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India’s National River Interlinking Projects – An Introduction (Part I)

This article is an introduction to the three part series focusing on India’s National River Linking Project. Vanshika Mittal traces the background and plan proposed by the government for this project.
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How We Communicate

The inherent difference in how women and men are supposed to communicate indicates the underlying gender biases in the conversation itself. Niharika Mehrotra explores this notion through her article.
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Broken Markets – Reflection from the labour landscape (Part II)

In this article, the author discusses the trend in budgetary allocations to schemes such as MNREGA to bring out the stark reality through the data analyzed in the July Issue of Infosphere.
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SC Judgement on Prashant Bhushan: Justifying Contempt of Court

Prashant Bhushan was held guilty of contempt of court for his tweets criticising the supreme court. His conviction was perceived as a serious blow to the freedom of expressing criticism of democratic institutions. However, this conclusion isn’t warranted. Aman Khullar explores the merits of the case to show why Bhushan’s comments amount to contempt of…
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Periods don’t Stop in a Pandemic: Access to Sanitary Products during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has fostered the inaccessibility to sanitary products which hampered the sanitary health of women at large. This article by Rameez elucidates what factors were responsible for such a menace.
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India’s Debt Challenge

The important question that one is looking to analyse is whether the targets set under the FRBM Act were met. Authors Diya and Aliva provide a brief on India’s journey with tackling high fiscal deficits.
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One State, Two Stories: How the River Ganga Creates a Social Divide in Bihar

Why are the northern districts of Bihar less developed than those in the south? Can any historic institutional differences account for such a divide? Rishita Sankrit attempts to answer these questions by geo-plotting health and education indicators from various Indian household demographic surveys, and analyses the institutional theory of growth in the context of Indigo…
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Power, Identity and Unemployment: The Case of Bihar

In this conversation with Mr. Ranjay Bihari, who is President of Bihar Mange Rozgar-a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the aim of bringing grassroot level changes in and across the state of Bihar, he argues that there exists a connotation between the ‘Bihari’ identity with the underdeveloped socio-economic condition of the state. This misunderstood notion of…
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A Blast from the Past: Lebanon

This piece takes the reader through the political and economic crisis that has plagued Lebanon for decades, providing a relevant backdrop to the recent explosion.
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The Heterogeneity of the Indian Labour Market

Vichaar is Azaad Awaaz and PAIGAMs podcast series that aims at engaging with experts and professionals to further the conversation on social issues in context to marginalisation of communities. In the spirit of inculcating a habit of asking questions, Vichaar offers valuable insights from experts across industries and fields on contemporary issues through interviews. Bringing…
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Power, Identity and Unemployment: The Case of Bihar

In this conversation with Mr. Ranjay Bihari, who is President of Bihar Mange Rozgar-a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with the aim of bringing grassroot level changes in and across the state of Bihar, he argues that there exists a connotation between the ‘Bihari’ identity with the underdeveloped socio-economic condition of the state. This misunderstood notion of…
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Batch of 2020: Responses to Post-COVID Education Prospects and Employment Conditions

Ishita Choubey, Psychology Major, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Batch of 2020. In terms of further studies, I luckily haven’t had to alter my plans drastically since I had already planned to take a little break. Most of the post graduate courses for psychology in India are in January, so i had planned…
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