What’s New at Prayogshala
Nitin wrote a piece on ‘Old Magic, New Stories: Secret Histories of Witches’ for Femspec. Read more here!
Hansika co-authored a paper on how everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures. Read more here!
Zainab spoke on ‘Digital well-being: What’s not working, & how we can do better’ at the Indian School of Internet Governance (inSIG 10th Edition) at BITS Pilani, Goa.
Zainab spoke on ‘Digital Resilience through Digital Literacy’ at the 8th Youth IGF at BITS Pilani KK Birla, Goa, on September 18th.
Hansika wrote about how personalized disinformation is another dark, creative application of technology. Read more here!
Hansika and Anirudh co-authored a paper titled ‘The Importance of Context Awareness in PISA Creativity Data.’ Read more here!
Hansika was featured in the podcast "Brain for Business” hosted by Laurence Knell. Check it out here!
Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘Why Gen Z is seeking comfort in bathrooms.’ Read more here!
Hansika was quoted in an article titled ‘FRND wants to connect lonely Indians across small towns. Will it work?’ Read more here!
Hansika was featured in a 2-episode series of the ‘Shift* Happens! An Inspira Series’ by Inspira Counselling. Check it out here!
Hansika co-authored a paper titled ‘Cyber-Creativity: A Decalogue of Research Challenges.’ Read more here!
Hansika wrote a blog reviewing Black Mirror season 7 from a gender and creativity perspective. Read more here!
Hansika was quoted in the article ‘Researchers train AI model to respond to online political posts, find quality of discourse improved.’ Read more on The Economic Times, Deccan Herald, The Week. and Storyboard 18.
MSMEs in India contribute 30% to the country's GDP and employ over 28 crore people. Despite being the backbone of the economy, they face challenges such as access to finance, scarcity of skilled labour, limited marketing knowledge, and regulatory compliance. Grassroots solutions, such as alternative credit scoring, token-based barter systems, mobile skill training vans, and vernacular education, can help address these challenges.
Most fast fashion thrives on sweatshops, offering cost-effective clothing through low cost labour in poor countries. While they provide better opportunities to workers than their alternatives, they often exploit poverty and risk worker safety. This blog covers the two extremes of the sweatshop argument and analyses whether a middle ground can be reached.
The Eleventh Annual Seminar on Research in Social Sciences on 22nd November, 2025 (Sat, 9AM to 2PM)
Don't have time to attend a workshop at Prayogshala? Join our Digital Courses instead!
Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Research Methodology and Statistical Reasoning
Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Behavioral Economics.

Hansika, Zarnab, and Hreem co-authored a book chapter titled “Wicked Ways: Creativity and the Dark Triad” in the volume Research Handbook on the Dark Triad. Read more here!