Urvashi Sarkar

A STUDY ON THE KILLINGS OF AND ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN INDIA, 2014–2019, AND JUSTICE DELIVERY IN THESE CASES.

People in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, for long living on the edge, are now facing climate change – recurring cyclones, erratic rain, growing salinity, rising heat, depleting mangroves and more

The lack of independence of microfinance self-regulatory organisations (SROs) .

Are code of conduct assessments of microfinance institutions just on paper or do they really work?

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Microfinance institutes are growing rapidly, raising renewed concerns of overlending.

As financial woes burden the UN, it is struggling to repay troop and police contributing countries like India and support its peacekeeping missions across the world.

The aims of Observer Research Foundation

Life on the slow train and laboring in people's homes

Instead of presenting an internationalist vision at the UN General Assembly, Swaraj played to the gallery at home

UN bodies may not necessarily coordinate and in some cases even be aware of each other’s work.

For decades, villagers from Ghoramara island in the Sundarbans have been migrating to Sagar island because the river and rain keep washing away their houses. They have received little help from the state

Feature: Rohingya refugees continue to face discrimination in Myanmar as they deal with grave limitations in practically all areas of life including access to basic healthcare, writes Urvashi Sarkar.

Despair and frustration bogs down Rohingya refugees as they face a future with no access to formal education or jobs.

On Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s 115th birthday, Urvashi Sarkar reviews the fearless poet and social reformer’s collection of works.

With more journalists becoming freelancers, it’s time to attend to the issues of pay, ID, and safety.