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HUMARA BHI HAQUE HAIN - INCLUSION OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE TECH INDUSTRY

Aatrishnu  |  30-06-2025

Since ancient times, beyond any conventional notion of gender, i.e., men and women, other forms of gender have always been seen as taboo, which ultimately leads to exclusion, marginalization, and harassment against the LGBTQ+ community even...

Gender diversity and inclusion in the tech industry

Meet Vithlani  |  30-06-2025

This blog explores the persistent gender gap in the global tech industry, tracing its roots from early education to biased AI tools. It highlights how structural barriers exclude women from STEM and leadership roles, despite evidence that d...

Bridging the Binary: Does access to education shape the Tech Dreams of Marginalized women

Ananya Kotwal  |  30-06-2025

In this blog, we delve into tech industry which is hailed as the beacon of progress in India yet has deep structural exclusions with a particular focus on marginalized women. It explores only education is not sufficient to achieve the gende...

Male behaviours impact on gender inclusivity in technology spaces

Abhik  |  30-06-2025

Male attitudes are essential to understand what prevents gender inclusion in the tech arena. Although, companies have policies to help integrate women into the workforce, behavioural shifts amongst men are important for long term viability ...

Feeding India’s future: Regulating school meals, street food, and the digital kitchen

siasat.com  |  23-06-2025

India’s nutrition landscape is rapidly evolving—from traditional midday meals in schools to burgeoning street-food hubs and cloud kitchens. While the PM?POSHAN scheme feeds 120?million children, school meal quality issues—...

Shrinking public spaces; re-imagining libraries

siasat.com  |  23-06-2025

India's public libraries—often neglected in funding, staffing, and infrastructure—are losing relevance as civic spaces. Hyderabad’s historic State Central Library, housing half?a?million books and rare manuscripts, suffers from poor ...

Rethinking Regulation: A Call for Respect, Coordination, and Transparency

siasat.com  |  21-06-2025

India’s regulatory system underpins sectors from pharmaceuticals to aviation but is often weakened by understaffing, bureaucratic inertia, fragmented oversight, and delayed implementation. Gupta argues regulators need independence, do...

Women as Catalysts of Rural Economic Development- Assessing the Significance and Impacts on Health and Socio-Economic Status of Women in Agriculture

Harshada Chandran  |  20-06-2025

Abstract Rural women play a pivotal role in India’s economic development, significantly contributing through agriculture and entrepreneurship. Women constitute nearly 73% of the rural agricultural workforce. Despite encountering challe...

Flexible for whom? The hidden inequalities behind women’s work in gig economy

siasat.com  |  18-06-2025

India’s gig economy promises flexibility, but for women, it delivers precariousness. Though marketed as independent “partners,” women workers—mostly from marginalised backgrounds—face algorithmic control, poor ...

Sin taxes, sacred duties: Redirecting India’s tobacco revenue

siasat.com  |  09-06-2025

India, the world’s second-largest consumer and producer of tobacco, earns over ?70,000 crore annually from tobacco taxes, but faces over 1.35 million tobacco-related deaths each year. Despite generating 2.2% of fiscal revenue, less th...