Going Back to The People: GN Devy
From Literature and Linguistics to Culture and Governance, GN Devy has presented seminal ideas to nurture the fading multiplicity in these critical times
2020 Vol 2 Qtr 4
Local Governance Lessons from the Lockdown
In her delightfully insightful column, our Executive Editor explores what helps us adopt appropriate practices in a crisis and build relevant self-governance methods
Kabir Calling: Towards an Undivided Des
Shabnam Virmani, the driving force behind the Kabir Project, tells us what it means to keep the Sufi poet’s spirit alive in the contemporary public discourse in India.
Understanding Deaf Culture: Why Indian Sign Language Needs Official Status
An artist talks about Audism, Deaf Gain, and finding his identity and language amongst the Deaf community, after growing up in a hearing environment
In Exchange of Their Belongings: An Alternative Public Art Practice
The artist-designer duo Revue shares the moving pictures of their public art projects that engage communities towards finding newer ways of expressing themselves, reinventing their identities
Social Design: A Dialogic Public Art Practice
A trailblazer in social design, the artist duo Revue discusses how sharing space and objects in a public art project could lead to daily conflict resolution within participating communities.
Effective Healthcare Systems Cannot Ignore Social Design
Pandemics cannot be controlled by governments without people’s participation. However, people’s engagement should be based on scientific principles and not publicity gimmicks.
Our Work, Your Show: Fearless Freedom to Counter Data Control
As the industrial complex takes over an increasingly digital world, a free software proponent situates the question of privacy and the kind of value system that would emerge from its reclamation
Communication Key to Overcome India’s Democratic Deficit
From how to communicate through disagreements to the way to decentralise our governance structures, this ex-IAS Officer shares what it will take to strengthen India’s democracy
Situating Welfare Within Mixed-Market Economy
As the government takes a “self-help for poor, nanny state for rich” approach to its economic policy, a socio-economist suggests ways to improve our economic health, especially in the post-corona world
