Spontaneous Order

If Hogwarts wasn’t autonomous

Ever wondered what your dream school- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, would be like if it was plagued by restrictive regulations and government interference? Sunaina Mathur juxtaposes the current scenario of India’s education sector with the vibrant (and now…

Opinion | Reforms to save government schools in Karnataka

By Alston D’Souza and Ritika Shah

The following article was originally published in the Mint, written by Centre for Civil Society (CCS) team members- Alston D’Souza and Ritika Shah. Alston and Ritika…

Has India forgotten about the art of democratic debate?

By Khushboo Upreti

The following article, originally published on Qrius (formerly the Indian Economist), discusses the rising intolerance among people over differing opinions and the violent methods used to…

The rise and rise of Uber

by Sunaina Mathur

Uber recently completed a billion rides in India, but its journey in India, or globally for that matter, has been ridden with controversies. In this article, Sunaina Mathur provides a brief analysis of the major challenges that Uber faces…

Where’s education in India headed?

by Lina Ashar

The following article, originally published in Qrius (formerly, the Indian Economist), talks about the opportunities in the education market, and how these opportunities can be employed in order to benefit both the consumers and…

Musings: Piyush vs Piyush -‘Beautiful Policies are Not Enough’

In the following passage, Luis Miranda recounts the highlights of a gripping panel discussion at the AIIB AGM wherein a Minister and CEO articulated the loopholes of policy-making in India. While the policies may seem…

Public Credit Registry: Is Transparency Enough for Credit Ailments?

Following RBI’s declaration of setting up a Public Credit Registry (PCR) as a repository of all loan contracts in order to bring transparency into the credit assessment process, Karan Tripathi analyzes its…

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Explained

Across the past month, you would have received emails from all kinds of online platforms and services declaring their compliance with GDPR norms, but what does it actually mean to be GDPR compliant? To make better sense of the General Data…

The case against Maternity Benefit Act 2017

Good intentions don’t always make good laws, and imposing what is socially desirable through binding legislation might induce some very undesirable consequences. Commenting on the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, Vineet Bhalla argues that the…