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Decolonising Compliance: How Global South States Reimagine Accountability Beyond Northern Blueprints
Read more: Decolonising Compliance: How Global South States Reimagine Accountability Beyond Northern BlueprintsBy – Vansh Aggarwal Abstract This article examines how the Global North’s fixation on formal compliance frameworks, from human rights monitoring to anti-corruption laws, often misreads the Global South’s contextually rooted mechanisms of accountability. It argues that these Northern paradigms, built on institutional transparency and quantifiable governance indices, fail to capture informal, community-driven, and restorative…
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the way to fight Global Poverty (Chapter IV: Top of the class)
Read more: Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the way to fight Global Poverty (Chapter IV: Top of the class)By — Ayushmaan Abstract: Chapter IV of Poor Economics: A Radical Thinking of the Way to fight Global Poverty challenges the practice of “One size fits all” education polices that were prominent in Asian Countries. Despite receiving huge budgets and awareness, it remained poor at ensuring learning outcomes and had no significant effect on poor…
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From the Empire to IMF: How loans replace colonies in the Global South
Read more: From the Empire to IMF: How loans replace colonies in the Global SouthBy – Hritika Mishra Abstract: This article looks at how the legacy of colonialism endures in the contemporary world economy through debt-based control exerted by international organizations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Although the mid-twentieth century saw the termination of direct colonial authority throughout Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, economic sovereignty…
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India’s Agriculture AI Policy and Data Governance: Lessons from Kenya
Read more: India’s Agriculture AI Policy and Data Governance: Lessons from KenyaBy — Ayushmaan Abstract: This piece examines India’s ambitious efforts to advance Artificial Intelligence, aiming to make it scalable across nations while integrating it into various sectors to enhance public service delivery. Notable policy initiatives have been implemented in the agricultural sector, aiming to reduce risk, increase yield bonuses, and prevent weather-related crop damage through…
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Chains of Credit: Neo-Colonialism and the Politics of China’s Belt and Road
Read more: Chains of Credit: Neo-Colonialism and the Politics of China’s Belt and RoadBy – Vansh Aggarwal Abstract: This article examines how China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), framed as development financing, has evolved into a mechanism of debt-driven dependency and geopolitical leverage. Through cases from Asia and Africa, it explores whether BRI represents genuine growth or a neo-colonial chain of credit that undermines sovereignty. Introduction: ‘The borrower…
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Behind The Artistic: The Tussle Between the AI & Creative Works
Read more: Behind The Artistic: The Tussle Between the AI & Creative WorksBy – Anubhi Srivastava Abstract The rise of AI in creative domains challenges traditional notions of authorship, originality, and cultural production. From Studio Ghibli-style animations to AI-generated music and scripts, machine learning blurs the line between imitation and innovation. This article examines the ethical, legal, and philosophical debates surrounding “AI art,” including copyright, authenticity, and…
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Madras Cafe and India’s Refugee Dilemma
Read more: Madras Cafe and India’s Refugee DilemmaBy – Hritika Mishra Introduction Refugee crises are not new to South Asia. From the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan to the Rohingya today, every conflict has left behind displaced people. India, despite no formal refugee law, has hosted refugees from many countries, such as Tibet, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Shoojit Sircar’s Madras…
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Welfare in the Age of Algorithms: AI and the Future of Public Policy in India
Read more: Welfare in the Age of Algorithms: AI and the Future of Public Policy in IndiaBy -Vansh Aggarwal Abstract: This article explores how AI is reshaping public policy in India, focusing on welfare schemes like MGNREGA and PM-JAY. Drawing lessons from DigiYatra, FASTag, and CoWIN, it examines both the efficiency gains and the risks of privacy loss and bias. The article also proposes integrating AI with Aadhaar to build smarter,…
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Protection or Exclusion: Does India Gain from Its Refugee Policy Change?
Read more: Protection or Exclusion: Does India Gain from Its Refugee Policy Change?By – Ayushmaan Abstract This piece examines the historical shift in the Indian Government’s approach to the rising refugee population in India with respect to recent security concerns from the neighbouring countries of India. History is evident; India adopted non-refoulement towards refugees. without any specific obligation, neither domestic nor international. The past decade presents India’s…
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Israel’s Innovation Playbook: What India Can Adapt and Localise
Read more: Israel’s Innovation Playbook: What India Can Adapt and LocaliseBy – Vansh Aggarwal Abstract India’s innovation story stands at a critical juncture where global ideas must meet local realities. Drawing lessons from Israel’s state-led innovation, defence-tech advances, and agri-tech revolution, India can adapt these models to its unique socio-economic landscape. Introduction There is a Japanese saying, ‘Dochakuka’, which means adapting global knowledge to suit…
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Lessons For and From India’s UPI
Read more: Lessons For and From India’s UPIBy – Anubhi Srivastava Abstract India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016, is a key example of ‘Glocalisation’ in digital payments, where global fintech principles are adapted to India’s diverse socio-economic landscape. It has rapidly ascended to become the world’s largest real time payment system, processing over 650 million transactions daily and dominating India’s…
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Glocalising Iceland’s 100% Fish Project: A Transformation of India’s Fisheries into a Circular Blue Economy
Read more: Glocalising Iceland’s 100% Fish Project: A Transformation of India’s Fisheries into a Circular Blue EconomyBy – Samaira Prakash Abstract: The aquaculture sector in India currently faces a paradox, where the production of fishery remains on the rise, while there is minimal value addition, alongside a significant increase in externalities caused by the widespread discarding of fish waste. The 100% fish project, an initiative spearheaded by Iceland’s Ocean Cluster, offers…
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