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Punjab’s Hidden Bonded Labour Crisis: Why a 1976 Law Still Fails Villages
The reported escape of Ankush Kumar from a brick kiln in Punjab exposes the continuing gap between India’s 1976 abolition of bonded labour and the reality of rural labour markets. This long-form analysis explains how small advances, caste vulnerability, migration, child labour, opaque wage records, and weak enforcement can turn ordinary debt into coercion. It…
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Ebook: A future without Poverty
In ‘A Future without Poverty,’ the author challenges our conventional understanding of poverty and its solutions. Highlighting the limitations of traditional aid approaches, the narrative delves into a comprehensive exploration of poverty through a variety of perspectives, drawing insights from Hernando de Soto, Thomas Sowell, and others. The updated Snakes and Ladders model, introduced in…