COVID-19 – All Indians Matter

Audio podcast: Battling hunger on our streets

by admin|23 December 202023 December 2020|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer December 23, 2020 The sudden, poorly-managed lockdown earlier this year resulted in a massive internal migration as lakhs of workers left cities for home. Hunger was their constant companion as they walked, in many cases, a thousand kilometres...

Audio podcast: We need new economic, political thinking

by admin|15 October 202015 October 2020|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer October 15, 2020 If ever there was a time for bold, break-out economic and political thinking, it is now. Our economy was tanking even before the pandemic and there is widespread social unrest. Time is running out for...

Audio podcast: A high-stakes, high-altitude standoff

by admin|16 September 202022 September 2020|All Indians Matter

Picture: On Finger 4, north of Pangong Tso lake (above), Indian and Chinese troops were deployed a few hundred metres apart. On its south bank, they were occupying heights that overlooked each other’s camps and vital road links. Podcast transcript...

Modi’s ineptness has left the economy in tatters

by admin|02 September 202002 September 2020|All Indians Matter

Ashraf Engineer September 3, 2020 Narendra Modi rode to power in 2014 claiming he would fix the economy – that wasn’t really broken in the first place – and unleash a wave of prosperity. He spoke often about providing jobs...

Audio podcast: How soaring government debt, inflation, fuel prices affect you

by admin|31 August 202031 August 2020|All Indians Matter

Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. Here’s what a badly planned lockdown and mismanaged economy can do to you. A few days ago, India woke up to the news that government debt is likely to hit a...

Audio podcast: Is India’s economic recovery really on track?

by admin|15 August 202016 August 2020|All Indians Matter

Podcast transcript Hello and welcome. I am Ashraf Engineer, a communication consultant, but I was a journalist for 17 years before changing streams. While I changed professions, the journalism bug never left me. Over the years, I continued writing...