January 2019

Ayushman Bharat and the Trivialisation of Healthcare
‘Healthcare’, in the modern world, is conveniently, but wrongly, conflated with ‘medicare’ and is, consequently, increasingly being designed to maximi

"Reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh should not be postponed" - The 34th C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture [Full Text]
The 34th C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Jairam Ramesh, former Union Minister and Senior Visiting Fellow, The Hindu Cent

Madhya Pradesh and its 'Missing' Muslim Legislators
In the 15 State Assembly elections held so far in Madhya Pradesh, one thing that has remained static, besides the dominance of national political part

Nirmal to Swachch: More Money, More Toilets, More of the Same
Four years after the Government of India launched the Swachch Bharat Mission (SBM), what is the reality in rural Uttar Pradesh, India's largest State?
