Why India’s Approach to Primary Education is Flawed
An NGO’s annual reports on primary education have gained popularity in India and abroad, but its fundamental message on poor learning levels remains unheeded.
The Wire / January 2017
An NGO’s annual reports on primary education have gained popularity in India and abroad, but its fundamental message on poor learning levels remains unheeded.
The Wire / January 2017
Poor land records and corruption are derailing an ambitious land acquisition in Sikandarpur, fifty kilometres from Patna.
Scroll.in / January 2017
The Kathmandu magazine’s treatment of South Asia is unsentimental, far away from the petty chauvinisms that plague national media.
Newslaundry / August 2016
Never before has the RSS been more confident of its role in shaping India’s future.
Himal Southasian / June 2016
The challenge for the Nitish-Lalu duo will now be to sustain the bonhomie.
The Indian Express / November 2015
BJP’s rise in Siwan has coincided with Shahabuddin’s - and therefore RJD's - decline: the two forces hang in uneasy suspension
Newslaundry / November 2015
Your all-round guide to the Uniform Civil Code’s history, roadblocks and the complications
Newslaundry / October 2015
Or why no one should use this casteist phrase
Huffington Post / July 2015
Caste has survived development in Bihar and it’s not a bad thing: politics that favours one need not necessarily preclude the other
DNA / July 2015
For over two decades, Saras Salil has decidedly catered to the newly literates.
The Hoot / January 2015
The Hoot surveyed journalists to ascertain exactly how, and to what extent, they use social media in their daily professional lives.
The Hoot / December 2014
One firm’s struggle to bring Hindi literature to the internet generation
The Caravan / October 2014
A country that recognizes its extreme inequalities has to find ways to administer policy transition better
The Hoot / September 2014
The BJP’s rout in the by-polls has given a distinctively new tone to the Hindi media, with the party being attacked for choosing the wrong issues and hardly anyone defending it.
The Hoot / September 2014
Nitish has joined hands with Lalu. Together, they might just provide an alternative to an ascendant BJP.
The Indian Express / August 2014
Questions about the creation and consumption of shoddy journalism go beyond equations of supply and demand [Subscription required]
Himal Southasian (Vol 27 No 2) / July 2014
Modi’s victory in the state was propelled by caste realignment, development mantra and communal polarisation
The Indian Express / May 2014
Is it really possible to ban a book or a film in this age?
Governance Now / March 2014 / [Pdf , 116 KB]
India eyes Africa’s mineral resources. But the Khirki incident shows Indians see Africans with a jaundiced eye
Governance Now / February 2014 / [Pdf , 601 KB]
Can Misa Bharti and Chirag Paswan live up to the expectations that come with their privileged entry into politics?
Governance Now / April 2014 / [Pdf , 575 KB]
A near-complete absence of planning has led to a stunted growth of Jiasarai, bang next to IIT Delhi
Governance Now / January 2014 / [Pdf , 184 KB]
What Aida El-Kashef did next
The Caravan / September 2013
A rogue exploration of caste, class and gender on Shaadi.com [Subscription required]
Himal Southasian (VOL 26 NO 3) / August 2013
Dulari Devi’s extraordinary journey from domestic help to celebrated folk artist
Tara Books / June 2013
The tragic novel that spawned a bubblegum Bollywood hit
The Caravan / December 2013
An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola
Himal Southasian / April 2013
A Motihari resident’s efforts to protect the birthplace of George Orwell
The Caravan / April 2013
Despite a decline in size and stature, the mela represents the desires and deprivations of a rural society in a state of flux [Subscription required]
Himal Southasian (VOL 26 NO 1) / December 2012
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