India's 2036 Bid: An Olympian Chaos

No formal bid has been put in by India to host the 2036 Olympics; no city has been formally identified as the venue. The Indian Olympic Association has its own ideas but Gujarat has decided it will be Ahmedabad. There is confusion and chaos while Ahmedabad is already in a land acquisition frenzy.▶25-Sep-2024
Sharda Ugra

October 4, 2024

Where did Covid come from?, Motherhood and working women, Nuclear isn't the solution, and much more

Covid-19's Origin: It wasn't the Wuhan Lab

A leak from secret research into bats at a Chinese laboratory used to be suspected as the source of the Covid-19 virus. A careful assessment of evidence instead points to the virus jumping to humans…
▶01-Oct-2024
Thomas Abraham
Book
Book Review

Climate Crisis: Nuclear Power Is Not the Way Out

That nuclear power is a good solution to combating climate change is a claim that is being increasingly sold across the world. This does not bear scrutiny. The expansion of nuclear power is neither…
▶27-Sep-2024
Nagraj Adve
Book
2036 Olympics-I

India's 2036 Bid: An Olympian Chaos

No formal bid has been put in by India to host the 2036 Olympics; no city has been formally identified as the venue. The Indian Olympic Association has its own ideas but Gujarat has decided it will…
▶25-Sep-2024
Sharda Ugra
Book
2036 Olympics-II

The Discontents of India’s Drive to Host the Olympics

Cities that have hosted the Olympics experience economic and social distress during the preparations and thereafter. Should India follow the same path? It is not sportspersons' desire but a…
▶25-Sep-2024
Priyansh

Indians and their Selfies

‘The selfie…offers us a window not only to the individual self, but through its deliberate or incidental positioning, allows us to unpack moments in cultural, civic, social, and political life.’
▶24-Sep-2024
Usha Raman
Book
Book Review

Fabricating Homeland Security in India

In the wake of 26/11, Indian officials were broadly convinced that the security failure required resort to Israel’s special expertise. A new book evaluates the attempted partnership between the two…
▶23-Sep-2024
Achin Vanaik

How Marriage and Motherhood Skew the Labour Market

Life events like marriage and motherhood, which are near-universal among Indian women, have been found to play a significant role in women’s decision to join or leave the workforce. So too sexual…
▶23-Sep-2024
Hema Swaminathan

Towards Operationalising a New Climate Right for India

The Ranjitsinh ruling of the Supreme Court is potentially far-reaching but its limited view of action on climate change risks causing an inadequate framing of policy. It is legislation that is built…
▶19-Sep-2024
Navroz K Dubash, Shibani Ghosh

Vegetable Or Chicken Curry In The White House?

While Kamala Harris’s mother emigrated to the U.S. from Tamil Nadu, Usha Vance’s parents are immigrants from Andhra Pradesh.
▶17-Sep-2024
Ignatius Chithelen

Pregnant Women in Rural India Are Overworked at Home. That's Breaking Them.

"Most pregnant and nursing women in rural India engage in excessive domestic work for long hours in demanding circumstances with minimal help or rest, adding hardship to their lives."
▶16-Sep-2024
Kanika Sharma