On My Mind

The question of having a hobby as a formal activity had never been posed to me until my UPSC interview. It hadn't really found a place in the list of things I considered worth thinking about. This doesn't mean I had no hobby, just that the activities I did for leisure hadn't been codified as hobbies in my vocabulary. It’s been almost six years since I last gave this question serious thought. The question kept returning, and the pressure to have a hobby is huge. But my escapist attitude surrendered my schedule to the mighty civil list, rendering the whole idea of hobbies moot. However, fate today led me to the corners of the internet where Sandeep Maheshwari, Shiv Khera and Jean-Paul Sartre seem to be algorithmic neighbours. Hence, with renewed motivation, I am determined to find my hobbies again. I have generally claimed writing to be a hobby of mine, but the state of this blog belies my claim. I have barely written a post or two in the last two years. Every time I pick up ...

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted across India to gather vital data on population, health, and nutrition. It is steered by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and coordinated by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai. This report analyzes the relationships between 101 health, social, and economic indicators across 35 states and Union Territories in India using data extracted from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6, 2023-2024). The objective is to identify correlated parameters to help target policy interventions that yield the highest multiplier effects. Key Actionable Policy Insights By analyzing cross-category correlations, four major actionable pathways for state interventions have been identified:  1. Technology & Digital Inclusion as a Driver of Child Nutrition Women's Mobile Phone Ownership (Indicator 93) vs Child Underweight (Indicator 72) | r = -0....