Intezaar: Ibrahim Ansari’s Story | From Streets to Schools
For the better part of a month, The Bastion Staff travelled to different cities and met so many kids who live off the streets....
Why Democracy May Not Save India From the Climate Crisis
Authored by Shantanu Kishwar
Given the apocalyptic atmosphere that grips Delhi as toxic smog descends over the city every winter, it is unsurprising that pollution...
Project Awareness: Addressing Mental Health Literacy in a School in Rural Karnataka
As early as 1954, the first director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Brock Chisholm famously stated that “without mental health, there can...
How Can India’s e-Mandi System Benefit Farmers?
Research by Isha Malaviya
Presented & Edited by Sumit Krishna Yadav
As opposed to a traditional mandi system, e-mandis specifically abolish the culture of middlepersons....
Forest Development, but at Whose Cost?
Written by Armaan RM
India became a world-leader in agroforestry when it became the first country to adopt a National Agroforestry Policy, back in 2014....
Are Residential Welfare Associations the Missing Key in Urban Governance Models?
There are a few characteristics becoming increasingly common across Indian cities. A deluge of a couple of hours can end up flooding a city....
Decoding the Importance of the National Curriculum Framework with Subir Shukla
Last year, India released its much-awaited National Education Policy (NEP): which guides the overall objectives and goals of India's education system. But, what do...
Caring for the Special Needs of Adults and our Earth: Meet the Friends of...
“I have been here for 20 years... I know everything!” exclaims Deepak, without a hint of doubt in his voice. Although it hasn’t quite...
O-disha: Showing the Way as a Model State for Adopting Sports
States and political parties going to polls can take a leaf out of the Naveen Patnaik government's ability to deliver sports as an electoral promise towards development.
Monsoon Mayhem: No Rehabilitation for Evicted Residents of Himachal’s Chetru
Photographs by Yogesh Upadhyay
Come June, the monsoon ventures into the subcontinent and India welcomes it with open arms. But for Najuki and her husband,...
