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How stamps and postcards helped India count its people
As India prepares for its 16th census, Soutik Biswas, in BBC, highlights a new exhibition curated by Vikas Kumar that revisits that forgotten history through stamps, postmarks and letters once used to rally citizens behind the national headcount.
New report warns of immediate climate risks across India’s 11,000 km coastline
India’s coastal regions are facing an imminent climate crisis that will reshape lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems within the next couple of years, according to the ‘Indian Coastal Region: Climate Projections 2021 – 2040’ report released by Azim Premji University.
Liberate Indian schooling from its information-overload legacy
Students in Grades VI to XII move through dense theoretical content across multiple subjects — all within a fixed school day, as highlighted by Anurag Behar in Mint.
No surveys needed: Goa Institute of Management researchers develop satellite-based farm policy assessment tool
The study, in collaboration with researchers from Azim Premji University and IIM Ahmedabad, highlights the growing role of satellite technology and data analytics in governance and policy evaluation.
The slow exit of foraging in urban blue spaces
Urban water bodies are valued as recreational amenities, ecological assets and for flood management, but never as food systems, which is what they are for a significant portion of users, writes Jyotsnika Tiwari in Mongabay.
Elections brought our households to a stop: The domestic labour crisis urban India keeps ignoring
As workers return to cities again, perhaps it is time to think afresh about dignity and respect for people who provide essential services, and create fairer contracts that recognise human effort, writes Garima Agarwal in The Indian Express.
India’s emergence has a deficit that may not be too late for us to collectively close — empathy
The gaping divide between the rich and the poor in India is stark, especially in its cities. This cannot be blamed solely on policy, as highlighted by Anurag Behar in Mint.
Goal attainment and youth aspirations are not aligned
Keeping track of youth aspirations against the system’s ability to match them is critical if India is serious about creating a productive labour force, writes Garima Agarwal in The Hindu.
The changing nature of work in India
The State of Working India 2026 report charts a young worker’s transition from education into employment, and how this has evolved over the last four decades, highlights India Development Review.