Flooring the Market
Last Thursday we asked you if there should be a minimum price fixed by the government below which a supplier should not be allowed to sell a good or a…
Public Reason
Research dispatches, field notes, and commentary from India Institute.
It’s in the genes : GM crops and Food Security in India
In last Saturday Poll, we asked whether genetically modified (GM) crops are a solution to India's food security problem and most of you who voted had opined that these crops…
Animosity in Diversity
Discrimination in India on the basis of caste, religion and gender has long been in public focus. Though mentioned now and then, racial discrimination had not received as much attention…
Tax-o-money: How the government robs us
How well the government has performed in terms of work done per unit of tax collected is difficult to measure but that is not even necessary if we agree that…
Un-cashing Votes And Keeping Politics Popular
The need for electoral reforms is evidenced by the many PILs filed every year demanding transparency and accountability of politicians and the process through which they are elected. Last Saturday,…
Beating Democracy with Democracy is not Democratic?
Democracy-rule by the people, of the people, for the people- is a superior form of government because it is based on fairness, natural justice and equality. It offers the most…
Should we kill death?
Is the unavoidable politicisation of the execution of death sentence a good enough reason to abolish death sentence? In the last Saturday Poll, we had posed the question whether politicization…
Silence of the Law
In last week’s Saturday Poll, we had asked you whether the right to freedom of speech should include the right to express contrarian views on religion. A mere 8% of…
Whistle in the light
In a world which glorifies vigilantism, how many people would come forward to expose a crime putting their lives and safety at stake? In last week's Saturday Poll, we asked…
Poor Guarantees
Do minimum wage laws help or harm the poor? There cannot be any argument against the need to protect the vulnerable among us. But whether a law to control wages…