This timely book by an epidemiologist gives fascinating insights into how things spread — not just viruses but ideas and misinformation too The Covid-19 pandemic has brought focus on three fields of studies — epidemiology, virology and immunology. While all three are important to understanding the outbreak, the field that was shown most of the […]

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The recently concluded World Breastfeeding Week presented an excellent opportunity to talk about its importance and ensure healthier growth and immunity in babies  Breastfeeding is the most intimate form of connection the mother and the newly-born child have with each other. To celebrate this beautiful bond and to spread awareness about the same, every year, […]

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The depiction of Bengali women as evil temptresses goes back to colonial times, when migrant workers from what is now Bihar went to work in Calcutta. This is the subtext of the attacks on Rhea Chakraborty and her role in late Sushant Singh Rajput’s life The online abuse of women of any region or community […]

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A few episodes of my tryst with public nudity in Europe–contrary to expectations, it’s not lewd or perverse Sketching people in the nude for the last 15 years —more than 500 men and women, rather indiscriminately, from all walks of life—makes me believe that nudity is the most potent way of self-assertion. I also like […]

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Even after rulings from the apex court and threat to the lion population in Gir, political drama is preventing their relocation to Kuno National Park On 10 August, the eve of World Lion Day, a webinar was organised by the Central Zoo Authority, in which Chief Wildlife Warden Shyamal Tikadar was a speaker along with […]

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When a Kerala activist uploaded a video of her children painting on her bare body, it raised quite a storm on social media as well as in the courtroom. Questions of morality and legality are still looking for answers A mother has been charged and arrested under various sections of the Protection of Children from […]

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When a murderer who was released early due to ‘good behaviour’ raped and tortured a minor girl, it exposed flaws in the rehabilitation programme in our prison system  In the first week of August, a minor girl child was raped and tortured in Delhi’s Peeragarhi area of Paschim Vihar. The accused had reportedly come with […]

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In the Delhi Riots case, media reports on police’s ‘Hindu resentment’ order are against its spirit, says the Delhi HC The Delhi High Court today observed that reports by “electronic/ print media” on an order issued by the special commissioner of police (crime) Praveer Ranjan, dated July 8, was against the order’s “letter and spirit”. […]

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