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Apr 23, 2021

Indian Economy Explained: The role health budget plays in India’s economy

The Union budget 2021 claimed a 137 percent increase in health and well being. However, the Union health budget still remains at about 0.34% of GDP – a slight increase from 0.31% last year’s budget estimate. ...

28 mins

Apr 22, 2021

In West Bengal, Matuas asked to choose between Didi’s development and Modi’s promise of citizenship

Both the TMC and the BJP have been courting Matuas for their vote. So, we travelled to Thakurnagar, the mecca of Matuas in West Bengal, to find out what they want this election season. People on the ground prai...

27 mins

Apr 21, 2021

Temporarily hiring healthcare workers is no solution to tackle a pandemic

The second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has become a steep wall. India is adding more than 2 lakhs cases every day. It has affected cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Raipur very badly. State...

28 mins

Apr 16, 2021

The importance of CAA to Dalits in West Bengal

You might have heard about Matuas and Namasudras on the news, as a key vote bank in the West Bengal elections. But who are they? Namasudras are a Scheduled Caste of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Matua is a religi...

21 mins

Apr 14, 2021

A change in the abortion law puts women at the mercy of doctors again

On March 16, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha. The Bill increased the gestation period of pregnancy during which women can seek abortion from 20 weeks to 24 weeks of pregn...

25 mins

Apr 08, 2021

Why has Maharashtra topped the number of COVID-19 cases in both waves?

India is experiencing the second wave of COVID-19 cases since the first week of February. India is recording about a lakh cases on an average daily. The wave started from Maharashtra and Punjab, and has now ext...

21 mins

Mar 31, 2021

जब यौन अपराध के लिए प्राथमिकी दर्ज करते हैं तो क्या होता है, समझिये एक वकील से

हम में से कई लोगों ने सुना होगा कि यौन उत्पीड़न और महिलाओं के साथ छेड़छाड़ के मामले में, हम हमेशा पुलिस में शिकायत दर्ज कर सकते हैं। हमने यह भी सुना है कि इनमें से कई शिकायतें आसानी से हल नहीं होती हैं और शिकायतक...

23 mins

Mar 31, 2021

In Kerala elections, the key demographic to woo this election are the Gulf returnees

Kerala is a state with a majority of its workforce find an earning outside the state, and a major share are located at the Gulf countries due to many socio-economic and historical reasons. The Covid 19 pandemic...

19 mins

Mar 31, 2021

In the make or break constituency of Nandigram, there are no jobs

West Bengal’s unemployment rate was 17.4% in 2020, less than the national 23.5%. However, for many in Nandigram, employment is a distant dream. To outsiders, it may seem like this is their own doing for protest...

25 mins

Mar 31, 2021

Objectivity in the times of fake news

In this episode, we speak with senior reporters, Prachi Pinglay and Kunal Shankar who produced a podcast on the impact of fake news in India for On Spec, an independent podcast from Istanbul, Turkey. The episod...

20 mins