Specials

MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -August 28, 2020

Those who want exams postponed have valid reasons to protest the schedules put out by testing authorities — but so do those who want to get going The nationwide protest against holding NEET UG, JEE exams is growing day by day. Protesters are citing the vulnerability to Covid infection during exams, as many students who […]

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Nabeel Ahmed -August 25, 2020

Anxious, leaderless and scared to voice their views – the Muslim youth in today’s India are facing an existential crisis “If I get an opportunity, and as soon as I get one, I will leave this country for good. Such is the level of anxiety I feel under the current regime, I am worried about […]

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Anand Vardhan -August 22, 2020

The tendency to identify ‘toxic families’ and locate them in a region is rooted in the hostility with which group-identity-obsessed commentariat views the strong glue of family  “Baap mar gelan anhariya mein, aau beta ke naam powerhouse.” This one-liner, which translates to “father died in darkness, but the son is called powerhouse”, is a punchline […]

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Prateek Goyal -August 22, 2020

How Republic passed off a muddle of contradictions as ‘news’ about Disha Salian’s death The front page of the Indian Express had a short piece on August 13 on how after questioning actor Rhea Chakraborty for almost 18 hours, the Enforcement Directorate did not find “any substantial transfers” to her from the bank account of actor Sushant Singh […]

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Shaunak Ghosh -August 22, 2020

The Covid-19 lockdown has seen restrictions on public life and transport. Hence, people are preferring cycles as mode of transport or a way to keep fit The telephone in Tarun Gupta’s bicycle shop in South Delhi has been ringing non-stop all day. As he deals with customers, a line forms outside. “Business is booming, but […]

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Mihir Srivastava -August 22, 2020

Women field reporters, unlike their male counterparts, suffer sexual harassment while operating in a misogynist environment. They feel their own organisations should offer better support On August 11, three journalists of Caravan magazine– assistant photo editor Shahid Tantray, contributor to the magazine Prabhjit Singh, and a staffer, a woman—were mobbed by a group of about […]

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Sashikala VP -August 22, 2020

The lifting of the lockdown has revived the vile business of child trafficking, especially since their parents are jobless and willing to give them up on the assurance that their education will continue The common fear that instances of child trafficking in the country will increase during the pandemic and the lockdown which rendered millions […]

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Sashikala VP -August 22, 2020

The garment industry, mostly geared to exports to the West, has laid off most of its employees. They now face an uncertain future as business will be slow to take off even after the pandemic By the end of May, Anjali had informed her office – a garment export house situated in Delhi, boasting an […]

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