Reportage “Lovingly, I would call him bhaiyya, but he raped me whenever he got an opportunity” Uma, 11, was raped. At 14, she is now a mother of a kid, 3. At a time when she...
Reportage Post Nirbhaya rape case, the laws have changed, but has the mindset? No, it hasn’t Nirbhaya. Gudiya. Kathua. These are not just names of girls and places. These signify a blot of the face of...
Reportage At cow shelters near Lucknow, animals stood naked, shrunk due to cold When the temperature started dipping, the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation decided to buy jute coats for the cows staying in different...
Columns A tale of two sisters: One is allowed to study, the other has to fetch water The tale of two sisters of Adbar shows that access to water also plays its part in determining who goes...
Columns The ‘nip in the air’ is now a bite into the lungs Looking at Nature with intricate, living detail can help us through the Anthropocene’s sicknesses
Columns When life-giving rivers become lifeless … Fishes are very sensitive to changes in water quality. When rivers get dry or become fragmented into isolated pools, what...
Reportage Bharat bandh: Why are the trade unions, farmers’ bodies protesting? Increasing minimum wage and monthly pension of workers is part of the 13-point charter of demands, which the trade unions...
Reportage “While most of the calls are rescue calls, we haven’t rescued any woman since June” 181 – women’s helpline number in Uttar Pradesh — languishes in absence of work. The staff has not been given...
Reportage They left home in search of work, came back with silicosis Every year, tribals from Madhya Pradesh move to Gujarat in search of a livelihood. But they are returning with silicosis,...
Reportage Stuck between the coal mines and a mountain of mud: Story of an unfortunate village Chilkatad village in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district is at a crossroad. Because of coal mines, the pollution is high. Villagers...
