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2023

Mehta, Anupma.  "Not a Favoured Place for Raising Girls." Qrius. October 14. 2023. Link.

Mehta, Anupma. "The G20 agenda for bridging the gender digital gap." The Pioneer. September 13. 2023. Link.

Iqbal, N. “Inequality is Bad for Everyone’s Health but Affects the Poor the Most: Study”, India Spend, August 9, 2023. Link.

Berg, C., B. Blankespoor, M.S. Emran, and F. Shilpi.  “Does Development Of Transport Infrastructure Increase Rural Land Inequality?” Ideas for India, August 8, 2023. Link.

Chatterjee, Somdeep and Prashant Poddar. 2023. (11/04/2023). "The Unintended Positive Consequences of India’s Safe Motherhood Programme”, Ideas for India, April

11.  Link.

Mohan, D. 2023. “Social Policy Debates Aimed at Making the Government Look Good Are Missing Clarity and Reason”, The Wire. Link.

Mehta, Damini. 2023. “Sub-par Wage Hike, Declining Allocation: Double Whammy for MGNREGS”. The Daily Guardian, March 31. Link.

Mehta, Anupma and Sanjib Pohit. 2023. “The Challenge of Gender Access to Clean Water”. The Pioneer, March 29. Link.

Rithika Kumar. 2023. “Left Behind or Left Ahead? Implications of Male Migration on Female Political Engagement”. Ideas for India, March 27. Link.

Nidarshan Koushik and Megha Choudhury:  “Struggle of Married Women Pursuing Higher Education During COVID-19”, GPlus, January 6, 2023. Link.

Rajshri Jayaraman:  “How Does Living with In-Laws Affect Women's Employment?”, The Wire, March 14, 2023. Link.

Bardhan, Sara. “Why Women's Narrative Should be Prioritised in the Sustainability Debate”, Firstpost, March 5. Link.

2022

Supurna Banerjee, Nandini Ghosh, Madhurima Mukhopadhyay, and Ruchira Goswami. 2022.  “A New Book Examines How Successful the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act Has Been”, Scroll.in, December 26.  Link.

Guha, Srimanjori. 2022. “Friends, Families, and Foes: Social Support and Women”, The India Forum, December 12. Link.

Guha, Srimanjori. 2022 “For God’s Sake, Let Her Loiter”, Deccan Herald, December 2. Link.

Singh, Smita. 2022. “Why Do Women Always Eat Last: Things That Food Biases In Families Tell Us”, She the People, November 28. Link.

Sharma, Padmakshi. 2022. “EWS Quota Unconstitutional For Including Only The Poor Among Forward Class: Shadan Farast to Supreme Court [Day 3]”, Live Law.in, September 15. Link.

Singhal, Sarthak. 2022. “Climate change and women: A crisis within a crisis”, ORF, September 2. Link.

Yadav, Pooja. 2022. “Explained: Laws to Protect Intercaste Marriages in India”, Indiatimes.com, August 29. Link.

Bhalla, Gursharan. 2022. “Why Indian Women Eating Last and the Least Is a Much Bigger Problem than It Appears”, Indiatimes.com, August 18. Link.

Shah, Rajiv. “Ghunghat still a prominent practice among young Hindu women in India: Survey”, National Herald, August 6, 2022. Link.

Aluwalia, Rahul and Prakhar Singh. “Remedying poor student assessment data in India”, Ideas for India, July 26, 2022. Link.

Trivedi, Disha. 2022. “State of Adolescent Learning”, The Hindu, April 12. Link.

Brahma, Dweepobotee and Debasri Mukherjee. 2022. “Using Machine Learning to Target Neonatal and Infant Mortality”, Ideas for India, May 17. Link.

PTI. 2022. “New computer model can help assess Covid impact, progression in detail”, The Print, May 12. Link.

Express News Service. 2022. ‘Protect their rights, remove policy blindspots’. Financial Express, April 22. Link.

Ganesan, Rajeshwari. 2022. “The Right to Food and the Freedom of Choice: Should Meat be Banned during Religious Festivals?”, TimesNow, April 6, 2022. Link.

Dutta, Souvik and Subhasree Sarkar. 2022. “How RSBY Impacted Healthcare Utilisation and Spending”, Ideas for India, April 1. Link.

Mehta, Anupma. “Why men are more equal than women”, The Pioneer, 8 March 8, 2022. Link.

2021

Deshpande, Ashwini and Rajesh Ramachandran. 2021. “Caste Discrimination–An Overlooked Factor in Indian Kids’ Stunted Growth”, The Print, July 29. Link.

Mehta, Anupma. 2021. “Will raising the marriageable age for women to 21 improve gender outcomes?” The Economics Times, December 24. Link.

Biswas, Shreya and Ritika Jain. (2021). “Crime in the village: Does road infrastructure make a difference?” Ideas for India, December 22. Link.

Mehta, Anupma. 2021. “Cautious Optimism on Gender Data in National Family Health Surveys (NFHS-5).” QRIUS, December 21. Link.

James, K.S. and U.S. Mishra. 2021. “Reading sex ratio trends in NFHS-5 data”, The Indian Express, December 20, 2021. Link.

Desai, Sonalde Desai and Debasis Barik. 2021. “With India’s demographic transition, come challenges”, The Hindu, December 2. Link.

S., Rukmini. 2021. “Preserve the integrity of India’s data ecosystem”, The Hindustan Times, November 30. Link.

Agarwal, Pervesh Anthwal and Malvika Mahesh. 2021. “Inter-gender and intra-gender gaps in land ownership in India”, Ideas for India, November 24. Link.

Parrado, Andrés and Doug Johnson. 2021. “How reliable is India’s learning outcomes data?”, idronline, November 17. Link.

Mahambare, Vidya and Sowmya Dhanaraj. 2021. “Caste or Income or Mother? As Primary Schools Reopen, We Need to Decide Who Gets Extra Support”, ThePrint, September 10. Link.

Kulkarni, Vani and Raghav Gaiha. 2021. “Aspiration Gaps Tend to Vary with Trust in Governments”, Mint, September 09. Link

Bhattacharya, Ditsa. 2021. “Dalit and Muslim Children More Vulnerable to Stunting, Shows Study”, News Click, September 03. Link.

Rahman, Syed M. 2021. “Why Scandalising Interfaith Marriages Is against the Law of the Land?” KashmirLife, July 14. Link.

Verniers, Gilles. 2021.  “How to read Indian politics: Without immersive ground reporting & fieldwork, backed by large data sets, we’ll never grasp complexities”, The Times of India, July 4. Link.

Kulkarni, Vani S. and Raghav Gaiha. 2021. “Police reforms alone won't revive public trust in cops”, Mint, June 28. Link.

Gaiha Raghav, and Vani S. Kulkarni. 2021. “The Role of Public Trust in People’s Subjective Well-being”, Mint, April 14. Link.

Gaiha, Raghav and Veena S. Kulkarni. 2021. “Institutions, Caste and the Vital Cog of Trust”, The Hindu, April 15. Link.

Mukherjee Annesha and Satyaki Dasgupta. 2021. “No Country for Women—Rape and Its Many Dimensions”, Outlook, April 11. Link.

Choudhury, Pranab R. 2021. “How Much Land Do Women Own in India? Nobody Really Knows”, Scroll.in, 15 March. Link.

Narang, Ananya. 2021. “The Old Normal for Women Should Not be the New Normal for Women”, Inventiva, 09 March. Link.

Krishnan, Kavita. 2021. “India: Women Reject State Surveillance”, Greenleft, 12 March. Link.

Kunhitty, Shijith. 2021. "Martial Choice Shapes Women's Say at Home," LiveMint, 19 Jan. Link.

Kamdar, Bansari. 2021. “Women Will Bear the Brunt of India’s New Farm Laws”, World Political Review, 9 February, Link.

Kulkarni, Vani S. and Raghav Gaiha. 2021. “Our Subjective Well-being Deserves Policy Attention Too”, Mint, 4 February, Link.

Sahoo, Soham and Sudipa Sarkar. 2021. “In India’s Job Market, Women Have Higher Exit Rate, Lower Entry Rate Than Men: Study”, ThePrint, 23 January. Link.

Yadav, Avinash Kumar. 2021. “Illegality of Anti-Conversion (Love Jihad) Law in Indian States”, Jurist, 18 January. Link.

Krishnan, Kavita. 2021. “Caging Women Is Violence—Not 'Safety' or 'Protection'”, The Wire, 17 January. Link.

2020

Awasthi, Puja. 2020. “Women and Home Ownership: How a Patriarchal India Is Averse to Women Owing Homes”, The Week, 4 October. Link.

Santoshini, Sarita “Love and the Law: Hindu-Muslim Couple Challenges India’s Marriage Rule”, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 December. Link.

Deshwal, Shivangi and Sumati Thusoo. 2020. “Rasode Mein Kaun Tha?—The Kitchen as a Site of Contention in Feminist Politics”, Feminism in India, 30 September. Link.

Shaikh, Zeeshan. 2020. “Explained: What a 2013 Study Revealed about Interfaith Marriages”, The Indian Express, 22 October. Link.

The Pioneer. 2020. “They Hate Love Stories”, 14 October. Link.

Yahoo News. 2020. “Tanishq: Jewellery Ad on Interfaith Couple Withdrawn after Outrage”, 14 October. Link.

Jain, Neha. 2020. “Household Air Pollution: Empowering Women Could Boost LPG Adoption”, Mongabay, 9 September, Link.

Kwatra, Nikita. 2020. “The Low Skill Trap in India’s Informal Sector”, Mint, 9 September. Link.

Kaleeswaram, Raj, Thulasi Raj, and Bastian Steuwer, 2020. “Reservation as a Political Imperative”, Frontline, 11 September. Link.

Tyagi, Malvika. 2020. “Official Data on Police Firing Tells Us a Shocking Story about the Fate of Kashmir”, The Wire, 31 August. Link.

Bhatia, Surbhi. 2020. “How Maternal Health Scheme Boosted Vaccination”, Mint, 18 August. Link.

Tyagi, Malvika. 2020. “How Much Do We Really Know about the Migrants Who Shuttle between Bharat and India?”, The Wire, 5 August. Link.

Rajagopalan, Shruti. 2020. “In India, Don’t Hate the Matchmaker”, Bloomberg, 2 August. Link.

Mehta, Balwant Singh and Arjun Kumar. 2020. “Restarting Economy? Data Lag on Migrant Workers 'Hindering' Market Stakeholders”, Counterview, 15 June, Link.

Jain, Tarun, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, and Nishith Prakash. 2020. “Science in High School? College and Job Outcomes”, Ideas for India, 24 June, Link.

Rukmini, S. 2020. “Why India’s ‘Migrants’ Walked Back Home” Livemint, 28 May, Link.

Mehta, Anshula. 2020. “A Humanitarian Crisis Reminiscent of the Partition: An Analysis of the Migrant Movement” Youth ki Awaaz, 24 May, Link.

Mehta, Balwant Singh, I.C. Awasthi, Mashkoor Ahmad, and Arjun Kumar. 2020. “After the Exodus: Employers of Migrant Labour Face Altered World”, The Citizen, 21 May, Link.

Sikander, Zainab. 2020. “Both COVID Crisis and Economic Package Show Modi Government Lacks the Human Touch”, ThePrint, 17 May, Link.

Kashmir Reader. 2020. “The Trouble with the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Category in Kashmir”, 13 April. Link.

S., Rukmini. 2020. “India’s Poor Suffer Cough and Cold Routinely, Making Coronavirus Detection Difficult”, Livemint, 30 March. Link.

Selvam, Sriraam. 2020. “Sriraam Selvam: Women on the Verge of Making a Mark on Print”, PrintWeek, 18 March. Link.

Khaitan, Shreya. 2020. “Indian Women Tend to be More Educated Than Their Spouses. Why Are They Settling for Less?”, Scroll.in, 18 March. Link.

Khaitan, Shreya “Why Indian Women Marry Men Less Educated Than Themselves”, IndiaSpend, 17 March. Link.

Kulkarni, Vani S. and Raghav Gaiha. 2020. “Rural Poverty, Employment and Disability” Inter Press Service, 13 March. Link.

Kulkarni, Vani S. 2020. “Disabled and Extremely Poor,” The Hindu, 06 March. Link.

Tribune News Service . 2020. “Untouchability Prevalent in 24% Households: Survey,” The Tribune, 02 March. Link.

Scroll.in 2020. “Kavita Krishnan Argues in Her New Book That More Autonomy Means More Safety for Women in India”, Excerpt from Fearless Freedom (Penguin Books) by Kavita Krishnan, 04 March. Link.

Lopez, Rachel, 2020. “How One-child Families Are Transforming India”, Hindustan Times, 29 February. Link.

Rukmini, S. 2020. “Instead of a Task Force, Delaying Marriage Needs More Education,” Livemint, 18 February. Link.

Natti, Sunitha. 2020. “Only 8.4 Crore Poor in India, Claims a New Study”, The New Indian Express, 18 February. Link.

FE Online. 2020. “Did Demonetisation Really Hit Consumption? Here’s What Leaked NSS Report May Have Got Wrong”, Financial Express, 29 January, Link .

Jacob, Sarah Elizabeth. 2020. “A Hindu Colony, a Muslim College, a Christian School: Here’s My Idea of India”, Youth Ki Awaaz, 28 January, Link .

Moneycontrol News. 2020. “Consumption Growth May Have Slowed but Not Declined: Report”, Moneycontrol News, 28 January, Link .

Kulkarni, Varsha S. and Raghav Gaiha. 2020. “View: It's Time to Scrutinise the Link between Poverty and Income Inequality”, The Economic Times, 20 January, Link .

Rukmini, S. “India’s poor are also document-poor.” 2020. Livemint, January 6. Link

Misra, Manjima. 2019. “How Is the Agrarian Distress in Maharashtra Affecting Women” CADTM, December 23. Link

2019

Noda, Shoko. 2019. “India is a country with pervasive inequality, pockets of deep deprivations and vulnerable populations.” The Indian Express, 10 December. Link .

Pandharipande, Neerad. “Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019: Marathas Happy with BJP's Quota Move in Marathwada, Cite Decreasing Farm Income.” Firstpost, 15 October 2019. Link.

Kulkarni, Vani S. and Raghav Gaiha “Opinion | Socio-economic Factors that Go against a Hale and Hearty India.” Livemint, 16 October 2019 Link

Coffey, Dianne and Dean Spears. “What the Swachh Bharat Mission Did Not Change.” Ideas for India, 2 October 2019, Link

Mirrornownews.com. “Mumbai Police Arrest Flower Seller for Forcing 8-year-old Son to Beg on Streets.” Mirrornownews, 25 September 2019. Link

Alexander, Sneha. “How Better Roads Boost Women's Employment.” Livemint, 23 September 2019. Link. 

Li, Hao, Daniel L. Millimet, and Punarjit Roychowdhury. “Economic Mobility in India: Estimation Using ‘Noisy’ Data.” Ideas for India, 18 September 2019. Link. 

Kumar, Tanu. “Household-level Effects of Affordable Housing: Evidence from Mumbai.” Ideas for India, 4 September 2019. Link

Gaiha, Raghav , Vani S. Kulkarni “Opinion | A classic antidote to the rising venom against doctors” Livemint, 04 September 2019 Link

Kumar Tanu, “Mumbai residents win govt housing lottery and spend more on kids’ education, jobs: Study” ThePrint, 13 September 2019 Link

ETEnergyWorld “INFOGRAPHIC: Cumulative distribution of hours of power supply in India” The Economic Times, Energy World, 11 September 2019 Link

The Financial Express “Increasing age-threshold for marriage for women would be freater step forward” The Financial Express, 27 August 2019 Link

Gatade, Subhash. “A Crime of ‘Pure’ Indifference.” News Click, 12 August 2019. Link.

Roychowdhury, Punarjit “Opinion | India’s Economic Mobility and Its Impact on Inequality.” Livemint, 12 August 2019. Link

Kwatra, Nikita. “What Drives Inequality among Women?” Livemint, 08 August 2019. Link

Ajaz, Ashra and Vignesh Karthik K.R. “SBI Exam Leaves OBCs, SCs, STs Struggling to Figure out EWS Quota Trick.” The Wire, 05 August 2019. Link

Sahu, Syma. “Indian, Yet Untouchable.” The Pioneer. 02 August 2019. Link

Ashraf, Ajaz and Vignesh Karthik K.R. “An SBI Exam Has Exposed the Illusion of the EWS Quota in Uttar Pradesh.” The Wire, 01 August 2019. Link.

S., Rukmini. “Indian Citizens Care about Water but Do Indian Voters? What Data Tells Us.” The Print, 2 July 2019. Link. 

Paliath, Shreehari. “Though Real Incomes Have Improved, Farmers’ Children Are Abandoning Agriculture for Other Jobs.” Scroll.in, 22 July 2019. Link

Sharma, Kanika. “Eggs in Mid-Day Meals, Anganwadis Will Ensure Nutrition – and Gender Parity.” The Wire, 22 July 2019. L ink 

Paliath, Shreehari. “Farmers “Kids Now Only 32.4% Likely to Take Up Farming Themselves.” The Quint, 19 July 2019. Link

Paliath, Shreehari. “Why Children of Farmers in India Are Less Likely to Take up Farming.” Business Standard, 18 July 2019. Link

Ahmad, Sohail and Felix Creutzig. “The Wheels to a Low-carbon Transport System.” The Hindu, 17 July 2019. Link

Deshpande, Ashwini. “Reinforcing Caste Hierarchies: On Maratha Quota.” The Hindu, 9 July 2019. Link. 

Ali, Sana. “For India’s Poor, More Children Means Worse Deprivation.” Scroll, 11 July 2019. Link 

Ameen, Furquan. “Maratha Quota: What You Need to Know”, The Telegraph, 7 July 2019. Link

Saikia, Nandita. “We Need to Change the Mindset that Women's Health Is Not Important.” The Telegraph, 7 July 2019.Link

Haque, T. and D. Narasimha Reddy. “The many hues of inequality in India”, The Hindu BusinessLine, 7 July 2019. Link.

Gaiha, Raghav and Vani S. Kulkarni. “NYAY is an important first step toward social justice.” Hindustan Times, 10 May 2019. Link.

Shrinivasan, Rukmini “An upper hand: A look at the incomes of India's upper castes.” The Economic Times, 13 May 2019. Link.

Singh, Amanjeet and Anubhav Chakraborty. “Bad working conditions keep many women away from joining labour force in India.” India Times, 19 May 2019. Link.

Ameen, Furquan. “Maratha Quota: What You Need to Know”, The Telegraph, 7 July 2019. Link.

Saikia, Nandita. “We Need to Change the Mindset that Women's Health Is Not Important.” The Telegraph, 7 July 2019.Link.

Haque, T. and D. Narasimha Reddy. “The many hues of inequality in India”, The Hindu BusinessLine, 7 July 2019. Link.

Gaiha, Raghav and Vani S. Kulkarni. “NYAY is an important first step toward social justice.” Hindustan Times, 10 May 2019. 

Shrinivasan, Rukmini “An upper hand: A look at the incomes of India's upper castes.” The Economic Times, 13 May 2019. 

Singh, Amanjeet and Anubhav Chakraborty. “Bad working conditions keep many women away from joining labour force in India.” India Times, 19 May 2019. 

Singhal, Karan and Pradyun Mehrotra: "The challenges India faces to be truly open-defecation free." The Hindu, 12 March 2019. 

Bhattacharya, Shrayana John Blomquist & Rinku Murgai: "Poverty to vulnerability: Rethinking social protection." The Indian Express, 27 March, 2019. 

Counterview Desk: “Share of wealth held by top 1% in India is only second to the United States: Oxfam study”, Counterview, 30 January, 2019. 

India Today Web Desk. “How can the education and health of the girl child be prioritised?”, India Today, 24 January, 2019.

NT: “EWS quota may open can of worms”, The Navhind Times, 22 January, 2019. 

Qazi, Moin: “Micro-pensions can boost security for India’s elderly poor”, The Asian Age, 21 January, 2019. 

Shah, Rajiv: “Forward caste inequality – within “higher” than SC, ST, OBC, led to Jat, Patidar protests”, Counterview, 16 January, 2019.

Bardhan, Pranab: “Universal basic income can be funded by reducing subsidies to the rich”, The Indian Express, 16 January, 2019. 

Jaffrelot, Christophe and Kalaiyarasan A.: “Quota and bad faith”, The Indian Express, 14 January, 2019. 

Paliath, Shreehari: “Vast income inequalities within castes: Study top 10% among forward castes own 60% wealth”, IndiaSpend, 14 January, 2019. 

S., Rukmini: “Why Muslims have the first claim on any new ‘backward’ quota”, LiveMint, 10 January, 2019. 

Salve, Prachi: “Why rural women are falling out of India’s workforce at faster rates than urban women”, IndiaSpend, 9 January, 2019.

Bhattacharya, Pramit: "Why income incequality in India may be fuelling populist politics," LiveMint, 8 January, 2019. 

 2018

Navya, P.K.: “Caring for Elderly Citizens: What is the Scene in Bengaluru?”, Citizen Matters, 19 December, 2018. 

Davies, Emmerich: “Time to Fix the School-to-work Transition”, Business Line, 18 December, 2018. 

Barman, Paramananda: “All May Not be Well with India’s Ageing Population”, Research Matters, 13 December, 2018. 

International Institutes for Applied Systems Analysis. “Disability among India’s Elderly Much Higher than Census Estimates”, Medical Express, 6 December, 2018. Link. And also in the Quint. 

Nagaland Post: “Quota Vote Bank”, Nagaland Post, 4 December, 2018. 

Pillai, Varsha: “Opinion| Can Skill India Solve the Decline in Female Labour Force Participation?”, Money Control, 4 December, 2018. 

Hawksley, Rupert: “Social Media and Fake News: How the Smartphone Is Transforming India”, The National, 29 November, 2018. 

Khan, Fatima: “Illiterate Married Indian Women Better Employed Than Educated Married Women: US study”, The Print, 27 November, 2018. 

Jaffrelot, Christophe and Kalaiyarasan A: “Margins of New India”, The Indian Express, 27 November, 2018.

Pacha, Aswathi: “Poor Sanitation, Harassment Reasons for Birth Problems in India”, The Hindu, 25 November, 2018.

“Opinion| Barriers to Indian Firms Achieving High Growth”, Live Mint, 22 November, 2018.

Lee, Yujung Julia: “It’s World Toilet Day. Why Do So Many People Lack Adequate Sanitation Facilities?”, The Washington Post, 19 November, 2018. 

Mohanty, Prasanna: “Maratha Quota Row in Maharashtra: Why Do Politically Powerful and Relatively Rich Communities Need Reservations?”, First Post, 19 November, 2018. 

Chandrasekhar, C.P. and Jayati Ghosh: “The Wealthy Barely Pay Taxes-Will the Government Make Them Pay?”, The Hindu BusinessLine, 5 November, 2018. 

Sanghera, Tish (IndiaSpend): “Gender Gap in Phone Access Curbing Women’s Growth; Highest in Rajasthan, UP”, Business Standard, 1 November, 2018. 

The Sentinel: “International day for the Girl Child: What does it mean for India?”, The Sentinel, 11 October, 2018. 

Mishra, Santanu: “Indian girls have degree but no jobs: International Day of the Girl Child 2018”, India Today, 11 October, 2018. 

Chakravorty, Sanjoy: “The truth about inequality in India”, The Hindu BusinessLine, 9 October, 2018. 

Chatterjee, Rituparna: “An India bloodied by chauvinistic caste politics”, The Telegraph, 6 October, 2018. 

Rukmini S. “Urban Indians still get married the way their grandparents did”, LiveMint, 4 October, 2018. 

Kawoosa, Vijdan Mohammad: “Age, caste, job, education: What data on couples in India shows”, Hindustan Times, 3 October, 2018. Link.

Daniyal, Shoaib: “In Charts: Indians Have Low Upward Mobility (and Muslims Suffer the Most), Shows Study”, Scroll.in, 28 September, 2018. 

Counterview Representative: “Women Earn Rs. 18 per Hour in India, Half of What Men Do, Delay In Marriage Won’t Help Increase Earnings: Study”, Counterview, 27 September, 2018. 

Counterview Representative: “Child Marriages in India Down by 20%, Weddings Delayed by 2.3 Years Where Women Are Panchayat Chiefs: Report”, Counterview, 27 September, 2018. 

Thacker, Hency: “CSR: The Fate of Love in India”, The CSR Journal, 25 September, 2018. 

The Hans India: “Saga of Violence and Scorn”, The Hans India, 23 September, 2018. 

The Financial Express: “Educational Reservation: Should Muslims Get It in Place of Other Well-Off Groups?”, The Financial Express, 22 September, 2018. 

Express News Service: “Explained Snippets| Inter-generational Mobility: Little Gains over Time, Major Variations by Geographic Region”, The Indian Express, 21 September, 2018. 

Pia, Nitin: “Inter-caste marriages Are Good for Health of Indians. That’s what DNA Testing Tells Us”, The Print, 20 September, 2018.

Kumar, Sanjay and Pranav Gupta: “Are Marathas, Jats and Patels Economically Weak?”, LiveMint, 20 September, 2018. 

Sirur, Simrin: “More Than Husbands, Educate Moms-In-Law If You Want to Change Arranged Marriages in India”, The Print, 16 September, 2018. 

Mehrotra, Karishma: “Uneducated, Unmarried Women Have Less Access to Mobiles: Study”, The Indian Express, 11 September, 2018.

Layak, Suman: “Startups Bet on Tech, Smart Logistics to Carve a Big Chunk Off Meat & Fish Market”, The Economic Times, 19 August, 2018. 

Agarwal, Sapna: “Opinion| What the Shrinking Trend of Urban Households Tells about us Indians”, LiveMint, 16 August, 2018. 

Bhalla, Surjit S: “Inequality, Myth and Reality”, The Indian Express, 11 August, 2018. 

Joshi, Shareen, Nishtha Kochhar and Vijayendra Rao: “Address Jati, and Not Just Caste, to Fix Rural Welfare Schemes like MGNREGA”, The Print, 4 August, 2018. 

Jalki, Dunkin: “Is India Really the ‘Most Dangerous Country’ for Women?”, Swarajya, 4 August, 2018. 

Narayan, Swati: “Beating Back the Food Police”, The Indian Express, 14 July, 2018. 

Masoodi, Ashwaq: “Odisha Is Breaking the Patriarchy, One Deed at a Time”, LiveMint, 23 June, 2018. 

Bhandare, Namita: “As Indian Women Leave Jobs, Single Women Keep Working. Here’s Why”, India Spend, 23 June, 2018. 

Khaitan, Shreya: “Indians Least Likely to Break out of Education, Income Bracket They’re Born into”, India Spend, 4 June, 2018. Link. Also re-printed in Business Standard. Link. and in the quint. 

Bhuyan, Ragini: “Your Income Today Depends on How Far Your Parents Studied”, LiveMint, 18 May, 2018. 

Rahman, Andaleeb and Chandni Singh: “Agrarian Distress: What Options Do Farmers Have?”Asia and the Pacific Policy Society, 4 May, 2018. 

Merchant, Minhaz: “Has Rising Turmoil Really Destroyed India’s Growth Story”, Daily O, April 27, 2018. 

Sen, Rumela: “Rebel ‘Retirement’—The Ground Reality”, The Hindu Business Line, April 24, 2018. 

Jaffrelot, Christophe and A. Kalaiyarasan: “The Myth of Appeasement”, The Indian Express, April 20, 2018. 

Choudhary, Sujit Kumar: “Sociology of Budgeting Education”, Mainstream Weekly, April 14, 2018. 

Jyoti, Dhrubo: “Uncorked, Years of Pent-up Resentment among Dalits”, Hindustan Times, April 10, 2018. 

Datta, Saurav: “Busting Hegemony of Vegetarianism: When Allowed, Indians Prefer Eating Meat, Many Coerced to Under-report Beef-eating Practices”, Firstpost, April 9, 2018. 

Bhatia, Tanushree: “Kids Still Encumbered by Parents’ Status: Study”, Daily News & Analysis (DNA), April 8, 2018. 

Jha, Rakesh: “India Is Not a Vegetarian Country. Here’s the Proof”, inUth, April 4, 2018. 

Bhalotra, Sonia, Abhishek Chakravarty, and Selim Gulesci: “How India’s Bridal Dowry Tradition Leads to Missing Women”, ProMarket, March 26, 2018. 

Paliath, Shreehari, IndiaSpend: “India has maximum people without clean water, women suffer the most”, India Samvad, March 21, 2018. And also in Business Standard.

Bisht, Renuka: “Hegemony of Vegetarianism (Part 1)”, Blogs, Times of India, March 13, 2018.

Garg, Lavanya and Snigdha Shahi, IndiaSpend: “3 in 4 Indian Women Don’t Work. Can Skill India, job guarantee change this?” Business Standard, March 12, 2018. And also in IndiaSpend.

Poovanna, Sharon: “Karnataka polls: Parties woo farmers with sops, but fail to address job worries of rural youth”, Livemint, March 8, 2018.

Krishnan, Kavita: “International Women’s Day is about challenging patriarchy”, National Herald, March 8, 2018.

Jaffrelot, Christophe and Kalaiyarasan A: “The Karnataka Model”, The Indian Express, March 8, 2018.

Natrajan, Balmurli and Suraj Jacob: “What India Really Eats”, The Wire, March 5, 2018.

Himanshi Dhawan: “When women stopped eating leftovers”, The Times of India, March 3, 2018. 

Qazi, Moin: “Micro-pension: India Moves to Make Old Age More Secure”, Qrius, February 27, 2018.

Mohan, Angel, and Bhasker Tripathi: “Lakshadweep, Meghalaya Have Most Women Land Holders; Punjab, West Bengal Fewest”, IndiaSpend, February 19, 2018. 

Khanna, Pretika and Ashwaq Masoodi: “Budget 2018 on Education: Ekalavya Schools for Tribal Children Planned”, Livemint, February 19, 2018. 

Aisling, Irwin: “Mobile Phone Worsens Healthcare Inequality in India”, SciDev Net, February 13, 2018. 

Suarees, Coreena: “Untouchability Low in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh”, Deccan Chronicle, February 1, 2018.

Bhaskar, Anurag: “Any Attempt by Supreme Court to Introduce Safeguards Against SC/ST Act Would Send Wrong Message”, LiveLaw.in, 30 January, 2018. 

Qazi, Moin: “Micropension: Providing financial security for the elderly poor”, The Asian Age, 17 January, 2018. 

Aamir, Aditya: “Prejudiced populace”, Millennium Post, 15 January, 2018. 

Scroll Staff: “Untouchability still high in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, finds survey”, The Scroll, 12 January, 2018.

Sen, Jahnavi: “Understanding Prejudice: the Skewed Way Indians Still Think About Gender and Caste”, The Wire, 11 January, 2018. 

Ramani, Priya: “You can’t stop people from falling in love”, Livemint, 8 January, 2018.

Jaffrelot, Christophe, and A. Kalaiyarasan. “Anxieties of the dominant”, The Indian Express, 3 January 2018. Link.

2017

 170. Shah, Rajiv. “Delhi’s 75% young Hindu women practice ghughat; it’s 90% in urban Rajasthan and UP: Pennsylvania univ survey”, counterview.net, 29 December 2017. Link.

169. Panda, Sitakanta. “There is a language to employment; it can make a difference to pay, even employment”, Financial Express, 25 December 2017. Link.

168. Pande, Rohini, and Simone Schaner. “The mobile phone gender gap: Why does it matter and what can we do?” The Indian Express, 22 December 2017. Link.

167. Ramani, Srinivasan. “The landed jatis – backward or dominant?” The Hindu, 12 December 2017. Link.

166. Mahajan, Queeny. “This fellowship is inspiring young marginalised girls to follow their dreams”, yourstory.com, 12 December 2017. Link.

165. Nair, Shalini. “Centre offers Rs 2.5 lakh for every inter-caste marriage with a Dalit”, The Indian Express, 6 December 2017. Link.

164. Arora, Sonal. “Empowering women through job creation”, Livemint, 28 November, 2017. Link.

163. Kulkarni, Varsha S., and Raghav Gaiha. “Beyond Piketty: on income inequality”, The Hindu, 18 November 2017. Link.

162. Jaffrelot, Christophe, and A. Kalaivarasan. “Alienation of the Patels”, The Indian Express, 25 October 2017. Link.

161. Pandiyan, Punitha. “It Makes No Sense to Celebrate Ambedkar and Vilify Periyar”, The Wire, 15 October 2017. Link.

160. Iyer, SA. “How Thomas Piketty’s selective use of tax data exaggerates India’s inequalities”, The Economics Times, 11 October 2017. Link.

159. Harvey, John. “Female Foeticide is Just another Name for the Murder of Daughters and Granddaughters”, Huffpost, 7 October 2017. Link.

158. Saxena, Abhishek. “85 Years After The Poona Pact, Dalits Are As Alienated As They Were In 1932”, Youth Ki Awaaz, 29 September 2017. Link.

157. Kulkarni, Vani S., and Raghav Gaiha. “Falling off the health-care radar”, The Hindu, 28 September 2017. Link.

156. TNM Staff. “More inter-caste marriages happen when the groom’s mother is educated, finds study”, The NEWS Minute, 25 September 2017. Link.

155. Bhandare, Namita, IndiaSpend. “Why Himachali Women Work: A Jam Factory May Have Answers”, BloombergQuint, 23 September 2017. Link.

154. Agha, Eram. “Education Doesn’t Influence Indian Men to Marry Outside Caste, But Mother’s Education Can: Study”, News18.com, 22 September 2017. Link.

153. india.com News Desk. “Brahmins, Rural Populace Comparatively More Open to Inter-caste Marriages”, india.com, 21 September 2017. Link.

152. Bansal, Samarth. “From missing data to unreliable numbers, India’s statistical ecosystem needs an overhaul”, Hindustan Times, 21 September 2017. Link.

151. Thomas, George S. “Why NEET is a convenient villain: The political economy of medical admissions in Tamil Nadu”, The NEWS Minute, 18 September 2017.Link.

150. Kundu, Tadit. “Is Thomas Piketty right about inequality in India?” Livemint, 13 September 2017.Link.

149. Shah, Shreya. “India has highest gap between growth of top 1% & entire population”, the quint, 7 September 2017.Link.

148. Nageswaran, Raghunath. “Why the World’s largest democracy continues to push millions into poverty”, Youth Ki Awaaz, 28 August 2017. Link.

147. Krishna, Geetanjali. “Aadhaar numbers: An equation that doesn’t add up”, Business Standard, 24 August 2017. Link.

146. Roy, Ishani. “Why Google’s Misstep Could Be the Best Thing for Equity in the Indian Workplace”, The Wire, 18 August 2017.Link.

145. Yadavar, Swaga, IndiaSpend. “Casteism is the biggest impediment to success of Swachh Bharat Mission, say scholars Dean Spears, Diana Coffey”, Firstpost, 13 August 2017. Link.

144. Saha, Devanik, IndiaSpend, “Women battles for toilet in Akshay Kumar movie but India’s reality is different”, Hindustan Times, 11 August 2017. Link.

143. Bhandre, Namita, Indiaspend. “Discrimination, norms, family issues or safety? Why Indian women are quitting jobs”, Hindustan Times, 5 August 2017. Link.

142. Yadav, Monika. “Midday meals scheme: Are corruption claims exaggerated?” Ideas For India, 31 July 2017. Link.

141. Kulkarni, Veena S., and Raghav Gaiha. “Has disability risen among the elderly?” Sunday Guardian Live, 29 July 2017. Link.

140. Telma, Kate. “When castes collide”, MIT News, 20 July 2017. Link.

139. Kundu, Tadit. “Low mobility across generations heightens job creation challenge”, Livemint, 13 July 2017. Link.

138. Mohammed, Shariq. “Estimating intergenerational income mobility in rural India”, Ideas for India, 3 July 2017. Link.

137. Byravan, Sujatha, and Debapriya Das. “Climate-proofed and inclusive”, The Hindu, 3 July 2017. Link.

136. Chakraborty, Tanika, and Aarti Gupta. “The Downside of Repeated Debt Waivers”, The Wire”, 29 June 2017. Link.

135. Ganguly, Arnab. “Veil rips mindset mask”, The Telegraph, 28 June 2017. Link.

134. Agarwal, Sapna, and Arun Janardhan, “Thane-Ghodbunder: From two-lane road to mall street”, Livemint, 23 June 2017. Link.

133. Kulkarni, Vani S., Raghav Gaiha and Veena S.Kulkarni. “The high cost of the ageing”, The Hindu, 22 June 2017. Link.

132. Chishti, Seema. “Unlike earlier, Violence (against Dalits) now by community as a whole, says Sukhdeo Thorat”, The Indian Express, 13 June 2017. Link.

131. Shenava, Adithi. “Indian Women: An Untapped Source of Economic Growth”, The Market Mogul, 7 June 2017. Link.

130. Staff Reporter. “India has 31% of world’s poor kids: report”, The Hindu, 2 June 2017. Link.

129. Jaffrelot, Christophe and Kalaiyarasan A. “Quota Is the Wrong Answer”, The Indian Express, 3 May 2017. Link.

128. Jain, Dipti. “Niti Aayog Needs to Sell Policies, Not Fantasies”, Livemint, 27 April 2017. Link.

127. Chalwadi, Raju H. “As Politicians Celebrate, Behold the Betrayal of Ambedkar and the Dalits”, The Wire, 14 April 2017. Link

126. Burn-Murdoch, John. Culture and Policy Explain Why Sex Ratios Are Skewed in Asia”, Nikkei Asian Review, 13 April, 2017. Link.

125. HT Correspondent, Bhopal.“Five References of MP in US Report: US Human Rights Report Mentions SIMI Encounter, Vyapam Scam and Cow Vigilantism in MP”, Hindustan Times, 5 April 2017. Link.

124. Saha, Devanik (Indiaspend). “To Tackle Its Maternal-health Crisis, India Needs More Male Health Workers”, Hindustan Times, 23 March 2017. Link.

123. The Hans India. “Less Demand For Female Labour Force In Rural India”, The Hans India, 21 March 2017. Link.

122. Kumar, Gudipati Rajendera. “Women, Employment and Empowerment in Indian Economy”, The Hans India, 20 March 2017. Link.

121. Sattiraju, Nikitha. “Sustainable Water Methods, And Not Tankers, Are the Solution to India’s Economic Water Crisis”, Yourstory, 17 March 2017. Link.

120. Bhattacharya, Pramit. “How a Harvard Economist Can Help Us Understand the Appeal of Modi’s Note Ban”, Live Mint, 15 March 2017. Link.

119. Pande, Rohini, “Getting India’s Women into the Workforce: Time for a Smart Approach”, Ideas for India, 10 March 2017. Link.

118. Jaffrelot, Christophe and A. Kalaiyarasan. “Jats in Wonderlessland. Crisis of Haryana’s Dominant Castes Mirrors India’s Challenge: Lack of Good JobsThe Indian Express, 10 March 2017. Link.

117. Shukla, Vandana, “Is # Feminism Elitist in India”, The Tribune, 5 March 2017.Link.

116. Venkataraman, Ayesha and Nida Nagraj. “Here Comes the Bride. Now Count the Rest.” The New York Times, 22 February 2017. Link. and also in Today.Link

115. Dasgupta, KumKum.“On Gender Crime, Is Uttar Pradesh the Worst State?”, Hindustan Times, 21 February, 2017. Link.

114. Kundu, Tadit. “Husbands, Not Mother-in-laws, Might be Behind Son Preference in India”, Live Mint, 20 February 2017. Link

113. Rukmini, S. “HuffPost Insight: Most Indian Households Spend Way Beyond Their Means on Weddings”, The Huffington Post, 17 February 2017. Link

112. Chakraborty, Debiparna. “Only 5% Women in India Have Complete Control over Choosing Their Husbands, Survey Reveals”, Vega Bomb, 14 February 2017. Link

111. Garg, Lavanya. 65% Indian Women are Literate, 5% Have Control over Choosing Their Husband”, Hindustan Times, 13 February 2017Link

110. Kaur, Nehmat. “Name-Place-Animal-Thing: On Wifely Success and Contemporary Feminism”, The Wire, 14 February 2017.Link.

109. Press Trust of India. “Janani Scheme Led to Rise in Usage of Health Services: Govt.”, Business Standard, 3 February 2017Link; Same article also published in Outlook. Linkand in India.comLink

108. New Kerala. "Deoghar in Jharkhand to Get an AIIMS says Minister Kulaste”, newkerala.com, 3 February 2017Link

107. The Editors. “India’s Unique Brand of Populism Does Little to Tackle Inequality”, World Politics Review, 24 January 2017Link

106. Butt, Dawar N.H. “Pakistan Can Incentivize Social Change through Policy”, Asia Times, 20 January 2017Link

105. Vishnu, Uma. “Left without cover”, Indianexpress.com, 15 January, 2017.Link.

104. Teltumbde, Anand. “India’s Marie Antoinette moment”, Economic & Political Weekly, 7 January 2017. Link.

103. Coffey, Diane. “When women eat last”, The Hindu, 3 January 2017. Link.

 2016

 102. Counterview representative. “Hindu women are less educated than Muslim, their gender gap is worse than all other religions: PEW”, Counterview, December 15, 2016. Link

101. Naskar, Srija. "Area of Darkness: Serious research on disability in India remains a pipe dream." Sunday Guardian Live, 10 December 2016. Link

100. Special Correspondent. “Disabled children miss out due to lack of support services: Report”, The Hindu, December 10, 2016.Link

99. Singh, Ashok K. "Demonetisation is dragging India to an age of chaos and destruction." Daily O, 1 December 2016. Link

98. Dey, Sushmi. "India witnesses improvement in maternal healthcare services." The Times of India, 20 November 2016. Link.

97. Business Standard. "Impact of JSY." 29 November 2016. Link

96. Rukmini S. "INTERACTIVE: Where On The Indian Income Pyramid Do You Stand, And Does Facebook Know This Better Than You?" HuffingtonPost, 22 November 2016. Link

95. Chatterjee, Somdeep. "Kisan credit card programme: Expanded access to credit or expanded credit?" Business Standard, 9 November 2016. Link. Also in SwaraJya: Read India Right on 8 November 2016. Link

94. Kishore, Roshan. "The many shades of caste inequality in India", Livemint, 21 October 2016. Link

93. Bardhan, Pranab. "Universal basic income for India." Livemint, 12 October 2016. Link.

92. Bansal, Samarth. "Janani Suraksha Yojana pays dividends: Study", The Hindu, 10 October 2016. Link

91. Sawant, Chitra. "Hard to find bliss in inter-caste marriages." The Free Press Journal, 24 September 2016. Link.

90. Berry, Ellen. “Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams”, The New York Times, September 24, 2016.Link

89. Taneja, Richa. "India's Daughters Fetching Water, Missing Opportunities", NDTV Every Life Counts, 6 September 2016. Link

88. Kundu, Tadit. "Is it time for a universal basic income in India?" Livemint, 28 August 2016. Link

87. Kundu, Tadit. "Mohammad Shaquib Ansari: The occupational index." Livemint, 12 August 2016. Link

86. Himanshu. “For the rich, India is as good as a tax haven”, Livemint, 29 June, 2016.Link

85. Kundu, Tadit, and Udayan Rathore. "How can India bridge the gap between its middle and median class?" Livemint, 27 July 2016. Link

84. Dev, S. Mahendra. "Poverty and inequality after reforms", Livemint, 26 July 2016. Link

83. Mudur, G.S. "Even educated spend less on women's health", The Telegraph, Calcutta, 18 Jul 2016. Link

82. Soundararajan, Thenmozhi, Anasuya Sengupta, Harjit Kaur, and Umar Malick. "California textbooks: The next stage of the battle", The Indian Express, 11 July 2016. Link

81. Saha, Devanik. “Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan: Worst States for Women”, The Quint, 9 July 2016.Link

80. Yadav, Anumeha. "The fruits of India's National Food Security law are finally showing on the ground", Scroll.in, 23 June 2016. Link

79. AB Wire, "18 percent of Indian population walk more than 500 meters to collect water", The American Bazaar, 22 June 2016. Link. Also mentioned in The New India Express, 22 June 2016. Link

78. Kishore, Rohan. "How Women Remarry in India", Livemint, 18 June 2016. Link

77. Jain, Dipti and Tadit Kundu. "How Women Marry in India", Livemint, 17 June 2016. Link

76. Tandon, Suneera. "Burgers, burgers, everywhere. But are the eaters in sight?" Quartz India, 13 June 2016. Link

75. Waghmare, Abhishek. "Marathwada Migrants Rise Above Poverty Line in Mumbai, but Face Housing, Water Shortages." India West, 13 June 2016. Link

74. Kundu, Tadit. "How India eats: Joint, not nuclear, families dine out the most." Livemint, 4 June 2016. Link

73. Zulfi, Muhammad Zulqarnain. "High incidence of ‘inter-caste’ marriages in J&K", Kashmir Reader, 21 May 2016. Link

72. IndiaSpend.org. "77% Indian parents expect to live with sons, and not with daughters, in old age." IndiaTV, 17 May 2016. Link. Also printed in the Business Standard, 17 May 2016. Link. And again in Hindustan Times, 17 May 2016. Link

71. Salve, Prachi and Saumya Tewari. "5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent (Special to IANS)", Business Standard, 11 May 2016. Link. Also in Kractivism, 19 May 2016. Link 

70. Salve, Prachi and Saumya Tewari. "95% Indians marry within their own caste, Mizoram has most inter-caste marriages." Janta Ka Reporter, 11 May 2016. Link

69. Bansal, Samarth. "How many Indians are richer than you?" The Hindu, 4 May 2016. Link

68. Paul, Sohini Paul. “Looks like the PDS works”, The Hindu Business Line, 2 May, 2016. Link

67. Chenoy, Kamal Mitra. "MGNREGA to bad loans, why India is staring at a weaker economy." Daily O, 1 May 2016. Link.

66. Kulkarni, Veena and Raghav Gaiha. "The Social Security Measure Seems Doomed with Budgetary Cutbacks and Frequent Wage Hikes: Study." The Economic Times, 28 April 2016. Link

65. Bansal, Samarth. "Legal system too expensive for most." The Hindu, 24 April 2016.Link.

64. Mampatta, Sachin, and Tadit Kundu. "Why India needs IMD to be right about a good monsoon." Livemint, 19 April 2016. Link.

63. Matters India. "To 51.7% women it’s “usual” in India for a husband to beat his wife if she leaves home without telling him: Report", mattersindia.com, 16 April 2016. Link.

62. Borker, Suhas. "How to be free of caste." The Hindu, 13 April 2016. Link.

61. Kundu, Tadit. "Is the new generation in India better educated?" Livemint, 12 April 2016. Link.

60. Bakshi, Ishan. "Making a case for taxing farm incomes." Business Standard, 11 April 2016. Link.

59. India Spend. "How to get India's Women Working? First, Let Them Out of the House." First Post, 9 April 2016. Link.

58. Panda, Sitakanta. "Local Political Elite Capture and BPL card allocation." Ideas for India, 8 April 2016. Link.

57. Choudhury, Chandrahas. "For Women, India's Workfare Programming works." Livemint, 7 April 2016. Link.

56. Choudhury, Chandrahas. "A Major NREGA Success is Women's Empowerment." NDTV Every Life Counts, 6 April 2016. Link.

55. Gandhi, Divya. "Running in the family", The Hindu, 3 April 2016. Link.

54. Kundu, Tadit. "Who is married to whom in India?" Livemint29 March 2016Link.

53. Bakshi, Ishan. "How the socio-economic fabric has changed", Business Standard, 27 March 2016. Link.

52. Munshi, Kaivan, and Mark Rosenzweig. "Rural to urban migration in India: Why labor mobility bucks global trend." The Indian Express, 26 March 2016. Link.

51. Solanki, Prem. "Is Caste still an Issue for Marriage?" DESIblitz, 22 March 2016. Link.

50. Week Correspondent. “Accident of Life, Not Berth, Causes Poverty”, The Week, 16 March 2016.Link

49. Kumar, G Rajendra, "Improper Implementation of MGNREGA in Telangana", The Hans India, 22 February 2016. Link.

48. Kundu, Tadit. "How Indian Households Borrow." Livemint, 22 February 2016.Link.

47. Kundu, Tadit. "When average income is not available to average individual." Livemint, 15 February 2016. Link.

46. Narayan, Swati. "Half full, half empty: 10 Years of NREGA", India Spend, 9 February 2016. Link.

45. Teltumbde, Anand. 2016. "Rohith Vemula's Death: A Noose around the BJP's Neck." Counter Currents, 8 February 2016. Link.

44. Editorial. “Two cheers for jobs scheme”, The Hindu Business Line, 7 February 2016.Link

43. Bhalla, Surjit. "No Proof Required: NREGA does not help the poor", The Financial Express, 6 February 2016. Link.

42. Doley, Kunal. "Looking local: Snapdeal, Quikr, Hike, other launch vernacular language support." Financial Express, 24 January 2016. Link.

2015

41. Mohan, Rohini. "Among 500, only 19 couples across India got monetary assistance under inter-cast marriages scheme", The Economic Times, 19 December 2015. Link

40. Kundu, Tadit. “How rising returns to education can lead to greater inequality”, Livemint, 10 December 2015. Link.

39. Kundu, Tadit. “The Increasing Importance of College Education”, Livemint, 9 December 2015. Link

38. Mishra, Sumit. “Why worry about inequality in India?”, Livemint, 15 November 2015. Link.

37. Editorial. “Guarantee the funds”, The Hindu, 7 November 2015. Link

36. Iyer, Venkat. “Numbers that dole out the details”, Business Line, 11 September 2015.Link.

35. Dey, Sushmi. “India’s soft stand on tobacco draws fire”, The Times of India, 8 September 2015. Link.

34. Print Edition. “Love (and money) conquer caste”,The Economist, 5 September 2015.Link.

33. Kotamraju, Priyanka. “Keep calm and carry on MGNREGA”,The Hindu Business Line, 28 August 2015.Link

32. “NREGA improving the lives of poor, says study”,im4change, August 2015.Link

31. Rukmini S. “Rural job scheme empowered women: NCAER”,The Hindu, 13 August 2015.Link

30. BS Reporter. “Study shows rural job guarantee's positive impact on poor, women”, Business Standard, 13 August 2015. Link

29. FE Bureau. “World’s largest anti-poverty scheme MGNREGA cut poverty, empowered women, but reach limited”, The Financial Express, 13 August 2015. Link

28. Rukmini, S. “MGNREGS reduced poverty, empowered women”, The Hindu, 12 August 2015. Link

27. Haq, Zia. “Food Security Act starved for growth, functional in just 7 states”, Hindustan Times, 23 July 2015. Link.

26. Yadav, Anumeha. “India's socio-economic census threatens to exclude crores of poor from social schemes”, Scroll.in, 16 July 2015. Link

25. Rukmini, S. “SECC not irrelevant just yet”, The Hindu, 6 July 2015. Link

24. Dey, Sushmi. “Warning photo size matters: 46% of illiterate men smoke”, The Times of India, 5 May 2015.Link.

23. For, Evelyn. “How many languages does your phone speak”, The Economic Times, 21 April 2015.Link.

22. Rukmini S. “The elusive quest for freedom”, The Hindu, 8 March 2015.Link.

21. Bera, Sayantan. “Did FCI panel inflate leakage figures to bolster case for cash transfers?” Livemint, 6 February, 2015.Link

20. Rukmini S. “Just how leaky is the PDS?” The Hindu, 5 February 2015.Link.

19. Rukmini S.“Economists dispute Govt. claims on PDS leakage”, The Hindu, 4 February 2015.Link.

2014

18. Rukmini S.“Rape, rhetoric and reality”, The Hindu, 19 December 2014. Link

17. Bidwai, Praful. “The curse of caste”, The News International, 14 December 2014. Link.

16. Rukmini S.“Limiting MGNREGS to poorest districts will not help, finds survey”, The Hindu, 8 December 2014.Link.

15. Mukherji, Anahita.“Prejudice, even in pardes”, The Times of India, 30 November 2014.Link

14. Chishti, Seema.“Biggest caste survey: one in four Indians admit to practising untouchability”, The Indian Express, 29 November 2014. Link.

13. Rukmini S.“Arranging a marriage: how India does it”, The Hindu, 19 November 2014. Link.

12. Rukmini S.“Just 5% of Indian marriages are inter-caste: survey”, The Hindu, 13 November 2014. Link.

11. Editorial. “India’s sanitation needs”, The New York Times, 4 September 2014. Link.

10. Rukmini S. “Middle class better off, but not well off”, The Hindu, 5 April 2014. Link.

9. Rukmini S. “Only 40 per cent of middle class has piped water connection: survey”, The Hindu, 5 April 2014. Link.

8. Rukmini S. “Steady rise in income but services still inadequate: NCAER”, The Hindu, 3 April 2014. Link.

7. Rukmini S. “India by the numbers: change on the margins”, The Hindu, 3 April 2014. Link.

6. Rukmini S. “More children going to private schools: NCAER”, The Hindu, 31 March 2014. Link.

5. Rukmini S. “Most rural population now not solely in agriculture: NCAER survey”, The Hindu, 25 March 2014. Link.

4. Apfel, Ken. “Universal pension for Indians”, Livemint, 25 March 2014. Link.

3. Daily Bhaskar.com. “Being a woman in India: survey reveals startling details of the status of women in society”, 23 March 2014.Link

2. Rana, Preetika. “A grim statistical picture of married Indian women”, The Wall Street Journal (India Real Time), 20 March 2014. Link.

1. Rukmini S. “Many women have no say in marriage”,The Hindu, 19 March 2014. Link.