Managing Editor, Down To Earth. He has been associated with the fortnightly since 1997 and has written extensively on rural affairs and development matters
गरीबी का पर्यावरण
विश्व की गरीब आबादी पारिस्थितिक रूप से संवेदनशील क्षेत…
Again, stop talking about GDP
India missed another opportunity to shed its obsession with a bad measure of economy
जीडीपी के बहाने
भारत ने अर्थव्यवस्था के बुरे मापक पर बहस का अवसर एक बार फ…
Quotable Marx
An abridged selection of his memorable statements on the environment
Year of electors
In 2018, close to half of the world's population will vote for their governments
Employed but poor
Poverty among employed people underscores the need for a new strategy on job creation
Poverty@25, India@70
Poverty remains conditional to one's social status
मानसून अच्छा, हाल बुरा
सरकार चाहती है कि किसान और किसानी दोनों अप्राकृतिक मौत …
Half of India's children are poor
It raises a question: will they ever be out of poverty?
The media and the republic
Self-governance in tribal villages is not a threat to national sovereignty
Step forward from the backward districts
India's 100 backward districts can teach a new lesson on development
आर्थिक भलाई का पैमाना नहीं जीडीपी
दुनियाभर के अर्थशास्त्रियों का हो रहा मोहभंग, आईएमएफ ने…
चुनावी लोकतंत्र कितना लोकतांत्रिक?
वैश्विक रुझान बताते हैं कि लोग इस लोकप्रिय शासन तंत्र क…
“90 वोटों के लिए धन्यवाद”
मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता की अपमानजनक हार ने कहीं और जीत का…
A personal memoir of planned development
India's affair with five-year plans ends
Five takeaways from Economic Survey 2016
One of the key findings from this analysis is increasing inequality in income in India
GDP obsession
If the growth rate is so great, why are the poor not getting a taste of it?
What would happen now?
A normal monsoon will be useful only if we learn lessons from the current drought
Government tries to harvest success with farmer-friendly Budget
The 2016 Budget has the right intent for the rural sector, but lacks clarity
Whither freedom
Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence