Talking Policy

What Makes Bear Grylls A Star And A Forest Guard Posing With A Cobra An Offender?

It was perhaps the guard’s shot at recognition and fame in a world that is increasingly driven by the possibilities of instant celebrity-hood, even if only for a moment.

Welcome Note: The Fragility of the Policy Process

There is a popular aphorism attributed to Bertrand Russell, the philosopher, which reads: ‘What men want is not knowledge, but certainty’.

The Battle Over Aarey in Mumbai

This is the editorial from the Vol. XXV, No. 5, October 2019 (No. 141) Issue of the Protected Area Update, a newsletter produced by Kalpavriksh and Centre for Policy Studies.

Higher Education Is No Wonderland, but Does the New Education Policy Know?

The National Education Policy ignores the ground realities of research quality in higher educational institutions but sets enormous goals for the country.

Nudge Fudge: A Critique of Using Nudge Theory in Policymaking in India

Over the past few weeks, you may have stumbled upon the words ‘nudge’ and ‘behavioural economics’ more often than you had in the past few years. There is a serious attempt to mainstream nudge in policy design.

Nudge Fudge: Why Behavioural Economics?

Last month, at the induction programme for around 120 MBA students at IIT Bombay, I was conducting a session on plagiarism. During the session, I announced: “Plagiarism is like a plague.”
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