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Episode 3: The Right Start — Beating the Single-Use Plastic Problem

Narrated by Sumit K. Yadav  While it was earlier speculated and suggested that there will be a complete ban on single-use plastics, the government has...

Of Safety and Livelihoods: A Life Beyond Tradeoffs in Jharia Coal Mines

A question lingers – is rehabilitation a matter of desperation?

Open Access Chronicles: How Did We Get Here? (Chapter 1)

Narrated by Sourya Reddy Edited by Malavika VN If you're a researcher or a college student, chances are, you've probably come across websites like Sci-hub. Controversial...

Breaking the Binary: How University Campuses Can Be Pivotal in the Fight for Gender...

Universities are hotspots of gender diversity- what infrastructural changes do campuses need to adopt to be gender-inclusive?
Criminal Code Tribal

How Colonial Era Policing Impacts Communities Today

Hosted by Vaishnavi Rathore Edited by Manasi Nene This April, the Parliament passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022. The Act authorises taking fingerprints, handprints, footprints,...

Technically Speaking, Why is Encryption a Big Deal for the Government?

Hosted by Sourya Reddy Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal Encryption has been the talk of the tech world for the better part of 5 years now. While...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta Ashoka University Academic Freedom

How Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s Exit from Ashoka University is Just the Tip of the...

Is there something innate about academia that makes a state want to control it? Does being backed by well-off, well connected, philanthropic individuals protect an academic's ideas and freedoms?

Beyond More Enrolment, RTE Needs to Consider Out-of-Class Lives

In a country that seems to be obsessed with Gross Enrolment Ratios, the lives of Om and Swati, students in Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, force us to pause and reconsider.
#Dialogues: Implementing FRA in Northeast India

#Dialogues: Implementing FRA in Northeast India with Amba Jamir & Ayesha Khosla

Edited by Malavika VN What factors have stymied the effectiveness of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in Northeast India? What misconceptions prevent the FRA from...

How Technology is Aiding Professional Capacity Building in Maharashtra’s Education Officers

This is the final article in the three-part series in collaboration with Leadership For Equity (LFE) highlighting the challenges and needs, administrative and technological,...