Public Land Protection Cells: Securing Public Land for Public Good
How can Public Land Protection Cells help resolve conflicts over common land and help impacted communities?
Hitting Restart: Reopening Schools in Tamil Nadu with Merlia Shaukath
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Malavika VN
Amid massive learning losses, states across India have been struggling to answer when and how they should reopen...
Technically Speaking, Should Governments Sanction Backdoor Access to Encrypted Platforms? with Yashovardhan Azad
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
The end-to-end protection that comes with encrypted platforms has been a thorn in the side of both, privacy...
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...
The Case Against Internet Shutdowns — Episode 3 of The Impact
Why does the government shut down internet services? Why do these shutdowns seem more likely to happen in specific parts of the country? What do they have to do with maintaining 'security'?
Preparing for the Worst: How Doctors Deal with Violence
How do doctors prepare themselves for possible instances of violence against them? Are there some doctors who are more likely to face violence than others?
Open Access Chronicles: Sci-Hub & Beyond (Chapter 7)
Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta
Edited by Malavika VN
In Chapter 6 of this series, Alexandra Elbakyan—founder of Sci-Hub—took us through what led her to create the...
Losing Ground: Why Are Protected Areas Still The Model Form of Conservation?
Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
As our series on Losing Ground has noted, the Protected Areas (PA) model of conservation is fraught by...
Cooling India’s Urban Poor Houses Down
Urban Poor settlements can be found in huge numbers across the country's metropolitan cities. Generally home to daily wage labourers and low-income families, these...
How Did Budget 2021 Fare for Indian Education? with Merlia Shaukath
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Malavika VN
The recently announced Union Budget for 2021-22 concentrated heavily on healthcare; given the continuing impact of the pandemic,...