India’s public finance education

Public finance: Reclaiming India’s forgotten fiscal canon

India’s public finance education needs a course correction—one that brings its own thinkers into the heart of fiscal policy discourse. #publicfinance #Arthashstra #Kautilya #education Read more »
India anti-poverty schemes

From poverty to precarity: India’s uneven growth story

India’s #poverty levels have fallen sharply, but millions risk falling back without real-time #welfare and strong #publichealth infrastructure. #indianeconomy #gdpgrowth Read more »
The unprotected workers of India's gig economy

The gig economy is booming—but hardly any protection for workers

As millions power India’s gig economy from the backseat of a scooter, their rights and futures remain dangerously undefined. #gigeconomy #swiggy #zomato #uber #ola Read more »
World Health Assembly 2025

World Health Assembly 2025 to tackle pandemic treaty, budget cuts, equity challenges

As health ministers meet in Geneva for World Health Assembly 2025, a landmark pandemic accord and deep WHO budget cuts dominate the agenda. #WHA78 #WHO Read more »
Health diplomacy

Health diplomacy under strain: Power, politics and the future of collaboration

Inequities in global partnerships reveal a health diplomacy deficit that demands urgent reform in how collaboration is governed, funded, and evaluated. #health #policy Read more »
Indian media’s descent into partisanship

From watchdog to lapdog: How Indian media lost the plot

Indian media’s descent into partisanship and spectacle is the result of vanishing editorial oversight and a deepening crisis of credibility. #paidnews #pr Read more »
caste census may open a can of worms

Caste census to redefine electoral politics, reopen quota debate

By backing caste census, the BJP hopes to reclaim the OBC narrative—but it risks triggering a new wave of quota battles. #castecensus #census2021 Read more »
foreign universities in India and higher education

Foreign Universities in India: High-stakes gamble in higher education

Without parallel fixes in school quality and faculty retention, campuses of foreign universities in India risk deepening the very inequalities they are meant to cure. #highereducation Read more »
algorithmic management

Invisible bosses: Algorithmic management rewrites labour contract

A new ILO study shows that algorithmic management is eroding job quality and blurring accountability faster than regulators can react. #algorithms #AI #jobs #technology #HR #ILO Read more »
legal personhood to Ganga and Yamuna

Legal personhood to sacred rivers: The ruling gave symbolism, not solutions

The execution of the Uttarakhand High Court decision to grant #legalpersonhood to the #Ganga and #Yamuna rivers exposes troubling gaps. Read more »