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‘Many reasons for the Great Resignation, from self-exploration to boredom and FOMO’
by admin|16 November 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer November 16, 2022 The ‘Great Resignation’ is well and truly on. Several people are quitting their jobs, choosing to prioritise themselves, their passions or simply dump the traditional definition of achievement for whatever counts as happiness for them....
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‘Women have to skip meals because Centre hasn’t paid MNREGA dues’
by admin|31 August 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer August 31, 2022 The Centre doesn’t seem to be invested in MNREGA, a lifeline for those suffering the worst from rural distress. Allocation for the scheme was slashed by more than 25% in the last Budget and, worse,...
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What a US recession would mean for India
by admin|02 July 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer July 2, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Over the past few weeks, talk of an ‘induced’ recession in the US has been gaining ground. What it means is that,...
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Audio podcast: The flight of capital from India
by admin|04 June 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer June 4, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Reserve Bank of India data tells us that India’s capital account has been negative over the past three years. In layman’s terms,...
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Audio podcast: ‘Sex workers’ bodies are viewed as currency, even for medicines’
by admin|04 May 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer May 4, 2022 Healthcare is crucial for sex workers, exposed as they are to poverty and sexually-transmitted diseases. Recent reportage by journalist Shalini Singh, for the People’s Archive of Rural India, revealed that sex workers in Delhi are...
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Audio podcast: ‘COVID changed crowdfunding in India’
by admin|06 April 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer April 6, 2022 At a time when the underprivileged are suffering the most because of the economic impact of the pandemic, when credit remains tough to get and when monetary pipelines are squeezed, can crowdfunding fill the vacuum?...
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Audio podcast: ‘Teaching infrastructure doesn’t begin with technology but human resources’
by admin|09 March 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer March 9, 2022 It wasn’t just students; even teachers struggled as classes moved online during the COVID-19 lockdown. Lack of training added to the problem of poor digital infrastructure. How can teachers be readied for a new age...
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Audio podcast: State polls a bellwether for our democracy, semi-final for 2024
by admin|19 February 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer February 19, 2022 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. 2022 is a key electoral year for India. Five states go to the polls, and there is the Presidential election too. There is no...
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The post-COVID economic dichotomy of two Indias
by admin|14 February 2022|All Indians Matter
Amit Sahita February 14, 2022 COVID-19 and its aftermath have led to the emergence of two distinct Indias. Many families have lost their earning members, faced pay cuts, faced job losses or incurred heavy medical expenses. All these situations have...
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Audio podcast: Union Budget – the juggling act is on
by admin|15 January 2022|All Indians Matter
Ashraf Engineer January 15, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf Engineer. Even as the first advance estimates peg India’s economic growth for 2021-22 at 9.2%, there are a couple of factors looming over...
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