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The Economist Who Searches for the Human Behind the Numbers Jean Drèze

Discussion of inequality in India is often trapped in numbers and statistics. But the distinctive quality of Drèze's work is that he brings forward the human being hidden behind those numbers. The face of a grandmother sleeping hungry in a hut, of a tribal youth who goes to ask for work on a farm and returns empty-handed, of a Dalit woman who comes back with nothing because her Aadhaar scan would not work all these faces remain alive in Drèze's research.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
June 14, 2026

UN report warns AI could soon use 3% of world’s electricity and more water than we need to drink

The report estimates that by 2030, AI’s energy use could double to consume 3% of the world’s electricity, produce emissions to equal the UK and deplete more water for cooling than the annual drinking water need of the global population.

Freevoice
June 6, 2026

Agriculture Scorched in the Fire of Climate Change

It is now extreme heat itself that is deciding how farming will happen, where it will happen, and how much will happen. This is a crisis that pushes already vulnerable communities even deeper into the pit.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
May 24, 2026

Delhi College: Heart of Delhi Renaissance

Delhi College had become a shadow of its glorious past during the days of CF Andrews. However, Andrews was sensible enough to understand its achievements and legacy in the early 20th century. Historians claim that there were two major reasons behind the sudden collapse of Delhi College and its Renaissance: revolt of 1857 and replacement of Urdu with English.

Zeeshan Husain
May 17, 2026

Human Life is Being Lost in the Heat Wave

Recent data from the global organization IQAir has presented an extremely alarming picture. Nineteen out of the world's twenty hottest cities are located in India. It is a serious warning about the country's environmental future.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
May 3, 2026

Water Conservation Brings Stability to Life

Today, Dayabai is no longer confined to the limits of her home. She regularly reaches out to other women to strengthen the Saksham group and educates her community about the importance of water, land, forests, livestock, and native seeds. Her husband and other family members, who had earlier migrated for more than six months at a stretch, now farm their own land and live together as a family.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
April 18, 2026

A Special Appeal from Free Voice : Stand by Legitimate Yet Deleted Citizens in This Trying Time

In West Bengal, in the pretext of S I R, Lakhs of legitimate voters have been deleted. No political parties stand with the valid but deleted citizens. Suddenly, they found unwanted in everywhere, and are extremely worried. A plunge of darkness has engulfed them.

Freevoice
April 7, 2026

Double Income or Double Crisis? A Bitter Question from Farmers

Today, farming has become a loss-making occupation for farmers. As a result, either farmers are committing suicide or their children are leaving agriculture in search of a better future.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
April 6, 2026

How SIR Is Fragmenting Households Across Bengal

If our fellow citizens who have been deleted—who are genuine voters—are unable to exercise their right to vote, then on what moral basis should we participate in the election? Today they are facing this problem; what guarantee is there that we will not face the same tomorrow?

Freevoice
April 1, 2026

Rising Cost of Farming, Climate Change, and Debt Burden: The Fundamental Causes of Farmers’ Suicides

One of the main reasons pushing farmers toward suicide is that agriculture is no longer economically viable or capable of sustaining livelihoods. The reasons behind declining profitability include shrinking landholdings—from an average of 2.3 hectares in 1960–61 to 1.6 hectares in 2002–03—and rising expenses alongside income. Although farmers’ incomes have increased, their expenditures and debt burdens have grown even faster.

Vikas Parashram Meshram
March 31, 2026