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Harsh Mander

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY HARSH MANDER

Mander says our civilizational inheritance is flawed but still nurtured equality. (Photo: Madhu Kapparath)

India's skies have dimmed, says Harsh Mander

4 min read . 13 Dec 2019

There are many studies of the enormous problems faced by poor and powerless households in accessing their health insurance dues, as well as incentives for unethical practices by private health providers in collaboration with insurance firms. Photo: Reuters

The budget’s dangerous philosophy

4 min read . 17 Mar 2016

Researchers who manage to contact the children estimate that around a fifth of the workers are children below 14 years, whose employment is barred under child labour prevention laws. Photo: Reuters

Child ‘camp coolies’ in Tamil Nadu

4 min read . 12 Jan 2016

Photo: Vipin Kumar/HT

Replacing food with cash

5 min read . 20 Oct 2015

Looking Away: By Harsh Mander

Excerpt: Looking Away by Harsh Mander

7 min read . 14 May 2015

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Harsh Mander | The moral case for social protection

4 min read . 17 Apr 2015

Photo: Arun Sharma/ Hindustan Times

Harsh Mander | Two blots on Indian democracy

4 min read . 04 Dec 2014

Illustration by Jayachandran/Mint

Child labour and unequal destinies

4 min read . 07 Nov 2014

The Muzaffarnagar incident, which was weaved into a mega-narrative of love jihad, has now proved to be a fabrication. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

The truth about love jihad

4 min read . 16 Oct 2014

Harsh Mander | Consumed by collective apathy

4 min read . 26 Aug 2014

Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Harsh Mander | Labour reforms of the wrong kind

4 min read . 30 Jul 2014

Harsh Mander | Reinforcing the welfare agenda

4 min read . 11 Jun 2014

Illustraion: Jayachandran/Mint

Harsh Mander | Unchanging destinies of the poor

4 min read . 07 May 2014

Worshipping false gods in India

4 min read . 06 Apr 2014

The vast majority of jobs created in recent years have been in the informal sector, in the absence of a legal framework for labour protection and social security. Photo: HT

Harsh Mander | Formal industry, informal work

4 min read . 26 Jan 2014

Illustration by Jayachandran/Mint

Harsh Mander | A law to end targeted violence

4 min read . 19 Dec 2013

The point is to consider not only the costs of the national food security Bill, but also the costs of not investing in the better nourishment of millions of our people. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Food security Bill: Why blame the poor and the hungry?

4 min read . 26 Aug 2013

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

The troubling figures of poverty in India

3 min read . 29 Jul 2013

Even with many shortcomings the mid-day meal scheme is still the best implemented of all social programmes, comparing favourably to the public distribution system, the Integrated Child Development Services scheme and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Photo: Reuters

Lessons from the tragedy in Chhapra

3 min read . 22 Jul 2013