Profits, Protection, and People: Is Legalising Sand Mining in MP’s Chambal Sanctuary Worth it?
The Madhya Pradesh government has justified denotifying 350 hectares of the Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary for legal sand mining as a way of preventing wasteful expenditure from monitoring, while also improving local livelihoods and protecting the environment. How valid is this reasoning?
Going All Out for AI: How Reliance’s Acquisition of Addverb Impacts the Future of...
Reliance has always been a key player in capitalising the modern Indian market. It has been keenly eyeing developments that compliment and compete against...
Who is Benefitting in Indore District from Expensive Water Piped from the Narmada?
This is Part Two of a series on the Narmada Water Project in Madhya Pradesh. Read Part One: What Makes Indore’s Narmada Water Project...
What Makes Indore’s Narmada Water Project One of the Costliest in the Country?
As the Indore Municipal Corporation gears up to launch Phase 4 of the Narmada Project, Part 1 of The Bastion’s series highlights why the financial viability of the project begs inspection and an overall rethinking of Indore’s water supply channels.
Catching Environmental Crime
Environmental justice movements and institutions face hard questions when it comes to accountability: who is actually responsible for environmental crimes? How should they be...
How the Craze For Government Jobs in India is Lowering the Quality of Education
Is the craze for government jobs in India hurting the education system? What is the long-term impact of the over-prioritisation of government jobs?
#JustTech: Let’s Co-Create Technology to Build Legal Solutions For Vulnerable Communities
How can collaborative legal technology building improve solutions for vulnerable communities?
Building India’s Sports Stack – a Systems Approach to Using Sport for Society
The Sports and Society Accelerator’s seven-layer ‘Sports Stack’ is a starting point to deliver on the social potential of sport and address issues of inclusion, empowerment and community.
Helping Children Learn From Each Other: Enter, “Heutagogy”
How can we enable students to learn from each other while granting teachers autonomy in their classrooms? Heutagogy may be the answer to better foundational learning.
Another ‘Just Transition’ We Need to Talk About—India’s Transport Sector
While the push for EVs is an encouraging and necessary step, how is India preparing to move employment opportunities towards electric vehicles, especially for those who lose their jobs in the conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles? Where does the electricity for these vehicles come from?
