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at Manthan

The Talk Over 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in this country between 1995 and 2015. A gross underestimate, but still a terrible figure that officialdom admits to. Yet India's agrarian...

The Talk After the horror of Auschwitz, the question the children of enlightenment were faced with: how could it happen or be allowed to happen! Hitler was no freak, he...

The Talk Intertwined Lives is the first full-length biography of arguably India’s most influential and powerful civil servant who was Indira Gandhi’s alter ego during her period of glory. P...

The Talk Fake News - In the past few weeks, 23 people have been killed across various states in India due to rumours spread over WhatsApp regarding child-kidnapping and organ-trafficking...

Schedule 5.30 – 6 : Tea & Snacks 6.00 – Talk 6:45 onward Manthan The Talk Exploding population and constrained job growth has led the country to a tough situation....

Arun Shourie

The Talk The exams are over. And so are the important entrance exams. Good institutions are scarce. And cost of education is reaching the sky! What are your options?  How...

The Book & The Talk ‘To know is to understand. To understand is to be at peace or – embattled.’ The RTI Story: Power to the People is the story...

Schedule 26 May, 2018, Saturday 5 – 5.30: Tea & Snacks. Informal interaction with panel and author 5.30 – Release of Book and speeches 6:30 onward Manthan (discussion) Venue: Institute...

The Talk Manjeet Hirani was adamant that a dog would never enter her house, but that was before little Buddy arrived at her doorstep. One day, the doorbell rang. Her...