Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Manoswini Sarkar “Poorly managed urban growth and development in a rapidly urbanizing India has exacerbated inequalities, exclusion, and vulnerabilities, especially among the marginalized population” highlighted Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay in a webinar organized by Center for Habitat,…
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta, Sunidhi Agarwal and Nikhil Jacob The 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 Verma Indian 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 Mehta, Tanya Agrawal, Ritika Gupta Every 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 Agarwal The 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…