Articles
Nov 27 2016
BLACK MONEY
Demonetisation and the Rule of Law
BLACK MONEY : Demonetisation and the Rule of Law
Demonetisation is primarily about the Rule of Law in our country and the capacity of the state to ensure, and abide by, the Rule of Law, comments Harish Narasappa.
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Nov 22 2016
JUDICIAL VACANCIES
Travesty of justice
JUDICIAL VACANCIES : Travesty of justice
With over 2.19 crore pending cases, the Chief Justice of India pleads again to fill the numerous vacancies in the judiciary at the earliest. Ramesh Menon reports.
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Nov 17 2016
BOOK REVIEW
How democracy really works
BOOK REVIEW : How democracy really works
'Democracy for Realists' is an important critique of how democracy works in practice. Nidhi Gupta reviews the book.
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Nov 14 2016
A TRIBUTE
Mahasweta Devi in cinema
A TRIBUTE : Mahasweta Devi in cinema
Mahasweta Devi remains a writer whose work was almost impossible to express through cinema, writes Shoma Chatterji paying a tribute to the legendary writer and social activist.
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Nov 07 2016
SOLAR POWER
Meet the solar sisters
SOLAR POWER : Meet the solar sisters
In remote villages of Rajasthan women are assembling small, portable solar lamps and then travelling to different hamlets in the region to retail them. Renu Rakesh reports.
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Nov 01 2016
WORLD BANK
Funding the coal boom
WORLD BANK : Funding the coal boom
Darryl D’Monte looks into why World Bank through its affiliates continues to fund coal power stations in India despite its claims to contrary.
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Oct 09 2016
WOMAN'S CONSENT
Painting the country Pink
WOMAN'S CONSENT : Painting the country Pink
Will a ‘NO’ from a woman remain ‘NO’? Asks Shoma A. Chatterji while reviewing the movie, Pink.
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Sep 30 2016
RESTRUCTURING WATER ORGANIZATIONS
Creating National Water Commission
RESTRUCTURING WATER ORGANIZATIONS : Creating National Water Commission
A recent report suggests merging the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) into a new organisation to be called the National Water Commission. Shripad Dharmadhikary comments on the report.
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Sep 21 2016
NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE
Our present and terrifying danger
NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE : Our present and terrifying danger
With the tension between India-Pakistan rising, Darryl D’Monte reports a recent discussion about the confrontation between these two nuclear states.
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Sep 17 2016
25 YEARS OF LIBERALISATION
Have we gained or lost?
25 YEARS OF LIBERALISATION : Have we gained or lost?
Pradeep Baisakh looks at the effects of the economic reforms started 25 years ago.
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Sep 08 2016
TROUBLE AT ALANG
Graveyard of ships struggles to survive
TROUBLE AT ALANG : Graveyard of ships struggles to survive
One of the largest ship-breaking yards in the world at Alang in Gujarat is crumbling as the EU Commission and the Supreme Court are now putting pressure to get them to create modern environmentally friendly facilities. If they do not do it, the graveyard of ships will die says Ramesh Menon.
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Aug 26 2016
CLPR AMENDMENT ACT
A progressive framework diluted by chicanery
CLPR AMENDMENT ACT : A progressive framework diluted by chicanery
It is tragic that the new Amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) (CLPR) Act, 2016, which has a seemingly progressive framework, has been largely diluted by chicanery, opines Kathyayini Chamaraj.
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Aug 19 2016
MUMBAI'S WOES
When cities go under
MUMBAI'S WOES : When cities go under
Mumbai is closer to finalising its 20-year development plan, from 2014 to 2034. The plan might be hiding more than it reveals, writes Darryl D'Monte.
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Aug 14 2016
ID REMEMBRANCE
The Dhemaji tragedy
ID REMEMBRANCE : The Dhemaji tragedy

Parthajit Baruah, director of documentary The Dhemaji Tragedy – An Undefined Chapter, the tragedy that happened on the Independence Day in 2004 talks to Shoma Chatterji.
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Aug 07 2016
TELANGANA'S FARMERS
Registration of informal land sales
TELANGANA'S FARMERS : Registration of informal land sales
Telangana’s free registration of plain paper land sale initiative to digitally clean up its land records not only benefits its dispossessed farmers but makes land governance transparent, reports Manipadma Jena.
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Jul 27 2016
MGNREGA
What's working, what's not
MGNREGA : What's working, what's not
The uneven performance of MGNREGA in the task of rural asset generation requires a careful comparison of the decision making processes involved in those cases where the works undertaken have produced value and where it has failed to, writes Pavan Kulkarni.
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Jul 14 2016
ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE
Lessons for rural electrification from a weaving village
ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE : Lessons for rural electrification from a weaving village
If electrification drives remain focused only on village electrification, connections and lighting, 'Gaaon Ka Vikaas Garv Ke Saath' will remain just rhetoric. Anjali Sharma, Ann Josey, and Sreekumar N report.
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Jul 11 2016
DRAFT NATIONAL WATER FRAMEWORK BILL
The right to water for life
DRAFT NATIONAL WATER FRAMEWORK BILL : The right to water for life
The Draft National Water Framework Bill, put out for public comments recently, represents an important and progressive step forward despite some shortcomings and challenges involved in its implementation, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.
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Jul 05 2016
ON THE WATERFRONT
There's more than meets the Mumbai Eye
ON THE WATERFRONT : There's more than meets the Mumbai Eye
With the arrival of a new Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust, the redevelopment of port land in Mumbai is being discussed again and like the earlier discussions this one too ignores the real needs of the city and its citizens. Darryl D’Monte elaborates.
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Jun 29 2016
FILM CENSORING
The brouhaha on censorship
FILM CENSORING : The brouhaha on censorship
The tremendous rage against Pahlaj Nihalani around the Udta Punjab (2016) issue finally resolved by the High Court gives a reason to revisit some memorable deletions and suggestions made by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over the years, says Shoma Chatterji.
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