People's Archive of Rural India Sundarbans: Not a blade of grass grew People in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, are facing climate change – recurring cyclones, erratic rain, growing salinity, rising heat, depleting mangroves and more.
Global Ground Media Cheerleader and referee: Appearance of conflicts of interest at microfinance regulators The lack of independence of microfinance self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in India
Global Ground Media Assessments show problems remain: are paper exercises sufficient to bring about change? Are code of conduct assessments of microfinance institutions just on paper or do they really work?
Global Ground Media Serving the poor or profiting off them? Indian microfinance institutions are growing rapidly, raising renewed concerns of overlending.
Newsclick India owed the highest in unpaid dues for UN peacekeeping As financial woes burden the UN, it is struggling to repay troop and police contributing countries like India and support its peacekeeping missions across the world.
Caravan Magazine Reliance Industries' mark on Observer Research Foundation Conflicts of interest with its main corporate backer and a lack of independence dog Asia's most influential think tank.
People's Archive of Rural India Slow train, hard work, low wages, long days Many women domestic workers travel every day from faraway stations on the fringes of the Sundarbans to south Kolkata. The crush of the long train journey adds to the demands of their ceaseless workdays
The Wire UN's green award for Modi comes despite criticism of environmental record Asked about the contradictory actions of UN agencies, staffers say UN bodies may not necessarily coordinate and in some cases even be aware of each other’s work.
Newslaundry Why Sushma Swaraj’s UN speech was a missed chance Instead of presenting an internationalist vision at the UN General Assembly, India's External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj played to the gallery at home.
People's Archive of Rural India Our houses are vanishing. Nobody cares. For decades, villagers from Ghoramara island in the Sundarbans have been migrating to Sagar island because the river and rain keep washing away their houses. They have received little help from the state
The New Arab Systematically terrorised: Rohingyas face severe health restrictions in Myanmar Rohingyas continue to face discrimination in Myanmar as they deal with grave limitations in practically all areas of life including access to basic healthcare
Al Jazeera With no formal schools or jobs, young Rohingya left in lurch Despair and frustration bogs down Rohingya refugees as they face a future with no access to formal education or jobs.
The Print Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The marvellous freedom fighter and feminist that India forgot about A Passionate Life, a collection of writings by and on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, is testimony to her considerable work in various fields, from the cooperative movement, settling of Partition refugees to films and theatre.
The Print Azeem Ibrahim’s book on Rohingyas is a portrait of a people persecuted left, right and centre The persecution of Rohingyas is no impulsive incidence but a systemic project executed with surgical precision.
The Hoot Freelancing: Freedom or folly? With more journalists becoming freelancers, it’s time to attend to the issues of pay, ID, and safety
The Wire Brookings demystified: Overlapping networks and the business of influencing policy Published in The Wire. 3 January 2018 In 2016, India had 280 think tanks, the fourth largest after the US, China and the UK. The number of Indian think tanks
The Print ‘The People Next door’ provides a wide angle view of India-Pakistan relations Author T.C.A. Raghavan attempts to show the flesh and blood of the relationship rather than just mapping the skeleton.
Asia Times Adani’s Aussie coal mine could fuel China’s BRI Coal from the group's proposed mega-mine in northeastern Australia could go to the Belt & Road Initiative which India has strongly opposed
Caravan Magazine Why India’s commitment to nuclear disarmament is “merely rhetorical” India champions itself as a leader of nuclear disarmament, but fails to walk the talk.
People's Archive of Rural India Widowed by tigers, abandoned by the state Every year, estimates indicate, around 100 men are killed by tigers in the Sundarbans. A bureaucratic maze then disallows their widows from getting compensation, forcing them to live in distress and penury
The Asia Dialogue India-China rivalries overshadow the larger purpose of BRICS Can the BRICS group of countries take on a larger role in world affairs?
The Wire Carnegie Endowment in India: Promoting US leadership with Indian corporate wealth The influential think tank, whose goal is to safeguard 'American interests' globally, is also seen by Indian businesses with strong US partnerships as a way of lobbying the Indian government
The Wire India, Israel and Palestine: A triangle that does not sum up As Palestine observes its 50th year of Israeli occupation, hard strategic and military calculations define India’s national interest and colour its ties with Israel and Palestine.
People's Archive of Rural India ‘Maach (fishing) and chaash (cultivation) brought us to Sundarbans’ Flood, famine, Partition, riots, and the promise of land and jobs drove early migrations to the Sundarbans. The settlers then battled disease, hunger and attacks by tigers, but eventually found a home
Scroll.in 'We are not safe even in office': Pune techie's murder raises concerns on security, workplace sexism he software sector is a large employer of women, but safety measures and sensitivity is sorely lacking, say the IT hub's young professionals.
