Channelling the Right to Work Towards Climate Resilient, Sustainable Livelihoods
The cumulative effect that MNREGS activities can have on reducing agriculture, disaster, and livelihood-based vulnerabilities of rural households is staggering, and frankly quite underrated.
How To Tell If Online Voting Systems Are Good For Democracy
Before implementing online voting systems, voters, researchers, and journalists reporting on elections need a framework to assess their feasibility.
Reimagining Public Spaces for the Urban Poor Post COVID-19
For the poor and socially marginalized groups already living on the edge in India's cities, the pandemic has dealt a severe blow, isolating them physically, socially and economically. Access to public spaces can transform the lives they lead.
First Lions and Now Cheetahs: Kuno-Palpur National Park’s Communities Prepare to Relocate For Conservation
Non-implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 weighs heavily on Kuno-Palpur, leaving Adivasis with few options other than relocating for conservation.
On The Fence: Making Sense of LIC’s IPO
From improving insurance penetration to the government's goal of raising money for national investment, we explore the debate around LIC's upcoming IPO.
Caught in the Tangles of Court Orders and ‘Development’, the Yamuna Remains As Polluted...
As ‘encroachers’ are evicted to ‘beautify’ the riverbank under different development initiatives, ultimately, the Yamuna remains as polluted as ever.
Documenting Displacement, Climate Crises, and Trauma: All In a Day’s Work For Environmental Reporters
With environmental reporters covering the worst of the climate crises, what can media houses do to support a healthy work environment for them?
Social and Emotional Learning Can Help Indian Schools Deal With the Mental Impacts of...
India needs to develop a contextualised framework for Social and Emotional Learning to address the pandemic's mental impacts on students and caregivers.
The Facts Around Fake News — Episode 2 of The Impact
How does Fake News get circulated in India? Who produces this content and who does it benefit? What can be done to curb it?
Your Corporator: The Elected Representative You Forget to Vote For
Corporators have the agency and opportunity to attend to, if not solve, the most immediate and proximate woes of an urban citizen. Yet, municipal elections continue to be one of the most ignored aspects of Indian democracy, with local politics playing subordinate to state and national politics.
