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Urban displacement and vulnerability
Elite slum dwellers bargain, negotiate and build complex alliances outside the slum to gain power to displace, marginalise and exclude the poorest slum dwellers. Widowhood, one of the most vulnerable...
Empowerment: No Longer A Buzzword
Women’s empowerment, the often used concept in the contemporary discourse on development, needs revisiting. The empowering processes have to embrace men as well to address gender-biased structures, fr...
India’s Public School Holding the Fort
Indian education system has historically evolved to accommodate multiple providers and institutions. The school sector has seen the participation of governments, both centre and state and remains the...
Debating the GM-Crop Efficacy
There has been a pulsating debate around genetically modified (GM) crops for over a decade now. While some recommend their use, there are juxtapositing views asking for more nuanced understanding of i...
Importance of Jallikattu to Tamil Nadu
<p>Embracing the bull has been a topic of fiery debate in Tamil Nadu for quite some time now. “ Jallikattu ” or “Eru Thazhuvuthal” (literally, embrace the bull) is a traditional bull taming sport and...
Changing perspectives of child sex ratio in Haryana
<p>It took Haryana twenty long years to bring up the child sex ratio (in the age group of 0 to 6 years) to 900 as per the Civil Registration System, January 2016 though it still remains lower than the...
Mine Tourism in India for the first time
<p>Ever fancied climbing down sooty black tunnels with dank, dark walls flanking you on all sides? Well, face your fears, as ‘extreme tourism’ comes of age. From November 2016 onward, one ...
Diversifying India’s Food Basket: NBA outlines the critical role of biodiversity
<p>Our food basket is increasingly being confined to a few select crops and cereals. Yet, our nation is endowed with a huge variety - a rich biodiversity, which provides of a complex stock of animals,...
Suckerfish: Darling of aquariums, terror of open waters
<p>Pterygoplichthys or commonly known as Janitor fish or sailfin armoured catfish and popular in India as suckerfish have severely invaded inland water bodies in India.</p>
Sundarban: Confrontation to Conservation
<p>Human-animal conflict is often triggered by poverty and the need to access resources for survival. Such confrontation can be prevented by bringing in livelihood projects that help human population,...