Noxious Air Sinks Life Expectancy By 10 Years, Yet No Action Plan
(Source: IANS) India is the world’s second most polluted country. Air pollution shortens the average…
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Opinion: Liz Truss’ Tenure Amid Deep Misogyny
Yesterday afternoon, Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She had been…
School Dropouts At ‘All-Time High’ In Climate Change-Hit Ganga Delta
Banani Deb looks wistfully at her old notebooks from 10th grade and reminisces about her…
Ben There, Done That: A Nobel Conundrum
Earlier this week, an announcement in the news sphere took me completely by surprise. It…
Himalayan Avalanches: Huge Challenges Ahead
Earlier this week, on October 4, an avalanche hit a team of mountaineers from the…
Damocles’ Sword Of Development Hangs Over Great Nicobar Island
To my eye, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were home to a relatively undisturbed ecosystem,…
Constitutional Monarchy? Why Britain Can Do So Much Better
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022. She…
Some Solid Steps To Manage & Recycle Waste In Our Hill Towns
I have been a regular, enthusiastic visitor to the mountain towns of our country. I…
Billionaires In Boats And Other Oddities
‘Billionaires in boats’ — if you were to read this phrase on any given day,…
Teesta: Surviving A Trial By Fire And Brimstone
The Supreme Court, on Friday, September 02, finally granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad,…
How Can Justice For Anyone End Like This?
The outrage over the decision to grant remission to 11 life convicts in the case…
Bilkis Bano Case: Grave Miscarriage Of Justice
The government of the day has taken yet another controversial decision. However, calling it just…
Laal Singh Chadha: Blowing In The Wind
There are many reasons why I remember the film Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks as…
Saving Lives, One ‘Stray’ Animal At A Time
I used to think so-called ‘stray’ animals were unsafe mainly on the roads of our…
Elephants Never Forget: Calling Out Misogyny Over And Over Again
It’s happening again. The use of derogatory language when speaking about and to women, some…
The Spectre Of Climate Change And Its Denial
In the last few days, scorching temperatures have hit Europe and surrounding countries, including the…
Fording The Troubled Waters Of Unrest
The last few days, some unexpected images have dominated the world news scene. Visuals of…
NEP & Our Educational System: An Overview
On Thursday, while inaugurating a meeting on the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP)…
Women’s Reproductive Rights In The Shadow Of Roe V. Wade Verdict
If today, someone were to conduct a survey into which country has a better gender…
Women Heads Of State And State Of Feminism
Ever since Ms Droupadi Murmu was catapulted into the national limelight after being picked as…
Feminists & Transgenders: Together Or Apart?
I have a friend, who is a passionate feminist and leads a quite successful life….
Gender Apartheid & Its Wide, Innocuous Sway
Apartheid may have ended a few decades ago but its sinister ideological kin gender apartheid…
Of Covid Billionaires & Toxic Inequality
In an indication of just how lopsided wealth distribution and retention has become in our…
Making Sense Of US Mass School Shootings
On May 24, there was yet another mass shooting at a school in the United…
Calling Out Racism, In All Its Forms And Garbs
A cellphone video from Coppell Middle School in Dallas, Texas has gone viral this past…