Governance

What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy

Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees…
▶18-Sep-2022
Sushmita Pati
Covid-19

Band-Aids for Bullet Wounds

The brutal advent of Covid-19’s second wave in India was not unforeseen. But claims of an ‘Indian exceptionalism’ lulled politician, policymakers, and the public into complacency.
▶29-Apr-2021
Chandrakant Lahariya

‘One Nation’, New India and the Hollowing Out of the Federal Idea

Since 2014, the BJP government has been steadily delegitimising federalism. It has been using soft & hard measures to realise its political & cultural vision of ‘One Nation, One India’, where…
▶17-Feb-2021
K K Kailash

The Three Farm Bills

The rules of the game in markets have changed dramatically. But there are problems with the fundamental premise of the approach, there are doubts about the future of state intervention & there…
▶28-Sep-2020
Sudha Narayanan

Learning to Listen

The Indian state’s lack of empathy for the weakest could be seen so clearly in the hardships it imposed on the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown. This can be fixed only by listening to people's…
▶21-May-2020
Aaditeshwar Seth

Beyond the Pandemic

‘We need to address the basic structural issues of governance design if we are to be better prepared for future complex challenges. This is particularly necessary in managing disasters, but the…
▶18-May-2020
Chiranjib Sen