Conversations
at Manthan

THE TALK We live in times of great uncertainty. We have long been staring at the crossroads of the urgent issues of equity, technology and climate. Yet, we have failed...

THE TALK Institutionally, there are three major actors in any community: the market, the State, and the civil society. However, in the state vs markets debate, we often forget that...

THE TALK A long awaited policy is approved during an unprecedented pandemic without a parliamentary debate, abandons the fundamental right of children 6-14 years for equitable quality education, retracts to...

THE TALK Covid 19 has been one of the biggest crises that the world has faced. This is when the state and all its institutions have to demonstrate great leadership...

THE TALK Why do we speak so many languages that belong to entirely different language families? Why are these languages spread as they are? How are we related to the...

THE TALK When the Supreme Court held Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt, it raised many issues critical for our democracy. These need to be discussed, debated and voiced. This Talk,...

THE TALK A young lawyer recently said: “if Kashmir is a litmus test of Indian democracy, it is also the harbinger of what is to come for all of us...

THE TALK Beyond the headline-grabbing issues, the Indian economy is struggling to solve a critical problem: to restore and maintain financial stability on a durable basis. In his book titled,...

THE CONVERSATION Starting in 1962, India imprisoned 3000 Chinese-Indians in a camp in Deoli, Rajasthan, some for up to five years. This happened purely because at a time of war...

THE TALK Why does sex always have law breathing down its neck? Why can the law not get its hands off sex? Straddling the line between public and private, sex...