Kiska Vikas (marg)? 😀

#CallforProposals | 📣 IDinsight is excited to announce a Request for Proposals (#RFP) for research teams interested in generating causal evidence on gig and platform work in low- and middle-income countries. 🛵📱⬇️ We are seeking to partner with researchers who can help us

Do read this article on road safety in India by Soutik Biswas — he spoke with people who truly understand the issue! bbc.com/news/articles/…

I love this. This is the future!

"They don’t just receive a bike—they gain independence." 🚲 Explore how World Bicycle Relief's local team is creating sustainable impact in Tanzania. 📝 Read the Q&A: worldbicyclerelief.org/tanzania-qa/ #PowerOfBicycles #TanzaniaImpact

Rahul thanks for asking my opinion on it. I agree in part—but the story is more nuanced. Local taxi caps in India weren’t pushed by cartels. Courts imposed them, citing congestion. Cartels just exploited the system by controlling permits & creating a grey market.

10/This isn’t gig economy empowerment—it’s technofeudalism in neoliberal wrapping. The state didn’t just step back; it outsourced governance to platforms. What we’re seeing is worse than taxi cartels: a corporate takeover of public functions, with brutal consequences for workers.

In Ludhiana’s Janta Nagar area, cycle puller Subhash carries a mirror to check if his eyes are turning red from the heat and a packet of buttermilk he can drink to cool down. Scorching heat in India's bicycle capital grips migrant workers and even an early morning ride is a

This is an important point. The very fact that such a conflict exists, regardless of which side one takes, shows deep incompetence on the part of the government.

In American Political Science Review, Adam Auerbach, Shikhar Singh, and Tariq Thachil surveyed small town politicians in India and found that local government officials lack procedural knowledge on how to govern. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Make cars homeless, not people!

Just found out you could simply copy paste your attachment files while composing emails in gmail!

🚨 We’re hiring for the Just Transitions on Indian Streets project! 🔹 2 Postdoc positions (Deadline: 11 Aug) 🔹 2 Research Associate positions (Deadline: 4 Aug) 📍 Hosted at NLSIU with Anwesha Ghosh Apply & share! nls.ac.in/news-and-event…

This month, we kick off Data For India Office Hours, free online learning sessions to help people make the most of our platform. Our first session is for the journalism community - if you use or want to use data in your journalistic work, sign up to learn how Data For India can help.

What’s one low-tech innovation making a big impact on healthcare in western Kenya? Hint: It’s not an app. It’s not AI. It’s a bicycle. 🚲🧵

Mimi Sheller is a must read scielo.br/j/ts/a/wv4Pj5n…