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This Week at #IMPRI
(2021 | W14 | April 5 - 11)
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Dear IMPRI Well-wisher,
Greetings from the team!
With the number of coronavirus cases on the rise, new rules and safety guidelines are coming up as well, with fresh restrictions, and doubling down on existing precautions of mask-wearing, isolation and containment in case of infection.
This week at IMPRI, we delve into a wide variety of issues, ranging from a re-look at education policy for children, the transformative agency of cities and their infrastructural formations, to labour rights and governance amid the pandemic, and the sustainability of water systems in India.
The newsletter will apprise you of these upcoming events, the week's publications, and videos of past week's #WebPolicyTalks in case you missed them. We hope to see you soon at one of our events!
Wishing you a wonderful week ahead,
Anshula Mehta, Assistant Director, IMPRI
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Upcoming #WebPolicyTalks
Register to attend!
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#EducationDialogue
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Vishal Talreja (Co-founder, Dream A Dream, Bangalore) on National Education Policy: Looking Through the Lens of Repurposing Education Towards Thriving for Every Child
When: April 6, 2021 (Tuesday); 16:30 IST | REGISTER HERE
Chaired by Prof Sachidanand Sinha (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), with discussant Dr Rukmini Banerjee (Pratham Education Foundation)
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#CityConversations
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Dr Deljana Iossifova (Senior Lecturer, Urban Studies, University of Manchester; Director, Confucius Institute, UK) on Infrastructuring the City: Trajectories of Violence
When: April 7, 2021 (Wednesday); 19:30 IST | REGISTER HERE
Moderated by Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; IMPRI), with discussants Prof Darshini Mahadevia (Ahmedabad University), Dr Xuefei Ren (Michigan State University), Dr Rumi Aijaz (Observer Research Foundation), Prof Kala Sridhar (Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru), Dr Ziming Li (Wuhan University)
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#EmploymentDebate and Book Discussion
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Dr K. R. Shyam Sundar (Professor, HRM Area, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand) on Impact of COVID-19, Reforms and Poor Governance on Labor Rights
When: April 8, 2021 (Thursday); 18:00 IST | REGISTER HERE
Chair: Prof Praveen Jha (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Book Release and Opening Remarks: Prof D. N. Reddy (Formerly, University of Hyderabad)
Discussants: Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan (ILO Consultant and Labour Advocate, Chennai), Prof Babu Mathews (NLSIU, Bengaluru) and Dr Radhicka Kapoor (ICRIER, New Delhi)
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#PlanetTalks
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Shripad Dharmadhikary (Founder-coordinator, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra) on How Much Water Do We Really Need?: Sustainability of Water Systems in India
When: April 9, 2021 (Friday); 16:00 IST | REGISTER HERE
Moderator: Dr Simi Mehta (IMPRI)
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#CityConversations
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Dr Shubhagato Dasgupta (Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), New Delhi) on Re-Form: Lessons for Urban Governance Futures from the Pandemic
When: April 15, 2021 (Thursday); 17:00 IST | REGISTER HERE
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#TowardsAccountability
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Dr Munawer Khwaja (Fiscal Economist, Former Technical Advisor, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund) on Are We in Good Hands? Is Tax Administration in India Following Good International Practices?
When: April 22, 2021 (Thursday); 18:00 IST | REGISTER HERE
Discussant: Prof Indira Iyer (National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi)
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Future Trading in Water: A Challenge to survival for the Planet and the People by Indira Khurana | IMPRI
The world over, water is linked and associated with civilization, culture, history, mythology, food, and way of life. It is associated with peace and happiness and what is held sacred. Can this resource so integral to humanity be up for speculation? Proponents argue that the new market will clear up some of the uncertainty around water prices for farmers and municipalities, helping them budget for the resource. Yet, some experts say treating water as a tradable commodity puts a basic human right into the hands of financial institutions and investors, a dangerous arrangement as climate change alters precipitation patterns and increases water scarcity.
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- 'Law in my kitchen: Notion of privacy in the context of gender, body, desire, sexuality' by Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Chhavi Kapoor | Counterview
"The very notion of privacy is something to be skeptical about and most so about gender, body, desire, and sexuality because not only have these realms never been private, but they have always been publicly sanctioned and dictated. Asking us to keep them confidential is also asking us to keep them apolitical when they are arguably the most politicized versions of ourselves." - Dr Madhavi Menon at a #WebPolicyTalk - 'Protest Politics: Lessons from Black Lives Matter, Anti-CAA and Farmers’ Protest' (Excerpts from a Panel Discussion at IMPRI) by Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta and Sakshi Sharda | Delhi Post
There has been an exponential increase in protests around the world, and they have been hailed as the site for speaking truth to those in power. These global phenomena have a unifying symbolic representation. The question that persists is that do all these protest sites create the same impact on power? Do all these protest sites become harbingers to save the ideal of democracy? Are their differences in perception, symbolism, the role of actors involved and the outcome? Should these movements be valorised and glamourised? - 'Gender-Based Violence And Safety: Women’s Rights Are Human Rights' by Simi Mehta and Anshula Mehta | Youth Ki Awaaz
"The locus of the agency has to be returned to the survivor. This location of return of agency through community support and action results in engaging with the memory of violence more healthily, wherein, the identity is not reduced to that of violence. Consent is not taken and it is very important at each stage. One should look beyond the body. There needs to be a change in the narrative at the community level." - Priya Varadarajan at a #WebPolicyTalk
- 'The state of real estate and housing in India amidst pandemic: Impact and way forward' by Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar and Nishi Verma | Counterview
"As far as affordable housing is concerned, challenges of affordability and adequacy is there, but affordable housing in Indian cities also faces the third challenge of legitimacy. Any affordable housing stock whether built new by the public or private actors or through upgradation of the existing stock must consider how to secure what is often referred to as the property rights. There exist divergent views on the importance of rights and right based approaches to affordable housing." - Prof P. S. N. Rao at a #WebPolicyTalk
- 'Respect Water, Woman, and River – Rajendra Singh' by Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta and Nishi Verma | IMPRI
"In a country where science is prevalent, we need to look at things practically and holistically. Nature will never justify wrong facts. Our disasters are directly proportionate to the mistakes made by the government. Scientists refer to the disasters In 2013 and 2021 as natural disasters. But, when there is human intervention because of greed, it becomes hard to mitigate the negative consequences." - Shri Rajendra Singh at a #WebPolicyTalk - 'Depressed Minds, Suicidal Thoughts and Unsafe Nests: Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic' by Anita Mishra and Ritika Gupta | IMPRI
Beginning from the prolonged and unprecedented lockdown and subsequent phases of delayed unlocks have turned to be a massive psychological experiment on the people. Restricted movements and limited availability of public services to ensure the social distancing or physical distancing have made people isolated leading to increasing loneliness, stress and anxiety, stranding many people in rental apartments or boarding houses away from home. According to a survey conducted by the Indian Psychiatric Society, within a week of the lockdown, the number of reported cases of mental illness in India had risen by 20%.
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#EconDevDiscussion: Mr Munish Gangwar (President, Model गाँव) and Dr Heera Lal, IAS (Honorable Mentor, Model गाँव) on Model Gaon एक नयी सोच, एक नयी पहल
Chaired by Prof Sunil Ray (Formerly, A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna), with moderator Prof Utpal K De (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong), and discussants Saurabh Lall (Model गाँव), Prof Dhanmanjiri Sathe (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Dr B Srinivas (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi) and Dr G Sridevi (University of Hyderabad)
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