- Polling dates for India's upcoming general elections have been announced, beginning on 7 April. The election commission has put together an interactive map outlining the various stages of the election, and this great primer by Milan Vaishnav and Reedy Swanson will tell you everything you need to know about India's electoral system.
- Why India's defence procurement system must change.
- Ram Mashru looks at India's widening income inequality gap and urban poverty crisis.
- Will the Aam Aadmi Party be able to mobilise its early support to become national force?
- Responding to an 11,000 word press release from the Ministry of Defence this week, Manoj Joshi argues:
At the end of the day Antony and his MoD have simply failed to realise that it is not through a simple accretion of weapons systems that makes a national defence system vibrant. It requires the political and bureaucratic machinery to work in synergy with the armed forces. It needs modern decision-making structures at the apex level and, above all, it requires political leadership
- It seems India's 'airpocalypse' is here to stay.
- Following Prime Minister Singh's visit to Naypyidaw this week, C Raja Mohan argues that the UPA government lost out on opportunities to enhance regional connectivity in the Bay of Bengal.
- The New York Times profiles Booker Prize winning author and activist Arundhati Roy.
- How Arunachalam Muruganantham revolutionised menstrual health in rural India. Check out the trailer for Menstrual Man, a documentary on the project: