Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta, Sunidhi Agarwal and Nikhil JacobThe exodus of migrant workers to their home states due to loss of livelihood in the wake of the Covid-19 induced lockdown was unprecedented. It brought unimaginable hardship to...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar and Nishi VermaIndian cities with continued colonial and elitist practices of planning and governance have excluded a large population section while accessing services and infrastructure for a decent life. COVID-19 induced lockdown has exposed the...
Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta and Nikhil Jacob“The agriculture sector is broadly successful. The public distribution system is functioning well, food security has been achieved and productivity is outstripping expectations. However, the farmers are unhappy, their incomes are abysmally low...
Utpal K De, Simi MehtaChanging Economy under Covid-19The topics of wide debate and discussions of recent times have been revolving around the impacts of ongoing pandemic Covid-19 and consequences of various policy measures, including the locking and unlocking of...
Utpal K De, Simi Mehta, Tanya Agrawal, Ritika GuptaEvery human being holds fundamental rights, which is called human rights, as enshrined in the international legal framework and globally endorsed legal system. The UN Declaration of Human Rights adopted in...
Simi Mehta, Shivani Choudhary*We are at a juncture when democracies are increasingly being referred to as majoritarian in the global context. The phenomenon of democracies becoming majoritarian has proliferated across the world, ranging from the rise of Trump in...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sunidhi AgarwalThe gender divide isn’t new even though there have been concerted efforts to reduce it. It is often said that disasters, diseases and calamities are usually not discriminatory but when we see outcomes...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi VermaRecent increase in female labour migration across Asia have triggered a surge of interest in how the absence of the mother and wife for extended periods of time affects the left-behind family, particularly...
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi VermaAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 73 million boys and 150 million girls under 18 years had experienced various forms of sexual violence in 2002. This is the universal havoc having grave...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar“There is a major number of differences in the urbanization of India and China. According to Census 2020, more than sixty percent of China’s population live in cities. Urban population growth has been driven due to...
