Bringing Trust to Electronic Elections in India

EVMs cannot be hacked but they can be compromised. The key to digital election trust is a complete audit trail. Every EVM needs a tamper-proof log that shows every power blip, button press, and message, all time-stamped. This we do not have now and is a concern for voters.▶01-Jan-2024
Madhav A. Deshpande

January 5, 2024

Bringing Trust to Electronic Elections in India; Citizen vs Labharthi?; Hindu Nationalism in the US Diaspora; and more

Who Needs Global Studies Today?

Global Studies programmes are in favour across the world. Their worth in being able to make students engage with contemporary challenges requires a deeper focus on actually existing forms of…
▶04-Jan-2024
Achin Vanaik
Book
Book Review

Two Lives of Conviction and Courage

Prabir Purkayastha's memoirs and Sudha Bharadwaj's account of her time in Yerawada jail are reflections of two brave individuals who have spent their lives fighting for truth and justice,…
▶01-Jan-2024
Sukumar Muralidharan

Bringing Trust to Electronic Elections in India

EVMs cannot be hacked but they can be compromised. The key to digital election trust is a complete audit trail. Every EVM needs a tamper-proof log that shows every power blip, button press, and…
▶01-Jan-2024
Madhav A. Deshpande

Climate Change Aggravates Consumption Inequality

High temperatures have unequal impacts on household consumption across India and thus widen socio-economic inequality. To fight this, the country’s climate response must promote mindful consumption…
▶01-Jan-2024
Raavi Aggarwal
Book
NREGA: A REPORT ON THE STATES

New Challenges for NREGA in Telangana

Union Government policies, budget cuts, and technological changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee programme have made things harder for workers in Telangana, where earlier…
▶20-Dec-2023
Chakradhar Buddha, Anuradha De, Diwakar Mantri

The Meat of the Matter: How to Fight Casteism and Communalism

Conspicuous consumption of meat in India is often a counter to the idea of 'purity' associated with vegetarianism. An alternative is possible: one that advocates for both animals and…
▶19-Dec-2023
Anjor Bhaskar

Retail Investors in a Risky Dance with Small Cap Stocks

Individual investors are entering the market like never before, investing heavily in small cap funds. These outlays, promoted by TV commentators and influencers, and facilitated by easy-to-use apps,…
▶19-Dec-2023
Vivek Kaul
Book
Book Review

The Rural is on the Decline. The Village Still Matters

The rural and the urban have been seen as separate; one backward, the other a symbol of progress. Yet their fates are intimately linked.
▶14-Dec-2023
Jaideep Hardikar

The Lives of Our Past

In their different ways, two recent novels about living in urban India, 'Quarterlife' and 'History’s Angel', urge us to recognise, in the denuded, impoverished mental worlds we…
▶12-Dec-2023
Stuti Khanna

The Business of News EP 6: Branded content & the challenges of ad sales

In EP 6, Ramanathan S & Rohan Venkat speak with Jaya Oberoi about selling branded content & more. Oberoi currently runs digital content distribution for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in…
▶12-Dec-2023
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