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Middle class life in India

Ashok, a Delhi-based taxi driver, would be classified as middle class by the statisticians at the Asian Development Bank. But middle class in India means something different from in the West. Read more...
Beijing or New Delhi: who has the worst air pollution?

Beijing or New Delhi: who has the worst air pollution?

Around 40% of residents in India’s capital city suffer health problems from air pollution, yet in contrast to China, the political response is muted, argues Joydeep Gupta from The Third Pole. Read more...
Assessing how Indian farmers manage climate and weather risks in India

German President's long journey to India

The German President's recent visit to the chaotic democracy of India is the culmination of a long journey from his birth in the highly organized, former communist state of East Germany. Read more...
Oral Health Education in India

India's skills crisis

India faces a skills crisis. What could this emerging giant learn from a country like Germany, with its very successful skills policies? Read more...
German President at Bangalore skills summit

German President at Bangalore skills summit

German President Gauck will lead discussions at an Indo-German skills summit in Bangalore, India, on 6-7 February. Read more...
A leaky plan in Delhi

A leaky plan in Delhi

An inefficient Delhi Jal Board will struggle to implement the water policy of Delhi's new Aam Admi government, writes Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
Super rich Indo-Canadians

Super rich Indo-Canadians

Super rich Indo-Canadians may not be quite in the same league as business tycoons like Mukesh Ambani or L. N. Mittal. But they are certainly a dynamic force in the Canadian economy and society. Read more...
The Indo-Canadian paradox

The Indo-Canadian paradox

Canada is an enigma. Its society is the most “Asianized” in the Western world. And yet it does not fully capitalize on its Asianization. Read more...
U.S. Consul General Peter Haas at the Inauguration of 600MW Solar Power generation facility at Charanka, Gujarat on April 19, 2012

Solar power and energy security

Gujarat’s experience suggests that there is considerable merit in solar energy initiatives being integrated with overall energy policy rather than as stand alone measures. Read more...
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Fiscal Discipline in India's States

Mukul Asher examines for us fiscal discipline in India's states, focusing on issues in measurement and use as a policy instrument. Read more...
New life

Towards a modern pension system in India?

Mukul Asher writes of recent initiatives to create a modern pension system in India, to meet the challenges of rapid ageing. Read more...
India Bundled Wind

Winds of change in Gujarat, India

Gujarat’s Wind Power Policy is a good example of commercially viable and internationally compatible energy policy management, write TS Gopi Rethinaraj and Mukul Asher. Read more...
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Amartya Sen on development as freedom

Development means freedom, according to Amartya Sen, perhaps the greatest development thinker of our times. Read more...
Amartya Sen at Asia Society

Amartya Sen on development on Youtube

Amartya Sen explains his views on development in a couple of film clips. They are very much worth watching. Read more...
Directing Traffic

New Evidence on Indian Employment: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

S.K. Sasikumar & Rakkee Thimothy from
V.V. Giri National Labour Institute in India have shared with us this piece on employment in India. Read more...
Girls carrying water in India

Roles of water in India's development

If India continues with its past and present water and development policies, the country will face an unprecedented water crisis around 2025, argues Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
Questions from the floor

Urban pipe dreams

In many parts of India, it is difficult to find a single city where people can drink water straight from the tap without any health concerns, writes Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
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India's migrants' remittances

Indians working abroad continue to send more money home than their counterparts from other countries. Read more...
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Urban water: a crisis due to mismanagement

There is no valid reason as to why an urban centre cannot have access to safe drinking water 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Why then is this not happening, Peter Brabeck asks Asit K. Biswas. Read more...
Watt is the problem

Watt is the problem

Grid collapse points to enduring neglect of infrastructure in India's power sector, argues Asit K. Biswas, Founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management. Read more...