Tag: Government Regulations
Of Politics and the Environment: Understanding India’s Need for Green Parties
Written by Rizowana Hussaini
“Future is Green, Green is Future”. These words greet every visitor of the India Greens Party’s website, one of India’s few...
The Bastion Dialogues: Kartikeya Sarabhai
Kartikeya Sarabhai (KS), Founder and Director of the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), is one of the world’s leading environmental educators. A Padma Shri...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Conservation, Rights and Exclusion in...
Written by Arpitha Kodiveri
“The Forest Department is not ready to share its power; it sees itself as a landlord of these forest areas. The...
A Dubious Affair: Examining Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project
Written by Harsh Ghildiyal
Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project was dreamt up over a decade ago. Expected to cost over ₹12,000 crore and be ready in...
The Bastion Dialogues: Parth Shah
Parth J. Shah (PS), Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Civil Society and the Director of the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP),...
Plugging the Brain Drain: Revitalising Research in India
Co-authored by Harsh Ghildiyal & Sourya Reddy
Being a research scholar in India is anything but easy. For instance, earlier this month, the Central University...
Educating Refugees: Uncertain Prospects for Rohingya Children in Chennai
Written by Jayashri R. Sundaram
“I am happy that I can at least go to school here. Back home we were not allowed to even...
Of the people, By the People, but For Whom? Building Environmental...
Written by Sourya Reddy
Another election season is upon us, and the echoes of electoral promises are getting louder and more chaotic. Amidst this “festival...
Indian Students’ Silent Hymns: Of Sanskrit Prayers in Secular Schools
Co-authored by Kaushalya Misra & Avantika Bunga
“What is the problem with saying Vande Mataram? We are saying thank you to mother earth? What...
The Peaks of Education: Learning from Himachal Pradesh’s Inclusive Model
Co-authored by Raka De & Tanvi Mehta
On the 1st of February 2018, the interim Budget announced by Piyush Goyal saw a 10% hike in...
