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Indian Society

From Chipko to Hashtags: The New Grammar of Social Movements

From Chipko's tree-huggers to the Lokpal crowds to #MeToo India: how Indian social movements reinvented themselves after 1980, environmental, feminist, anti-corruption, and digital-age waves, with their critiques.

27 September 2026 · 36 min read

Governance

Lokpal and Lokayuktas: the ombudsman experiment

Fifty years of bills, one Anna Hazare movement, and an Act that took five years to get its first head: the story of the Lokpal and the uneven Lokayukta experiment in the states.

27 September 2026 · 16 min read