Sonalde Desai

With 2 weeks to prepare, how to tackle coronavirus outbreak the Indian way

Whether we like it or not, coronavirus is knocking on the door-and we have two weeks to prepare

Sonalde Desai: Indian think tanks - time to look within

What kind of policy research institutions do we need to shape the intellectual foundation on which government policy should rest?

Sonalde Desai: Sons of the soil

The data show that rural families simply cannot subsist on farm incomes alone

Sonalde Desai: After the demographic dividend

The three things India must do now to prepare for an ageing population

Sonalde Desai: From schooling to learning

While, in the abstract, we recognise and celebrate near-universal school enrolment, out education policy is still geared around increasing enrolment

Sonalde Desai: Getting out of the quota quagmire

How to limit the expansion of group-targeting while ensuring that disadvantaged groups get the help they need

Sonalde Desai: Healthcare needs a booster dose

Twenty-first century India cannot rely on a rickety healthcare system that pays little attention to medical professionalism

Sonalde Desai: The great Indian poverty game

There's no sanity in the response to the latest poverty statistics

Sonalde Desai: India's hidden transformation

Nation must address the social, political and economic needs of the rapidly growing rural population around urban centres