Category: Development Related

“Kaam Aadmi” Politics – Can it work?

In a recent, thought-provoking article in The Indian Express, Saubhik Chakrabarti wrote (emphasis added): …what any intelligent politician should offer in today’s India, is that scarce commodity in poverty-politics: the ability to play the...

Don’t spoil the brat with more candies…

In the second part of spotlight on Jammu & Kashmir, some figures and statistics that reveal just how dependent is the state on financial support from the Union and why it is high time...

Of Dangs, forest cover and the land of Shabari

Today’s post comes to you courtesy Milind Thatte. Milind is currently researching for his forthcoming book titled, “Our forests, Our people“. This is an excerpt from his work (emphasis added): *** Excerpt from “The...

Was “Bharat Bandh” good for India?

Please share your thoughts on the Bandh AND what would have been your preferred strategy of protest and channelising public discontent. <br /> <a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/3432260/” mce_href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/3432260/”>Was “Bharat Bandh” good for India?</a><span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”><a href=”http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/”...