A Village Waits For Justice For Over 3 Decades
Strolling on the streets of Bichhri village, one sees water containers of all sizes kept outside or hung on the...
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The Violence In Manipur Casts A Long Shadow ….On 2024
As the 2024 general elections approach, large sections of Indian women are secretly nursing a grouse against the leader of...
Glamourised Violence In Films: Why We Cannot Look Away Any More
The other day, I saw a movie based on a persecuted individual who goes on to avenge the wrongs done...
‘One Nation, One Election’ In India: Charting A Wary Course
There are just a few months left for assembly elections in five states; general elections are scheduled to be held...
Tackling Food Loss And Waste For Climate And Food Security
Reducing food loss and waste could improve food security but it may not necessarily lead to expected environmental benefits, according...
A Look At How Indian Constitution Advances Hindu State
A cursory glance at recent news reports suggests India is a very different place today than it was a decade...
Should Rural India Drink Urban Wastewater?!
It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted...
Is Use Of Cuss Words To Blame For Violence Against Women?
Growing up, I would dread train rides, especially the part where I would have to visit the train loo. Apart...
Himachal Landslides: Myopia, Greed Has Led To Current Situation
The shocking visuals are back. In July, it was vehicles bobbing away in turbulent river waters and roads being eroded...
Oppenheimer: An Exercise In Assuaging Guilt That Fails Thoroughly
The reactions to the movie 'Oppenheimer' have been revealing. Some viewers have used the epithet 'great' to describe it, others...
Residents Near AP Uranium Mine Fear Health Issues From Contamination
For a decade, the uranium tailings pond near Tummalapalle and other villages in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh...
ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability
Lithium mining environmental footprint at Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina. Demand for EVs is driving up sourcing of a host...
Uniting Tech, Activism To Monitor Sand Mining In India
A West Bengal-based non-profit organisation has launched a new platform – India Sand Watch – which aims to monitor every...
Ruminations On Barbie Movie: Why We Are Just Getting Started
After watching Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day, and then reading some people's reactions to Barbie, I was left...
Hiroshima At 78 & Its Lessons Of Unnecessary Mass Destruction
It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan. An American B-29...
‘The Kerala Story’: How A Film Ignited Violence Against Minorities
A controversial low-budget Indian feature film The Kerala Story, about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy theory, has been causing a political...
Sacred Feminine And The Horrors Women Face – A Tragic Polarity
The past few days have shown just how unsafe women are in our country. Given below are some examples that...
When Will We Stop Treating Women’s Bodies As Battlefields?
Women's bodies have been objects of patriarchal control for millennia. Objectifying, ridiculing and demeaning women on account of their bodily...
Manali Flash Floods: A Disaster That Has Been Brewing For Ages
Events of last week have acquired a mythic sheen on account of the prescience and wilful ignorance of that prognostication....
Global Warming Shocks The Tibetan Plateau
In May this year, I followed the Hengduan mountains into the south-east of Tibet. Now, in June, I’m passing through...
Toxic Masculinity And The Need For An Urgent, Lasting Purge
Earlier this month, a man from Sidhi district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was arrested for urinating...
Obama To Biden — Facial Marks Leave Behind A Trail Of Questions
Was it a sleep device? What was 'mysterious' about that 'line'? Why now? Such and many other similar questions rang...
Okay For Others, Not Okay For Us. What’s With This Dichotomy, Humans?
A few days ago, a news article caught my attention. It mentioned how a man had treated his parents 'like...
Erratic, Unpredictable Weather: The New Normal For India Now?
This year, a large proportion of Indians living in the central, western and south western parts of the country heaved...
A Time To Speak & A Time To Refrain From It
Recently, one of my colleagues wondered aloud whether train accidents are not happening 'too frequently'? This was after the horrific...
