Sustainable Development

SunEdison & Adani to Build Solar Plant in Gujarat, India - Analyst Blog

Solar technology company SunEdison Inc. has reportedly entered into a strategic alliance with Indian conglomerate Adani Enterprises, which will expand its base in India. Under...

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Kailash Satyarthi to focus on social causes through TV show

Popular reality-based crime show “Crime Patrol Satark” has joined hands with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi to host a special series focusing on child labour and...

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Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act

Union ministries are engaged in an official tussle over the ambit and implementation of the Forest Rights Act. After the environment ministry (MoEF) issued a circular in Octob...

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India on high alert after massive oil spill threatens Sunderbans ecology

The oil spill in Sunderbans area of Bangladesh has created panic in India and the officials are now gearing up for possible challenges to the environment in near future. The s...

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Deconstructing The Deplorable Misrepresentation of Women in Indian Media

It is the limited roles women play within our media that are most keenly responsible for perpetuating old stereotypes, and moulding the idea of what women should be to a few c...

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India’s bride markets grow, while trafficking convictions decline

The shortage of brides in some states with skewed sex ratio has made human trafficking a lucrative trade The Indian predilection for aborting or killing the female child appea...

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The truly dictatorial ordinance didn’t come from Modi: it came from Rajasthan

Laying down educational qualifications for panchayat and zila parishad elections endangers democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received plenty of flak for resorting to...

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63 million people faced with poverty due to healthcare expenditure

A whopping 63 million people are faced with poverty every year due to “catastrophic” expenditure over healthcare which neutralises the gains of rising income and v...

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Lexicon of democratic literacy

The introduction of educational qualifications as eligibility criteria for contesting panchayat elections has shocked and angered rural Rajasthan, including supporters of the ...

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India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officials ...

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FESTIVALS: WHEN CINEMA CREATES CHANGE

Inside the Impact Storytelling Masterclass at WIFF Mumbai 2025: At the Waterfront Indie ...

October 23 2025

RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA

Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai ...

October 22 2025

MOVIES: A GENTLE DOWNPOUR OF INDIE SUCCESS

Ritopriyo Saha’s short film Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain) is creating ripples acros...

October 19 2025