Author
Varun Dubey is the founder and editor of Unite 4 India. An expert who studied at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), he writes data-led explainers on India's social issues, built on official surveys, government reports and peer-reviewed research, and every piece ends with what is working on the ground.
Indian men's hockey won Olympic bronze in 2021 and 2024 after 41 years without a medal. What Odisha's sponsorship, Sundargarh's tribal talent and long-term planning changed, and what other sports can copy.
Millets fed India for 4,000 years, then lost the plate to subsidised rice and wheat. What the nutrition data show, what 2023 changed, and what Odisha and Karnataka teach.
Delhi is two percent of the Yamuna's length and about 80 percent of its pollution. What the latest DPCC data show, where thousands of crores went, and what has and has not worked.
One State One Story
Himachal Pradesh sends nearly every girl to school and 67.6 percent of its women are in the labour force. It also carries debt of 40.5 percent of GSDP and a monsoon toll that keeps rising.
Environment
Seven years into the National Clean Air Programme, 21 cities cut PM10 by over 40 percent, 23 got worse, and 117 of 130 still breach the limit. A city-by-city read of the data.
Health
India's maternal mortality ratio fell from 130 to 87 per lakh live births between 2014-16 and 2022-24. Kerala is at 24, Uttar Pradesh at 154. What drove the fall and what is left.
Poverty
India counted 6.5 crore slum dwellers in 2011 and a 1.88 crore urban housing gap in 2012. What PMAY has built and what Odisha's Jaga Mission shows.
Health
ICMR data show last-resort antibiotics failing in Indian hospitals. Why over-the-counter sales persist, what Kerala's plan achieved, and what you can do.
Social Justice
Of 51 lakh claims under the Forest Rights Act, about half have titles and over a third were rejected. Where community forest rights work, and why.
Health
AIIMS found 16 crore Indians drink and more than 5.7 crore need help for alcohol. What the survey shows, where treatment falls short, and what works.
Gender Equality
Indian women who do housework spend 289 minutes a day on it, men 88 (MoSPI 2024). What the ILO counts, where crèches work, and what to ask for.
Solutions
Seven Indian community programmes in water, sanitation, health, education, livelihoods and heat, each with its numbers, its source and an honest note on what the evidence can and cannot prove.
Environment
India recorded 5.4 million disaster displacements in 2024, the highest in 12 years. How the Sundarbans, Assam and the Odisha coast show the problem, and which fixes have worked.
Health
India reports about 37 lakh dog bites a year and an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 rabies deaths. The numbers, the 2026 Supreme Court judgment, and the vaccination and sterilisation drives that work.
E. Sreedharan rebuilt a cyclone-hit bridge in 46 days, then led the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro. What he delivered, where the record is less tidy, and what public projects can copy.
One State One Story
Telangana restored thousands of village irrigation tanks and built a state-wide piped water grid. What the evidence shows, what is still disputed, and where children's nutrition and water quality lag.
Environment
India reports about 4 million tonnes of plastic waste a year, and a 2024 Nature study ranks it the top plastic polluter. The rules, the gaps, and the cities that cut waste.
Health
ICMR-INDIAB counts 101 million Indians with diabetes and 136 million with prediabetes. Why it is rising, who is at risk, and what screening and home care achieve.
Poverty
Police recorded 2,250 trafficking cases in 2022; Walk Free estimates 11 million people in modern slavery. Why the gap, what the law promises, and what frees people.
Gender Equality
NCRB logged 4.48 lakh crimes against women in 2023, and about 3 in 10 married women report spousal violence. Why most never report it, and what helps.
