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Your face needs a smoke alarm: Protecting identity in the age of AI
- AI, Data Protection, Online Safety, Tech Policy
An overview of how AI-generated deepfakes are making identity misuse increasingly difficult to detect, and how a ‘Likeness ID’ system could alert individuals to the misuse of their face, voice or image online. The article explores ways to strengthen digital identity protection while safeguarding privacy, consent and individual agency.
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Create the right digital ecosystem for children
- Digital Inclusion, Online Safety, Tech Policy
This op-ed examines whether a blanket social media ban for children could deepen India’s digital inequalities, arguing for a balanced approach that protects children online while preserving opportunities for learning and participation.
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India’s RPwD Act is continuing to evolve beyond 2016. Courts, citizens are still rewriting it
- Disability, Inclusion
An overview of how judicial interventions have strengthened disability rights under the RPwD Act, alongside the implementation challenges that remain.
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When the Plug Can Be Pulled: Rethinking India’s AI Sovereignty
- AI, Tech
The Anthropic blackout exposes an uncomfortable reality: if access to frontier AI can be switched off even for close partners, what exactly are those alliances worth? For India, this complicates an otherwise compelling argument that our comparative advantage lies primarily in becoming the world’s leading AI use-case economy rather than building foundational capabilities ourselves.
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The Women’s Reservation Bill Was Never Just About Women’s Empowerment
- Gender, Inclusion, Politics
Linking women’s reservation to delimitation highlights a gap between instrumentalizing female leaders and genuinely empowering them. For reservation to fulfill its promise, women must be enabled to shape every domain of public life—without conditional limits.
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Why India Needs A National Care Policy Beyond The Annual Union Budget
- BUDGET, Gender, Inclusion
How is India’s Union Budget 2026-27 reshaping the care economy? This piece explores how investments in water, sanitation, clean cooking, and childcare are beginning to address women’s unpaid care burdens—and why representation remains key to translating care investments into real economic participation.
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Parliament is debating reservation for women but it doesn’t have the infrastructure to receive them
- Gender, Inclusion, Politics
A reflection on whether India’s Parliament is truly ready for women’s leadership, beyond the promise of reserved seats and symbolic representation.
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The RPwD Act has aged well. What are the gaps to be filled after a decade of progress
- Disability, Inclusion
A decade after the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, India’s shift to a rights-based disability framework shows measurable progress alongside persistent gaps. This article unpacks what has worked, where implementation continues to lag, and what it will take to translate intent into lived reality.
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Best of Both Sides: Social Media Ban Cannot Address the Full Spectrum of Risk
- Digital Rights, Online Safety, Platform Regulation, Tech Policy
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Crippled Bodies, Climate Disasters: How Climate Change Affects People With Disabilities
- Climate, Disability
As climate extremes intensify, the experiences of persons with disabilities reveal critical gaps in climate adaptation and disaster preparedness.
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Social media ban for minors, a nuanced issue
- Digital Rights, Inclusion, Platform Regulation, Tech Policy
Why India needs a nuanced approach to child online safety that protects wellbeing without restricting digital access and opportunity.
