Anandajit Goswami“Why Science, Fiction and Sustainability?” - The title of this piece connects three words, concepts, thoughts, ideation and at the same time maintains a distinct identity of all of them. The pertinent question to ask is why they...
Simi Mehta and Amita BhaduriFloods have been a common occurrence in 21st century South Asian Subcontinent. The repeated events of flooding in Chennai in 2002, 2005 and 2015, the Mumbai floods of 2005, the Pakistan floods of 2010 and...
Dr Ajay Gudavarthy and Dr Simi MehtaAmid the contemporary political scenario when there has been a global rise of populist forces, it seems to be the quintessential moment to dwell upon the question raised above. There is a need...
Raghu Bir BistaINTRODUCTIONForeign Trade is an external sector in the World as a huge potential key driver of economic growth rate, income equity and poverty reduction. Since 1990s, South Asia has been struggling trade gain from internationalism and regionalism...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi Agarwal Female labor force participation rate across India from 1990 to 2019 has been declining. In the last decade, it has declined from 31% to 25% from 2005 to 2010 and further to 20%...
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Dr Arjun KumarIndia's cities have always had a long history. The place that once belonged to the "wealthy middle class" now is a rather different place. There are almost 8000 cities in India and each...
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Dr Arjun KumarIndia is urbanising at a fast pace and is expected to house half of its population in urban areas by 2040. However, the increasing pace of urbanisation hasn’t been met by comparable planning,...
Utpal K De and Simi MehtaThe COVID-19 pandemic has added fuel to the fire in an era of global economic downturn and political unrest. Incontestably, the less developed nations are hit harder than their counterparts. Pandemic had led to...
Utpal K De and Simi MehtaFinancial Inclusion has been recently acknowledged as a key enabler for reducing poverty and improving prosperity. However, more than 50% adults of the poorest households are still unbanked globally. The Bangladesh government continues to...
Dr M RamachandranAfter the central government and state governments, the next level closer to people is the urban local body or village panchayat who are being constitutionally recognized under the 74th Constitution amendment of 1992, even though we...
