A friend sent along a documentary today entitled “The Third Wheel: A Documentary on Economic Freedom for the Urban Poor” that highlights the fight for free market transportation in India.
However, it’s a theme that will resonate with many around the world.
Here’s some information from the film’s organizers:
“The Third Wheel: A Documentary on Economic Freedom for [...]

One of the world’s best and most successful documentary competitions is the Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival, sponsored by the Centre for Civil Society in New Delhi, India. Under the leadership of Dr. Parth Shah, the competition “aims at capturing the livelihood challenges faced by the rural and urban poor and bringing it to the [...]

The title is tongue in cheek, but as we’ve seen in the movement of goods and capital around the globe, so too can we see the benefits of labor migration when we look closely. Dr Amitendu Palit of the Institute for South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, has a sharp column on [...]

The indefatigable Dr. Parth Shah and his team at the Centre for Civil Society have put together what looks like two fantastic Hindi and English-language seminars entitled I, Society & Public Policy. While the Hindi-language seminar wrapped up a few days ago, students can still apply for the English-language version, which runs from January 20th [...]

At a recent meeting in Singapore, I had the pleasure of discussing ways to promote increased trade between India and China. Two of the participants of that meeting, Alec van Gelder of the International Policy Network and Dr. Amitendu Palit of the Institute of South Asian Studies of the National University of Singapore, have taken some of the [...]

The Centre for Civil Society in India is recognized by the Templeton Freedom Awards 2009 for its School Choice Campaign (SCC), operating in seven states to promote an education system in India where all children get quality education of their choice.

Parth Shah and his team at the Centre for Civil Society have launched a new web-based platform for spreading the ideas of liberty and free markets with Azadi.me. With articles, videos, and other commentary appearing in Hindi, the website strives to reach as many of India’s 500 million Hindi speakers. In addition to bringing Indian [...]

On a recent trip to India, I had a discussion with several prominent Indians about the lack of communication between Indian libertarians and Chinese libertarians. This, despite the fact that the two countries account for a bout 1/3 of the total global population, share a massive border region, have fought a brief war in 1962, [...]

Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal has a snappy column on why the environmental problems plaguing China are not a result of its transition to a market economy, but stem from its lingering State-led development strategy.
“The real source of China’s pollution problem is a state-led industrial policy geared toward production, and state-owned enterprises (especially [...]

The very dedicated (and photogenic) Parth Shah of the Centre for Civil Society in New Delhi is getting some much deserved press ink for his tireless work on behalf of India’s disadvantaged. His recent work to extend education to the poor was written up in Forbes India, complete with a two-page picture.
The work of Parth [...]