Media
SOUTH ASIA
Indian Express, 14 February 2020
SOCIAL PROTECTION
A Budget with little social sector content
Hindu Business Line, 3 February 2022
The government must go beyond just repackaging subsidies for the poor
Hindustan Times, 5 January 2017
Sweeping away India’s social security
The Mint, 17 February 2015
Delete the errors to save the census [will she get old-age pension?]
The Hindu, 12 April 2012
GENDER
Indian Express, 28 April 2021
Where Is The 0.1% Of GDP For India's Mothers?
Huffington Post, 10 March 2017
[Republished: SheFiles | LSE Engenderings | LSE South Asia]
What the Census Tells Us About Having Faith in Daughters
The Wire, 1 September 2015
RIGHT TO HEALTH
Why India needs an NHS-like healthcare model [open access]
Indian Express, 26 August 2021
After Covid-19, what can India learn from the universal healthcare systems of its neighbours?
Scroll, 7 May 2022
RIGHT TO FOOD
New foodgrain scheme as an illusion, doublespeak [open access]
The Hindu, 18 Jan 2023
Firstpost, 3 February 2021
COVID-19
Large sections of poor are unlikely to benefit from extension of food grain scheme
Indian Express, 7 July 2020
The Invisible Ghosts Who Walk Will Haunt India for Years to Come
The Wire, 19 May 2020
COVID-19 crisis shows class bias in banking
Firstpost, 27 April 2020
Coronavirus outbreak: Before extending the lockdown
Firstpost, 14 April 2020
21 Day Coronavirus Lockdown in India May Starve the Poor to Death
The Quint, 25 March 2020
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Digging For Goddess Laxmi On Diwali
Outlook India, Web, 2 November 2016
Half Full, Half Empty: 10 Years of NREGA [नरेगा के दस वर्ष: क्या रहीं खूबियां और खामियां?]
IndiaSpend.in, 9 February 2016
[Republished in Scroll | Newslaundry | Rediff | Business Standard]
National Food Security Act
With 45% of Indians excluded from the food security net, it’s time to universalise the PDS
Scroll, 20 June 2021
In Jharkhand, suspected starvation death sheds light on deprivation of a whole settlement
Scroll, 25 June 2018
Food security act may be too little too late for parched Jharkhand
Huffington Post, 14 October 2015
Food Security And Taking The BJP With A Grain Of Salt
Huffington Post, 12 March 2015
The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, 22 June 2014
The Guardian, Poverty Matters Blog, 8 April 2011
Why the Economist is wrong on India and Hunger
From Poverty to Power Blog, 8 April 2011
Cooked Meals
The Dubious Campaign To Remove Eggs From School Meals
The Wire Science, 1 July 2022
In maps: India’s vulnerable children are paying the price of upper-caste prejudice with their bodies
Scroll, 6 January 2021
The Egg Debate Boils Over – Will Governments Stop Playing With Children’s Food?
The Wire, 17 Feb 2019
Indian Express, 14 July 2018
India feeds 100 million children a day—so why can’t Britain have free school meals?
Prospect Magazine, 29 June 2017
Soup kitchens are a silver lining for the urban poor
Indian Express, Blogs, 28 April 2016
The specious arguments against eggs
The Mint, 16 June 2015
Cash Transfers
Why NYAY is unlikely to deliver results
Business Standard, 4th May 2019 [Republished: Rediff, 18th May 2019]
Why Cash Transfer’s First ‘Beneficiaries’ Want to Opt Out of the JAM
The Wire, 30 November 2015
Ten Facts That Set the Record Straight on Cash Transfers
The Wire, Economy, 15 August 2015
Huffington Post, 12 April 2015
The Hindu, 27 February 2011
Aadhaar
The Aadhaar verdict and class bias
Business Standard, 21 October 2018
Aadhaar-for-food can’t be a mandatory requirement
Hindustan Times, Opinion, 22 February 2018
Indian Express, Opinion, 13 February 2017
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Making a mockery of the right to education
The Mint, 1 July 2016
Private Mischief: Private Schools Default on 25% Quota
The Lucknow Tribune, 20 July 2013
The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, 7 July 2013
A crucial step in fighting inequality and discrimination: From Poverty to Power
16 May 2013, Re-posted in the Global Partnership for Education's Blog