Food for Nought: One Step Forward, One Leap Backward

The sugar-coated termination of the free grain Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana calls for an urgent expansion of alternative social security measures.▶01-Jan-2023
Jean Drèze

January 6, 2023

The PMGKAY; India's wildlife management; Drug regulation in India; A child's prayer; & more

India’s Supreme Court and High Courts: Imbalance in the Power Equation

The High Courts no longer have the powers that were accorded to them in the Constitution, their authority having been whittled away by the Supreme Court. It is time for a reform that introduces a…
▶13-Dec-2022
Sriram Panchu

What EWS judgement means for India's reservation policy

The Supreme Court ruled that 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in the General category is constitutional. Suno India's Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks with journalist Tejas Harad about…
▶13-Dec-2022
Suno India

The Indian Chess Spring and the Sagar Shah Phenomenon

A YouTube channel with more than a million followers is participating in the current surge in competitiveness of Indian chess. Chessbase India has a host, Sagar Shah, who carries his audience with…
▶12-Dec-2022
Arvind Subramanian

Friends, Families, and Foes: Social Support and Women

Isolated from the public world, a large section of Indian women remain closely entangled in the private world of family and kinship. An engagement with external networks would encourage their…
▶12-Dec-2022
Srimanjori Guha

Global Economy: Between the Scylla of a Recession and the Charybdis of Price Inflation

The global economy is in uncertain and dangerous waters. Economies across the world are slowing down due to different reasons and inflation remains high. But there is no sign of widespread "…
▶07-Dec-2022
Partha Ray, Parthapratim Pal

Wearing the Hijab, Normalising Difference

We cannot negate determined acts of Indian Muslim women to wear the hijab as mere social indoctrination. At a time when being a Muslim is a significant threat on its own, wearing the hijab and owning…
▶05-Dec-2022
Nafis Haider, Nayab Gauhar

On Digital Devices and Criminal Investigations

We need judicial courage in reclaiming the silences in our laws, which were designed for a time when privacy did not matter, to protect the rights of citizens during search and seizure of digital…
▶03-Dec-2022
Abhinav Sekhri

Is India the Arms Exporter it Claims to Be?

The government's desire to project India as a significant defence exporter are more apparent on paper than in the order books.
▶03-Dec-2022
Urvashi Sarkar