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‘In The Field’ is a show that attempts to capture India’s development story, as it happens, through a feature-style podcast that combines interviews, commentary, and debate.
At In the Field, we’re very interested in the debates around gender and work. We know that women face a number of constraints while running...
In our final episode of Founders, we talk about the economics of female entrepreneurship and what it takes to make a dream come to life. Is...
If there’s a word that’s often used to characterise women’s careers it is “interruption”. Starting a business interrupts “life” too. It’s a...
In the first episode of Founders we set the stage by exploring how women are positioned in the economy and in society. When we try to wrap o...
Have you ever thought about how women are positioned in the economy? Two stories dominate discussions about India’s female labourforce: the...
Across the world, there is a space where the battle against COVID -19 rages. This frontline of the pandemic is the local government, which f...
Kerala’s economy relies heavily on things that are native and unique to it - its natural resources, its traditions and heritage. In this epi...
As Kerala today thinks about how to reduce its reliance on remittances, and on how to revive the economy after the COVID-19 crisis, agricult...
In Kerala resilience has been a part of the conversation for quite a while before it became the word we all seem to be talking about. So, gi...
The 2018 floods were called once in a century floods - because in people’s memory, there was only flood before it that had marked so many li...
Kerala has been marked by devastating floods in 2018 and 2019. But the state has been experiencing the effects of climate change for much lo...
Welcome to Kaalavastha. A word which conjures so many things in Malayalam: clouds, climate, the weather. In this 6 part series, we dive deep...
Announcing a new series on In the Field. The story of a state, the story of the weather, and the story of a people, chronicled over six epis...
ITF is back! In this mid-series episode we want to talk about how non-profits are dealing with the pandemic and we ask a few of our friends...
The past decade has seen a proliferation of movements all over the world. Fighting for everything from racial equality, to end authoritarian...
In part two of our two parter on sustainability, climate change and consumption, we’re going find out about our relationship to the things w...
In this special two-parter we’re talking about sustainability and consumption. And we’re starting with a story about fish, to understand how...
Worklife in India has many elements to it, and we see the whole gamut of experiences in India from workers working with little or no welfare...
Welcome to this very special bonus episode of In the Field. Stay tuned for our next In the Field episode, coming very soon. This episode is...
Development work is full of models. And a famous one originated in Kerala - it was so famous it defined the state’s identity in so many ways...
The youth are a prized population, for they represent the much talked about demographic dividend and so countries are supposed to nurture an...
In development work, there are some spaces that need big ideas and radical new thinking, and there are others that require a different form...
Do we know where our food comes from? Does it come from down the road, or from a continent away? And do we really care? It’s all the same to...
A recent preoccupation within the development sector is the falling female workforce participation in India. More pronounced in rural India...
The Indian environmental movement has had a long and fascinating history. While young India’s charismatic leaders were instrumental in insti...
In a thriving, vibrant, and diverse democracy like India, what does it mean to participate? We tend to see participation in a democracy as a...
In this mini-episode, we revisit some of the conversations we've had over the course of the year. Every episode gives us the chance to meet...
In this episode of In the Field, we take a closer look at the informal economy in India - the workers that hold up our cities. These are the...
The word “development” implies progress - a forward, positive progression of processes, standards of living, and human behaviours. The crux...
Do you remember the first time you were out in nature? Or the first time you saw a wild animal? Do you remember how it made you feel? Among...

In India, the high rate of stunting amongst children is alarming. With no easy policy solutions, a glut of expert views, and a collective an...

India has a large, vibrant community of development professionals working to improve the lives of its citizens. They are bureaucrats, philan...