soumya Kanti Ghosh

VB-GRAMG and the Recasting of Rural Social Protection

Replacing MGNREGA with the Viksit Bharat mission signals a shift from demand-driven entitlement to discretionary social protection with fiscal caps. Technology, and centralisation recast labour…
▶28-Jan-2026
Rahul Swaero, Chakradhar Buddha

A Politics Yet to Come: On the Significance of Sharjeel Imam

Sharjeel Imam's ideas were built upon his critique of the dominant narrative of Partition being the 'original sin' of Indian Muslims, against which he argued that the community ought…
▶28-Jan-2026
Intzar Saifi
Book
Labour Codes II

Impact of New Labour Codes on Workers

The new labour codes promised labour market reform but suffer major shortcomings, including on limited collective bargaining, flawed minimum wages, gender inequities, and inadequate social security.…
▶26-Jan-2026
Santosh Mehrotra, Kingshuk Sarkar
Book
Labour Codes I

New Labour Codes Put Capital's Priorities First

India’s new Labour Codes relegate worker interests to state or employer discretion. This deepens precarity and wealth concentration. Addressing these outcomes requires more than amendments; it…
▶26-Jan-2026
Atul Sood

Baba Adhav: Labour Activist, Social Lodestone

Baba Adhav (1930–2025) was a multi-faceted personality who empowered unorganized sector workers through rights-based mobilisation. A sustained struggle secured landmark social security legislation…
▶26-Jan-2026
Mini Shrinivasan

Saddling the Indian People with a (Radioactive) Law

India's new thrust to nuclear power prioritises private profit over safety. On liability the 2025 law favours the suppliers and operators over the public. Experience also tells us that the new…
▶22-Jan-2026
Bahaar Abbas, M V Ramana

When Trump's Tariffs Come for Bengaluru's Garment Workers

With US tariffs, Bengaluru's garment factories face the threat of cancelled orders or orders that may never come, creating greater insecurity in an already insecure employment terrain.
▶21-Jan-2026
Swathi Shivanand