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We are all of 18! It's great to be around and growing!
IF you asked us how 18 years have passed in our magazine, we would have some difficulty telling you. It ...
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Getting the story straight from the source
We have since the inception of this magazine worked with a broad definition of civil society. It covers anyone making ...
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The whole problem with standards
WE can’t stop talking about what a great future the Indian economy has. But how quickly we arrive in the ...
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When justice is strained: The sad case of Stan Swamy
THE problems with our justice system are there for all to see. They have been widely identified through PILs, in ...
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Putting out our magazine in the shadow of the virus
IT has been more than a year and the pandemic continues to serve up surprises. Losing friends and worrying about ...
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Why we cover politics and why we don’t
OUR readers tell us that they don’t want us to cover politics and politicians. They would much rather we put ...
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Figure out green issues quickly
THE flood in Chamoli and the controversy that has followed are reminders that we are running late in figuring out ...
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Lessons from farmers: reforms need buy-in
THE long agitation over the Union government’s new farm laws shows that reforms by stealth or force don’t work, not ...
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Put strong public healthcare system above all else
DECEMBER 2020
A pandemic may not be the right time to judge healthcare systems. The best can collapse under the burden of ...
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Stop worrying and keep going is our mantra
AUGUST 2020
THE collapse of the economy and the oppressive nature of the pandemic leave us with few choices. One can either ...
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Beating the lockdown
July 2020
Lockdown stories around us are invariably of the hard-luck variety. It has been a punishing time for everyone, especially so for ...
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One more issue under lockdown
June 2020
This is the third issue of Civil Society brought out in lockdown conditions. It means we can’t print and distribute, ...
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Keeping on going in the shadow of the virus
May 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is a great story. As journalists we have our work cut out for us. But how do ...
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Fringe to the fore
April 2020
Consumers invariably end up taking what they are given. Someone somewhere shapes their decisions even as they may live ...
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Rethinking healthcare
March 2020
Public health services need a big push. A larger spend is required, but it is not merely a matter of funding. ...
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Lurching along
February 2020
Just when India should be rapidly dealing with its many problems and coasting into a robust future, as it indeed ...
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Take it back
January 2020
Widespread opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and plans for a proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) is reason ...
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Dharamshala matters
December 2019
You might ask why we chose to go to Dharamshala to cover a film festival and that too as our ...
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Customise, localise
November 2019
Environmental solutions are becoming more precise and targeted and therefore more impactful. Water harvesting is an example. For a long ...
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Civil Society's Sweet 16
September 2019
The running of a small media enterprise comes with many challenges but the journalistic satisfaction in bringing out our magazine ...
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Tracking cities
August 2019
Cities have a major role to play in India’s economy, but there is little that we can say we reliably ...
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Doctors for all
July 2019
Finding a doctor has become increasingly difficult. Of course, there are doctors everywhere and their number is also growing. But ...
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Politics and beyond
June 2019
In this magazine we prefer to keep ourselves out of politics. Of course, as journalists, there would be no question ...
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The business of farming
May 2019
Cooperatives come with well-known frailties. In many ways, Campco is no exception. It was set up to serve the interests ...
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Blessed is the small business for it is the future
April 2019
The agrarian crisis has everyone worried. But the coolest solutions seem to come from farmers themselves. We have found this ...
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A slow churn
March 2019
An economy on the move needs to invest in social change. The problem is that it is not something that ...
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Biennale and more
February 2019
Free-falling spaces enrich a democracy. The Biennale held in Kochi, which is featured as our cover story this month, is ...
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The NE picture
January 2019
Much has been said about developing the states in the Northeast of the country and large amounts of money have ...
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