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Artificial Intelligence

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence-I

A 3-part series explains the main features of the rapid growth of AI today, current research and issues in regulation. Part-I discusses the core idea of AI, the growth of 'generative' AI…
▶23-Nov-2023
Anurag Mehra

When Machines Imagine: The Promise and the Risk

The ongoing revolutions in AI are exciting. The rush to use it in public-facing applications, however, poses risk as AI does not yet come with guarantees for correctness or tolerance for errors. AI…
▶19-Jun-2025
Subhashis Banerjee

Broad and Shallow AI

Trained on our mega digital footprint, Large Language Models ‘imitate’ human behaviour and can provide ‘plausible’ completion of any text prompt. Some are optimistic about AI reaching general human…
▶12-Jan-2022
Subbarao Kambhampati
Essay

Artificial Intelligence and its Discontents-I

Artificial Intelligence has exploded onto the world in recent years. Part-I of this review essay examines the nature and implications of contemporary AI. Next week, Part-II will address the multiple…
▶10-Aug-2021
Venu Madhav Govindu

Urban Mobility

A Free Ticket Can Be a Ticket to Freedom

While fare-free schemes for urban public transport ease financial barriers on mobility, their real impact is in empowering women through better city access. An analysis of Delhi’s free bus scheme…
▶16-Feb-2025
Nishant, Archana Singh

Which Way Must Cycling in India Go?

A combination of conventional cycles and e-cycles has the potential to transform transportation in India. While factors such as a safer road design and safe parking play an important role, there are…
▶15-May-2023
Rahul Goel
Book
INDIA AT 75

The Journey since 1947-III: Can the Bicycle Come Full Circle in India?

The bicycle, once a symbol of India’s industrialisation, is now relegated to use by the labouring classes who have to risk life and limb on India’s roads. But it may make a comeback given its value…
▶14-Sep-2022
Divya Kannan

Freebie or Freedom? Tamil Nadu’s Free Bus Travel Scheme for Women

Few have tried to understand the significance of the free bus travel scheme that a handful of states have introduced. In Tamil Nadu the benefits for women have been definite and palpable, though…
▶20-Nov-2023
Sumana Narayanan

Sri Lanka

Migrants and Minorities in Ceylon: Lessons for the Present

Sri Lankan politics bears the mark of a century of anti-Tamil policies. A majoritarian outlook has helped Sinhalese groups gain power, grow corrupt and weaken democracy.
▶03-Nov-2022
Ritesh Kumar Jaiswal

Stirrings of Hope? Notes from Colombo and Jaffna

"Sri Lanka looks to the possibility of politics beyond ethnic identities. But its history is a history of missed opportunities. The people want to believe that a change is coming."
▶23-Jun-2025
Bilal Tantray

Sri Lankan Peoples' Protests of 2022: The Present from the Past

The protests that have swept Sri Lanka for months, threatening the existing order, did not emerge out of thin air. They may have been sparked by an immediate economic crisis but they are a part of a…
▶19-May-2022
Devaka Gunawardena, Ahilan Kadirgamar

Dealing with the Delimitation Challenges

Book
Delimitation

India’s Delimitation Dilemma: Challenges and Consequences

Expanding the Lok Sabha proportionally while preserving existing seats & equally distributing Rajya Sabha seats among states could resolve India’s delimitation deadlock without upsetting…
▶16-Oct-2024
Mohd. Sanjeer Alam
Book
Delimitation

Delimitation, Democracy, and Federalism: Options and Solutions

The challenges posed by a delimitation exercise that would result in the North gaining at the expense of the South can be met with a different approach altogether. We could have instead an expansion…
▶07-Oct-2024
Rangarajan R.

Empowering Local Governments in India’s Federal Structure

Panchayats and municipalities are rarely given their due as the third pillar of federalism. The challenges posed by the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies can be side-stepped by…
▶26-Feb-2025
Sunil Kumar
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