
Disha Ravi shows us what courage is
“If highlighting farmers’ protests globally is sedition, I am better off in jail.” With this, perhaps the most brave words spoken in India in the past seven years, 22-year-old climate activist Disha R...
26 Feb 20218min

The cauldron communal violence is bubbling over
Perhaps never before have majoritarian forces been on the ascendant in this manner. One of the results of this is the systematic expansion and normalisation of communal violence. There is an urgent ne...
23 Feb 20211h 2min

India takes the plunge with the Deep Ocean Mission
In less than three years, a three-man crew will descend 6 km into the ocean in a tiny titanium alloy submersible to kick off India’s mission to mine the mineral riches of the sea floor. How will thi...
19 Feb 202110min

Can technology change how India votes?
When it comes to elections, the casting of the ballot is only the last piece in a jigsaw that has many interlocking pieces. The others include voter awareness, registration, motivation to vote and so ...
16 Feb 202137min

Free Nodeep Kaur
Why has the arrest of Dalit and labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur during the farmer protests sparked an international outcry? What does her arrest signify for you and the state of civil rights in I...
12 Feb 20217min

How private is your data?
The latest update to Whatsapp’s privacy policy has been controversial, to say the least. It’s also brought under the microscope the data collected by the apps and websites you use, how it’s gathered a...
9 Feb 202134min

7 things the finance minister didn’t tell you about Budget 2021
needed to be a blockbuster and Finance Minister sought to deliver exactly that. If India was to tackle crippling economic and job losses, she needed to step up expenditure in a big way. Union Budget 2...
4 Feb 20219min

Have things changed for the LGBT community?
On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that consensual same-sex acts would no longer be a crime. The historic ruling finally read down Section 377, a colonial law that should have been struck d...
2 Feb 202124min



















