What’s New at Prayogshala
Anirudh’s case study has been published as part of a new Vodafone report: Network Shutdowns in a Connected World. Read more here!
Anirudh was quoted in the article ‘Why cash continues to thrive even as India's digital payments grow.’ Read more here!
Hansika will be giving an online talk on ‘Dark Creativity: The Psychology behind Good Ideas That Go Bad’ at the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS) on 19th September, 2026. Read more here!
Abhishek and Muskan wrote an article on women’s work and falling fertility. Read more here!
Hansika wrote an article about how posting enraging content fuels engagement through dark creativity. Read more here!
Hansika co-authored a paper on the content validity evaluation of the “creativity” scales in the PISA 2022 student and context questionnaires. Read more here!
Anirudh co-authored a paper on ‘Cash Persists: Payments Preferences and Currency Holdings in India.’ Read more here!
Hatoon Abu Al-Ghaith translated the article titled ‘What We Lost When We Lost the Veranda’ written by Sarah and Komal in Arabic. Read more here!
Monk Prayogshala’s study “Child Artists in India: An Exploratory Study in Mumbai,” funded by CRY - Child Rights and You was featured in the article ‘Why the Supreme Court’s observation on child labour is a timely reminder’ in The Week. Read more here!
Hansika co-authored a paper titled ‘Predicting Creativity from Personality Traits and Overexcitabilities: Cross-Cultural Evidence from Lebanon and the United States.’ Read more here!
Hansika, Sarah, Apoorva, and Tithi co-authored a paper titled ‘Development and Behavioral Validation of the Dark Creativity Deception Battery (DCDB)’ with Corinna and James. Read more here!
Anirudh co-authored a paper ‘Dissecting the cost of peering: Global evidence from internet exchange points (IXPs)’ with Amreesh Phokeer. Read more here!
Anirudh co-authored a paper ‘Decentralized health governance, private action, and welfare: evidence from India.’ Read more here!
Sarah and Komal wrote an article ‘What We Lost When We Lost the Veranda.’ Read more here!
Sarah and Hansika co-authored chapter 2, ‘What Is the Nature of the Creative Person?’ of the book ‘The Seven C’s of Creativity.’ Read more here!
Zainab Participated as a policy contributor and research representative at the National Level Consultative Meeting on “Digital Technologies for Mental Health: Evolving Policy and Regulatory Recommendations for Safe Use” at Bangalore, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS).
Hansika co-authored a paper, ‘Mental Health Symptoms and Coping in Rural Maharashtra, India – A Telephonic Survey.’ Read more here!
The sunk cost fallacy leads individuals to continue investing in bad decisions due to past commitments, driven by loss aversion and the fear of admitting mistakes. Scammers exploit this by engineering interactions that create emotional investments, often reinforcing feelings of desperation rather than miscalculation. Research shows that those vulnerable to this fallacy may also struggle with mental health issues, complicating their ability to seek help. Ultimately, the key is to assess whether a decision is worthwhile based solely on current circumstances, rather than past investments.
The blog explores how boys in India are socialised within patriarchal structures, and how these early experiences shape psychological development, identity formation, and gendered expectations. By highlighting the developmental pressures and restrictive norms boys internalise, the piece identifies the socialisation practices that must change to build safer, more emotionally competent communities. Its aim is to illuminate what is going wrong, so meaningful and evidence‑informed change can begin.
The Twelfth Annual Seminar on Research in Social Sciences on 21st November, 2026 (Sat, 9AM to 2PM)
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Monk Prayogshala presents a digital certificate course on Research Methodology and Statistical Reasoning
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Hansika was featured in a documentary, ‘The Asian Guilt Code - An Emotional Blueprint’ by CNA. Check it out here!