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How embassies tackle pollution
From installing air purifiers and special devices to issuing masks, diplomatic missions are taking a series of steps to help their employees handle the pollution It’s that time of the year again when Delhi is shrouded in a thick haze of poisonous air. While most citizens seem resigned to living and working in such hazardous […]
How WhatsApp has made bank deposits in India seem unsafe
Since people these days don’t trust the mainstream media much, they end up trusting a lot of nonsense that appears on social media On September 24, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India put operational restrictions on the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank. This urban cooperative bank operates primarily in Maharashtra but, despite the name, doesn’t […]
Events of the week
Tales of temples What: Odisha, the eastern coastal state is most known for its three temples of Jagannatha (Puri), Konark and Lingaraj. Of these, the two most known living temples are that Jagannatha Puri and Lingaraj. With this as backdrop, Siddhartha Das Studio is showcasing models of the Lingaraj and Jagannatha Temples, the making of […]
’Good research is vital’
Alpa Shah’s ‘Nightmarch’ is an insightful exploration of conflict and its origins, and how the understanding of both eludes politics and policies for tribals in India Literature in narrative non-fiction is undergoing an academic shift, lending to works in the genre richness of ethnographic research and multi-layered narratives. From Pulitzer-winning author and academic Matthew Desmond […]
Brownfacing in Bollywood
Bhumi Pednekar’s skin colour in Bala is an outrage. Why is nobody protesting? The newly released film Bala, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, is problematic. It not only takes the insulting practice of brownfacing in Bollywood to a new level of blackfacing but does so under the guise of denoucing false conceptions of beauty […]
A happiness mantra
Fall in love with yourself, says this self-help book from Dr Radhika Kapoor, a dentist who is also a stylist and yoga practitioner “Make the best relationship with yourself: the tip of the triangle is self-care and love, then taper to our life as parents, siblings, friends, kids and co-workers,” dentist Radhika Kapoor says in […]
It’s a nationalist stir
A fresher at JNU explains what she expected from one of India’s premier institutions, and why students are unanimously resisting the big hike in fees and other arbitrary actions of the administration En route to the library, I look at the signboard at the Admin Block which reads “Any demonstration within 100 metres of this […]
Being queer on campus
A year after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality, LTBTQ+ students say their colleges and universities are still far from being accepting of them The university is envisioned to encourage free thinking and open exchange of ideas. But in India, the LGBTQ+ community feels that they don’t enjoy these rights on campuses. The Supreme Court last […]