Nothing quite captures the entrepreneurial spirit of India like the booming beauty and wellness sector. From the outside, it is easy to be dismissive of the beauty industry — it …
The Accredited Social Health Activists were the heroes of our pandemic response. There are nearly a million (10.47 lakh) ASHA workers in India. Their work in the field makes the …
Hindsight is always 20/20. Looking back on two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are a few lessons about our public healthcare system that are very clear. While our three-tier …
After the fintech revolution, digitised healthcare is set to be the next big change in our public systems. A digital healthcare system includes telemedicine, mobile health apps, government supported electronic …
How do you teach people how to express themselves? How do we convince organisations that communication skills are important? The digital divide or gap in learning levels in the population …
It has taken a while, but the mountain has finally come to Mohammed. For decades, we have seen the aspirational allure of English up close. But the shift towards vernacular …
By now, we are all familiar with the symptoms of the dwindling women in India’s workforce as reported in the press: India has the lowest ever number of working women …
One of the most enduring images of European women factory workers continues to be from the Second World War. ‘Rosie the riveter’ and ‘Ruby Loftus’ might have been a part …
Reports reveal that about significant percentage of workers who had reverse-migrated, in the wake of the pandemic lockdown, have returned to the cities or wish to do so. The reason …
As a country, it has taken us a while to get warmed up to vocational education. After Independence, India’s education policies have solved for access. With nearly 15 lakh schools …
