On The Road: Unravelling the Legacy of Migration from Fishing Villages Amidst COVID-19
When asking a non-migrant fisherman in Odisha’s Nua Golabandha about why so many fishers choose to migrate across the country, this is what he...
The Bastion Dialogues: Dr. Uma Maheshwari Chimirala
Interviewed by Ayush Jain on 11th March 2019
This week, The Bastion’s Ayush Jain delved deep into the Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) system. Set...
Dialogues: Dr. Malini Bhattacharjee on the RSS, Seva, and Relief and Development
“What can one say about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that has not already been said before?”
The RSS, perhaps the focal organisation of...
Students First: Using Education as an Electoral Platform
Written by Rizowana Hussaini
As the early morning buzz settles in on the narrow alleys of Sangam Vihar, Delhi, uniform-donned students rush inside the gates...
The Bastion Dialogues: Vicky Roy
When Vicky Roy (VR) was a young boy, he ran away from his home in West Bengal all the way to the capital, New...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: What lies beyond the Mahatma?
Researched and written by Arjav Kulshreshtha.
M. K. Gandhi, also known as Gandhiji, was born on 2nd October 1869. He was the leader of India’s...
Valuing a Hidden Octopus Fishery in Lakshadweep
“Kadikidamaale balichittum,
Kirikidamaaya kachayum ketti,
Appal irrikum kalline noki chirichu thudangi,
Ayal, bismiyum cholli irangiya neeram Appalu kuthi.”
“Ready with a strong grip,
In the shallow waters, wearing a...
The Genius of Market Fundamentalism
The genius of modern neo-liberal economics is that its ideas have been sold to us by those in power over the last few decades...
The COVID-19 Crisis Should Make Us Rethink Our Prejudices Against Basic Income Transfers
Albeit indefinite, the coronavirus-induced (paid) stay-at-home orders are temporary for many privileged citizens. But, for masses of India’s working population, this nagging sense of...
The Bastion Dialogues: Parth Shah
Parth J. Shah (PS), Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Civil Society and the Director of the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP),...
