Ending VAWG And Not A Day Too Soon
Today, November 25, is marked as the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women by the United Nations. Violence...
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Saying An Emphatic No To Domestic Violence
The Shraddha murder case has sent shockwaves through the nation. Its brutality can be termed as novel or expected, both...
Are Women’s Rights Still Chimerical?
In the past few days, two news reports caught my attention. One of them said that women in Afghanistan have...
Melting Glaciers: Who Is Responsible?
As the world’s glaciers melt rapidly, almost without exception, the global response to this existential threat is worryingly lethargic. This...
Fed Up Young Climate Activists Say Adults Are Not Listening
(Source: AP) The climate change generation is saying officials are talking too much, listening too little and acting even less....
COP27 Opens With Little Hope Of Success
The developing world wants financing from the developed world to be the main item on the agenda at this year’s...
Crisis Weighs Heavy On COP27 But Climate Opportunity Awaits
The world is much less stable than it was 12 months ago at COP26, but the adversities are unlikely to...
Opinion: India Unprepared, Under-Resourced For Plastic Ban
Every year, as the seasons start to change, pandals appear all over Kolkata. Many organising committees for the Durga Puja,...
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 life expectancy in the country...
Opinion: Liz Truss’ Tenure Amid Deep Misogyny
Yesterday afternoon, Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She had been in the job for just...
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 school days. This year, the...
Ben There, Done That: A Nobel Conundrum
Earlier this week, an announcement in the news sphere took me completely by surprise. It was that Ben Bernanke, former...
Himalayan Avalanches: Huge Challenges Ahead
Earlier this week, on October 4, an avalanche hit a team of mountaineers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM),...
Damocles’ Sword Of Development Hangs Over Great Nicobar Island
To my eye, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were home to a relatively undisturbed ecosystem, where animals and tribes could...
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 was the longest-reigning monarch of...
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 began as a 9-year-old and...
Billionaires In Boats And Other Oddities
'Billionaires in boats' -- if you were to read this phrase on any given day, it would conjure images of...
Teesta: Surviving A Trial By Fire And Brimstone
The Supreme Court, on Friday, September 02, finally granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who was arrested by the...
How Can Justice For Anyone End Like This?
The outrage over the decision to grant remission to 11 life convicts in the case of Bilkis Bano's gangrape and...
Bilkis Bano Case: Grave Miscarriage Of Justice
The government of the day has taken yet another controversial decision. However, calling it just controversial is an understatement. It...
Laal Singh Chadha: Blowing In The Wind
There are many reasons why I remember the film Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks as the eponymous character. One of...
Saving Lives, One ‘Stray’ Animal At A Time
I used to think so-called 'stray' animals were unsafe mainly on the roads of our country. But in the last...
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 public figures seem to have...
The Spectre Of Climate Change And Its Denial
In the last few days, scorching temperatures have hit Europe and surrounding countries, including the UK, now no longer part...
Fording The Troubled Waters Of Unrest
The last few days, some unexpected images have dominated the world news scene. Visuals of people swimming in clear blue...
