Archive - IndiaSpend Weekly

Heat, Waste, and the Fight for the Vote

This week, studying the govt's AC temperature limits, Himachal's waste crisis, and how Bihar's voter list drive could disenfranchise millions

Jul 12 •

The Double Shift

This week, urban women's care work burden, how stigma is derailing TB elimination, how tribal children drop out of school, and more

Jul 5 •

June 2025

Mango Farmers Count Losses

Also this week, what a caste census could reveal about inequality, and how Kashmir’s tourism industry is struggling since the April 22 attack

Jun 28 •

Karthik Madhavapeddi

Workplace Bias Pushes Queer Indians to New Careers

Also this week, the gendered digital divide, why Indians delay seeking healthcare, how UP's heat action plan is playing out, & a look at Delhi's first…

Jun 21 •

Karthik Madhavapeddi

The Gender Gap at Home

Also this week, the changing nature of Indians' savings and debt, and the impact of unseasonal rains on Lakhimpur Kheri's banana crop

Jun 14 •

This week, the muted crisis of light pollution, delayed rehabilitation for bonded labour, frontline workers' struggle in TB surveillance, and more

Jun 7 •

May 2025

The Mayhem in May

Also this week, the state of death registration in post-pandemic India, and why Ludhiana's hosiery industry is facing a crisis

May 31 •

Crisis in the Commons

This week, public smoking bans at 25, India's sewage crisis, the way ahead on fertiliser subsidies, the new paddy cultivation formula, and more

May 24 •

Weathering Crises

This week, how traditional multi-cropping can help Kachchh farmers adapt to changing climate, and a look at the human toll of terrorism

May 17 •

Cracking India's 'Mystery' Diseases

Also this week, how humidity can increase heat stress, and how changing climate is pushing people out of Sundarbans for work

May 10 •

Heatwaves, Hunger, And A Growing Health Crisis

This week, heat impacts on women home-based workers, health crisis among urban poor, millions still left out of PDS, UP's prep for extreme heat, …

May 3 •

April 2025

The Business Of Healing

Also this week, how Haryana's farmers are dealing with crop damage due to nilgais, and the untapped potential in using treated wastewater

Apr 26 •

Karthik Madhavapeddi

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