Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi Verma Recent increase in female labour migration across Asia have triggered a surge of interest in how the absence of the mother and wife for extended periods of time affects the left-behind family, particularly…
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Nishi Verma According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 73 million boys and 150 million girls under 18 years had experienced various forms of sexual violence in 2002. This is the universal havoc having grave…
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar “There is a major number of differences in the urbanization of India and China. According to Census 2020, more than sixty percent of China’s population live in cities. Urban population growth has been driven due to…
Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta and Nikhil Jacob Setting the tone for deliberations over the Budget 2021 and what it should ideally offer to heal the ailing Indian Economy, Prof Santosh Mehrotra, voiced concerns over the mismanagement of the pandemic and…
Arvind Kumar Communities have been adapting to climate variability for centuries, but today their coping mechanisms are being outpaced by the fast-changing climate. In response to global climate change impacts, most countries have focused on ‘hard’ or ‘grey’ infrastructure options…
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri As the planet plunges towards irreversible climate change, the challenges posed by extreme weather events and environmental degradation pose an existential threat. The trends are irrefutable and there would be a temperature rise of around 3.2oC…
Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri Climate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors. It needs to be framed as an ethical and political issue, and not just a purely environmental one,” says Prof…