Important Editorials on Society, Culture and Health
Policy-NITI AAYOG and Nutrition !!!
The NITI Aayog published nutrition charts on 17 January this year. As India recognises nutrition as a national issue and gears up [...]
Society-Does India Require Counter Urbanization ?
Urbanization is one of the most common global phenomena in the world, and is said to occur in many [...]
Society-Forest Dwellers and their rights !!!
In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other [...]
Society-The “Circular Migrants” of India !!!
They build our cities and infrastructures yet are invisible to us while hiding in plain sight. […]
Society-Upgrading the public education system !!!
The World Bank’s recent flagship World Development Report, 2018 addressed some immediate challenges of quality education. One of the [...]
Society/Geography-Population, Migration and Misery !!!
Population is a more serious issue than generally construed. The managing of populations can become a serious inflection point [...]
Society/Geography-Population, Migration and Misery !!!
Population is a more serious issue than generally construed. The managing of populations can become a serious inflection point as [...]
Society- Nutrition Atlas of India (First of its Kind) and other important data-sets !!!
The first of its kind , the National Institute of Nutrition has publised Nutrition Atlas of India and the [...]
Society- Flooding in Indian Cities !!!
World’s greatest cities were founded on the banks of rivers (or other water sources such as lakes) to provide [...]
World-Rise and fall of world’s greatest cities over the past 4,000 years !!!
This animated map shows how the world’s largest cities outgrew each other over time. […]
Society-Europe needs to treat ageing like agriculture. Here’s why !!!
European societies are ageing. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over age 65. Today the share [...]
Society-Why Indian Children Are Short ?
Indian children are on the shorter side when compared with children of other similar countries. […]
Society-On rural India’s health systems: the health checklist !!!
The frail nature of rural India’s health systems and the extraordinary patient load on a few referral hospitals have become even [...]
Planning-Rebooting National Capital Region !!!
Popularly known as NCR, the National Capital Region is one of a kind in the world. It not only [...]
Society-The sordid tale of teacher education in India !!!
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was established in 1993 by an Act of Parliament. It is the [...]
Culture-Basava-The Career Bureaucrat and Lingayatism !!!
India has a long tradition of bright minds poking holes in some distinctly un-bright ideas. And one such mind [...]
Society-“Make India great again” !!!
Note – Notwithstanding the cliched nature of the title of this post, this article does not have the objective to [...]
Society-TB Crisis: a looming threat !!!
About 5,500 of over 76,000 children tested in nine Indian cities have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, 9% of them [...]
Society-Conserving water, the ancient way !!!
Can droughts experienced centuries ago teach us ways to handle the present ones? They can if we care to [...]
Society – The need for Police Reform !!!
In a recent article in an American newspaper, the doyen among police scholars, Prof. David Bayley, expressed his anguish [...]
Society – How Ahmedabad Made It To The Elite List Of World Heritage Cities !!!
Ahmedabad is blazing a trail in preserving our cultural heritage, something other Indian cities can emulate to make a [...]
Society-Health Policy and the Improving Health Indices of India !!!
The health policy of India aims at an integrated approach, which is to provide accessible, affordable and equitable quality [...]
Society-Triple Talaq: The developments thus far !!!
As on yesterday the CJI mentioned that Triple Talaq Is Mentioned Nowhere In Quran. Here are few critical issues being [...]
Society-Meet India’s ‘water doctor’, who has turned 84 acres of barren land into a water bowl !!!
Ayyappa Masagi has a simple message: “You want water? Call me!” Thousands have. And his phone rings dozens of [...]