URBANISATION
Is Mumbai growing anymore?
Contrary to popular belief, there are not that many migrants coming to Mumbai in search of jobs anymore. Planners and politicians need to introspect on why.
Cities
February 2012

SEX RATIO
Renaming Nakusa
Girl children who were given names that reflected their unwanted status are being renamed in Maharashtra, in a new initiative to reverse the decline in sex ratio.
Gender violence | Maharashtra
September 2011

SEX RATIO
Masculinisation of India
The child sex ratio continues to follow the worsening trend established decades ago. Demographers predict that India's population will remain overly masculine for a long time.
Society
April 2011

BIRTH CONTROL
By the Holy book
A family planning programme in Assam uses texts from the Holy Quran, encouraging husbands to accept sterilisation to promote the health and well-bring of their family.
Assam
January 2011

OPINION
Counting people, discounting their worth
One often hears that the country's large population is at the heart of many of its troubles, but doing the numbers doesn't suggest anything of that sort. Still, in an important way, it does have to do with people.
Ashwin Mahesh | Opinions
August 2005

UNREPORTED GIRL BIRTHS
A newborn's first right
Less than 50% of girl child births are being registered by parents because of gender bias, says former Census Commissioner Jayant Banthia.
Children | Women
May 2005

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
The lucky rag picker
She only knows at the end of each day whether there will be enough money to survive tomorrow. Does this woman have rights, the right to produce a child?
Kalpana Sharma | Women's Health
December 2004

INSIGHT
Less populous, more powerful
Some states wield more power in Parliament than they would if MP seat shares were fixed on the basis of population alone.
October 2004

CENSUS CONTROVERSY
The Census revelations
The brouhaha over the data on religious communities has subsided. But the greatest revelation of the Census is about the missing girl child.
September 2004

New govt's population control thrust
UP has the highest maternal mortality figures in the country and the condition of sterilization camps in the state is abysmal. The new govt's stress on population control targeting could make things worse.
Women | UP
June 2004

DEMOGRAPHIC BALANCE
Sex ratio: the hidden horrors
The Overall Sex Ratio unexpectedly improved during the 1990s. The reason - millions of males are falling victim to illnesses at much faster rates, skewing the demographic balance.
Women
April 2004

Two children, countless wrongs
Invest in health, avoid reactionary policies.
Women's Health | Human Rights
October 2003