Amidst Lockdown, Odisha’s Forest-Dependent Communities Have Their Hands Tied
“We fear that we will run out of cash and food soon,” says Subhashree Madi, a member of the Mahila Jan Shakti Sangathan of...
Dialogues: Dr. K.S. Chalam on the Political Economy of Caste in India
"The characterization of caste as division of labourers does not fully explain the discriminatory and unpaid labour of untouchables and artisan castes in the...
Of Race, Religion and a Pandemic: Understanding Islamophobia in Assam
The detection of the COVID-19 hotspot at Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi led to a surge of Islamophobic expressions in Assam....
How Can Our Government-Run MOOCs Be Better?
With the onset of the second wave across India, Massive Online Open Courses will continue to be a light in the dark for stay-at-home learners. But how many government-run MOOCS do you even know of?
The Shore Scene: Locked Down In a Fishing Town
In early March 2020, I traveled to Malvan, where, for the past three years, I’ve been studying the fisheries in the region. Malvan is...
Empowering Parents To Demand Better Of Their Child’s Education
Without improving parental engagement, Indian education will lack accountability and deliver poor education under the facade of quality and equity.
Why the Privatisation of Schooling Hasn’t Improved the Quality of Indian Education
Over the past few decades, parents have overwhelmingly shifted their children from government-run schools to private schools. The 4 lakh+ private schools in India...
The Rise of Emotiveillance? Emotion AI and Ed-tech in India
A famous (and controversial) experiment in 1976 by Ekman and Friesen tried to study the facial expressions of individuals in response to certain stimuli....
Budget 2021: What Does the Wind Sector Need to Meet its 2022 60GW Target?
The Union Budget 2021 is here. Unsurprisingly, the shadow of COVID-19 loomed large over the budget as Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented it...
Education in Times of COVID: A Distressed Batch of 2020 Still Hopes to Study...
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining systems worldwide. Besides health, families are struggling with uncertainties surrounding their jobs and aspirations. At all levels of education,...
