Yatharth Pathak, Author at Clear Cut Magazine

Teaching on the Margins:Inside the First Clear-Cut Education Awards 2026

Yatharth PathakNovember 2, 2026November 2, 202608 mins

The inaugural Clear-Cut Education Awards 2026 recognised four organisations working to improve learning opportunities for vulnerable children across India. Katha, Jamghat Pathshala, NEAID and Agrasar Foundation were honoured for their innovative approaches to community-led education, school transformation and inclusive learning. Thirty-three years separate the oldest and youngest of this year’s winners. Katha began in 1988…

What star power can, and cannot, do for WASH: AKSHAY KUMAR

Yatharth PathakOctober 31, 2026November 1, 202609 mins

AKSHAY KUMAR From a film about household toilets to beach bio-toilets and ministry campaigns, the actor’s decade on water, sanitation and hygiene shows both the reach and the limits of celebrity advocacy As of 17 September 2026, a government factsheet shows, rural India has built over 12.22 crore household toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen,…

5 Years of PM GatiShakti: Better Maps, Bigger Questions – Who’s Being Left Out?

Yatharth PathakOctober 16, 2026October 17, 202606 mins

The master plan now links 58 ministries and all 36 States and UTs on one digital platform. Its next test is whether planning data translates into fairer access for small traders, remote communities and the people whose land projects need. Five years after its launch on 13 October 2021, the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan…

Beyond the Showpiece: Can India’s Public Toilets Be Designed for Everyone?

Yatharth PathakOctober 12, 202606 mins

Cities are building toilets from scrap buses and recycled plastic. The harder test is whether dignity reaches the women, transgender persons and informal workers who depend on public sanitation most. A scrap bus at Bengaluru’s Majestic terminal now serves as a women-only toilet with Indian and Western commodes, a sanitary-napkin vending machine, a burner and…

Locked Out, Counted Out: Afghan Girls and the World’s Unfinished Fight for Women’s Rights

Yatharth PathakOctober 11, 2026October 11, 202608 mins

Five years after the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan remains the only country barring girls from secondary school. Its crisis is extreme, but no society has finished the job. UNICEF estimates that one in five girls worldwide is married before 18, and that more than 12 million are married every year, roughly one every three seconds. That…

CSR Can’t Fix India’s Education Crisis Alone: Experts Call for Smarter Funding

Yatharth PathakOctober 10, 202606 mins

Experts argued that India must spend on what strengthens learning systems, fund behaviour changes with patient capital, and build sustainability in from day one Education financing in India needs to shift from spending more to spending on what strengthens learning, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) can catalyse change but cannot carry the system, panellists remark…

India Has 40 Supercomputers. But Who Gets to Use Them?

Yatharth PathakOctober 9, 2026October 9, 202607 mins

India now runs 40 supercomputers under a national mission. Measured against China, the United States and Europe, the harder test is not speed but who gets access. As of September 2026, India had more than doubled the cumulative supercomputing capacity it had established through the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), according to the Press Information Bureau…

Enrolled, But Not Included: Why India’s Education System Still Leaves Children Behind

Yatharth PathakOctober 8, 202607 mins

Inclusive education in India continues to face barriers for children with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups, limiting meaningful access to learning. The Clear-Cut Education Summit 2026 highlighted gaps in accessibility, foundational learning, invisible disabilities and education support, with experts calling for systemic changes in education policy and inclusion to ensure no child is left behind….

Delhi’s AQI Hits 5-Year Low in September 2026

Yatharth PathakOctober 7, 2026October 8, 202606 mins

Delhi recorded its lowest September average AQI in five years at 102 in 2026, marking a Delhi AQI 5-year low, with fewer “Poor” to “Severe” air-quality days than in previous years. However, experts caution that the improvement may be linked to favourable monsoon conditions and fewer farm fires rather than a lasting trend. As winter…

Clear-Cut Summit: Experts Call for a Broader Understanding of Learning

Yatharth PathakOctober 6, 2026October 6, 202606 mins

At the Clear-Cut Education Summit 2026, experts discussed how inequalities outside school affect children’s classroom experiences and learning outcomes. The panel called for more inclusive teaching, better assessment, meaningful communication and a broader, child-sensitive approach to learning. NEW DELHI: Unequal conditions outside school shape children’s classroom experiences. At the Clear-Cut Education Summit 2026, speakers discussed…