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📊 STORIES IN NUMBERS Storytelling and Data Interpretation | 3-Day Residential Workshop 🔍📈What lies beneath the numbers? Where does the data lead? And how can this be turned into a story that demands attention? This workshop is designed to help you: 🔹Make sense of complex data and public records 🔹Track money across government and corporate systems 🔹Work with budgets and open datasets 🔹Turn data into clear, compelling stories 📅 2nd - 4th June 2026 📍 New Delhi Organised by Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) Knowledge Partner: The Reporters’ Collective For more details, visit: cenfa.org/stories-in-num… 🔗 Apply: forms.gle/GbzxxM2iAMncNr…

🌿 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐒)) is pleased to announce applications for its 𝟒-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is opened now. Join us for an engaging 4-day workshop exploring public finance, policy processes, financial institutions, governance, and inclusive development through interactive sessions, case studies, and expert discussions. 🗓️ 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝟏𝟖–𝟐𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📍 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐮 👥 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲? * Master’s students & young professionals * Researchers in development & public finance * Civil society practitioners * Grassroots leaders & development workers ✨𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧: * Understanding of public & development finance * Exposure to policy engagement and institutions * Insights into municipal & international finance * Practical learning through discussions and case studies * Opportunities for networking and collaboration 💰 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐞: 𝐑𝐬. 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎/- ⏳ 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟐𝟗 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: forms.gle/tCv2EHtEemmM5g… 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: 📧 himanshu@ncasindia.org | athira@ncasindia.org 📞 020 2295 1857 | 95119 02992 #DevelopmentFinance #PublicPolicy #InclusiveDevelopment #Governance #WorkshopAlert

Subsidizing a dirty sunset tech under "Atmanirbhar Bharat" is a blatant misuse of public funds. True energy security lies in a just transition —not in funneling billions into corporate coal projects. #ClimateJustice 6/6

The human cost is terrifying. Communities near mining clusters pay with their lives. Toxic air pollution, mercury in groundwater & toxic effluents, trigger severe, long-term health crises for them. #HealthMatters 5/6

Govt’s ₹37,500cr subsidy for coal gasification & 30yr linkage extension, a disastrous detour. This is not energy security; it legally locks India into decades of high-carbon fossil fuel dependency. #EndCoalGasification pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa… 🧶👇🏻

In 1939, Jawaharlal Nehru visited Rabindranath Tagore to ask if Jana Gana Mana could become India's national anthem. A statistician was in the room. That statistician, P.C. Mahalanobis, would go on to build the system that let a newly independent nation of 350 million people see itself clearly for the first time. In 1950, nobody knew what the average Indian ate. Or earned. Or whether they had work. Policy ran on guesswork. Mahalanobis changed that. He built the National Sample Survey, which knocked on thousands of doors and asked, item by item: what did you eat last month? Rice, dal, cooking oil, fuel, clothing. Harold Hotelling, then among the foremost statisticians in the world, wrote that no sampling technique developed anywhere could "compare in accuracy" with what Mahalanobis had built. This is the story of how India built, then lost, and is slowly rebuilding the infrastructure of national self-knowledge. Issue 4: The Making of Indian Statistics, written by @jainhiya_ , designed & built by @AltCarbonIndia altermag.com/articles/the-m…

Applications due June 19th!

JOIN US TODAY! 5 PM! 🚨 Who Can Afford Austerity?🚨Geopolitics, Falling Rupee, Fuel Prices & the Economy 🎙️ Speakers: • @Aakar__Patel • @mkvenu1 • @sinhadipa • @BanOrAnir 👩‍🦱 Moderator: • @nancy_pathak ⌚️5 PM 🗓️21st May (Thursday) 🔗bit.ly/Austerity-webi… Meeting ID: 874 4285 0784 Passcode: 294933

Join us tomorrow, 5 PM! 🚨 Who Can Afford Austerity? 🚨Geopolitics, Falling Rupee, Fuel Prices & the Economy 🎙️ Speakers: • @Aakar__Patel • @mkvenu1 • @sinhadipa • @BanOrAnir 👩‍🦱 Moderator: • • @nancy_pathak ⌚️5 PM 🗓️ 21st May (Thursday) 🔗 bit.ly/Austerity-webi… Meeting ID: 874 4285 0784 Passcode: 294933 🆔🔐

#BREAKING UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution welcoming the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change RESULT In favor: 141 Against: 8 Abstain: 28

🚨 Who Can Afford Austerity? 🚨 Geopolitics, Falling Rupee, Fuel Prices & the Economy 🎙️ Speakers: • @Aakar__Patel • @mkvenu1 • @sinhadipa • @BanOrAnir 🧑‍💼 Moderator: • @nancy_pathak 📅 21st May (Thursday) 🕔 5 PM 🔗 bit.ly/Austerity-webi… 🆔 Meeting ID: 874 4285 0784 🔐 Passcode: 294933

📌 Related read 🌍𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⚡ Ahead of the 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, this earlier piece examined why the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, the challenges of implementation, and the realities of 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

🌍Left out or opting out? India’s absence and what it means for global climate action ✍️ Rohit Patwardhan ⚡ As countries gathered in Santa Marta for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, the absence of major emitters like India raised important questions about the future of global climate cooperation. The article explores what India’s absence reveals about evolving climate politics, fossil fuel transition debates, and the challenges of ensuring a just and inclusive transition for coal-dependent economies. Centre for Financial Accountability 📖Read it here👇 counterview.net/2026/05/left-o… #ClimateJustice #EnergyTransition #FossilFuels #ClimateAction #JustTransition

A great opportunity for young people interested in Just Transition issues.

🌿 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓) 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔🌿 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 An initiative by 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 to document grounded realities of ecological, economic, and social transitions across India. From mining regions and industrial corridors to agriculture, labour, and ecological restoration, the fellowship seeks grounded stories, lived realities, and alternative pathways towards just and sustainable futures. ✍️🌏 ✨ 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: • Rs. 40,000 stipend • Travel support up to Rs. 10,000 • Mentorship support • Opportunity to contribute to a collective publication • ⁠Duration: July - October 2026 👥 Open to researchers, journalists, practitioners, independent writers, and grassroots workers. 📌 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞: 𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 More details: cenfa.org/just-and-susta… Apply now and be part of the first JUST Fellowship cohort! forms.gle/WBDrQKJVdj3Bif… #JUSTTransition #ClimateJustice #SustainableFutures #JUSTFellowship2026 #GrassrootsVoices

Here is my piece in Hindi underscoring caste and religious inequality in India. Such inequality is not just worrying from a constitutional standpoint but will also hamper economic growth.