Topic

dipankar gupta

A collection of 2 issues

Revolution from Above : India's Future & the Citizen Elite

While I don't agree with the Citizen Elite construct due to the connotations brought in by the work 'elite', I do believe there is a lot to learn from this talk. Quiet and invigorating talk by Prof. Dipankar Gupta. The concept in principal means at any

The Hollowed Village and the Hopeful Slum (2012)

Demography tells us not just about migration and population growth, but also reveals the direction a country's economy is taking. In India, for example, the cumulative effect of migration from the countryside from the 1960s onwards has added hugely to urban numbers. One reason for this migration is