GENRE: Voices

As schools reopen, parents have to be very patient and help their children through what could be a phase of challenging adjustments.

Are vaccines a must before kids can go to school? Can schools be super spreaders? Such perceptions are delaying reopening, but do they have a basis at all?

It’s the age of Big Data. The field of data science is brimming with opportunities, in sub-segments like data visualization and data communication.

There has to be a paradigm shift in teacher training, with compulsory computer education for all and emphasis on behavioural preparation.

As the pandemic retreats, marketing professionals must unearth new insights that can power brands ahead and win back the positions of power they enjoyed.

Urban governance frameworks are being upended by projects under the Smart Cities Mission, further widening inequity and hampering sustainable development.

Trans people in the country urgently need identity and social security. But most importantly, they need an aware, sensitised society, writes this citizen journalist.

DUET, A councillor-driven urban employment initiative, and decentralisation

We spoke to two eminent economists on issues concerning creation of urban employment guarantee schemes; both stressed on decentralisation and involvement of local governments.

Person/People-centered language emphasizes the person first and is more respectful. More so in the case of COVID and discussions around it.

Even a cursory review of plans reveal that instead of emphasising sustainable development, most fall back on capital intensive technologies for finding solutions.

1,838 trees in Delhi are slated for transplantation to make way for the Central Vista plans, despite the survival record of transplanted trees being very poor.