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The Sea in their Blood

Mumbai's original residents, the fishing community, is struggling to stay afloat amid frequent storms, warmer temperatures, rising sea level, reduced catch and illegal technology

Sea the Change

This piece is an outcome of my struggle to comprehend the times inhabit. They are based on encounters in a fishing village near Pondicherry Puducherry), where fishermen friends helped/are helping me navigate new waters. The ever-changing sea led me to these explorations. There is urgency in the air. Else, all will be still

Elegy for the Hills

Global warming is severely affecting farming and leading to disasters, displacement and migration in Uttarakhand

Ice Loss

Thajiwas, once a large glacier extending to Sonamarg, has receded 12-15 metres annually since the 1960s due to insufficient winter snowfall, higher summer temperatures

We The Power

People’s movements to protect the environment are making major strides from Kashmir to Kerala

Fahrenheit 800

India’s brick kiln workers are paying for the country’s construction boom

Living on the Margins

While the climate crisis spells doom for everyone, its impact does not hit everyone equally

Human Understanding is Built on Stories

The term communication gap is a euphemism. It is more accurate to say they are parallel universes. Part of it has to do with the nature of the subject.

An Unequal Heat

Dalit women working as farm labourers bear the extreme brunt of the climate crisis and escalating temperatures. This visual project documents their stories, which are a powerful testament to the fact that there can be no climate justice without social justice

Portraits of Heat

Everyday objects hold in themselves a multitude of stories, each telling of the climate change exasperated divide between the haves and have-nots of the world.

COP, Anthropogenic, Solastalgia...What?

It is time to improve communication on the most dangerous crisis the world is facing

Burning Earth

How global warming changes the lives of Indians, and the unequal ways it affects the population

Extreme Survival

How poor women cope with poverty and climate change

A Crisis of Inequality

To address the climate crisis in ways that serve the large majority of Indians, we must tackle the age-old questions of caste, class, religion, and gender-based oppression

Lost In The Rat Race

The NEET exam is mired in multiple controversies. Will this medical entrance exam fiasco discourage future aspirants?

The Rise Of 'Ravan'

Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, ‘The son of Saharanpur’, is raring to bring a new brand of Dalit-Bahujan politics to Parliament

Unquiet Flows The Tawi

The recent attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district spotlights Jammu’s increased vulnerability to militancy

Rebel With a Cause

Congress rebel candidate Vishal Patil fights as an independent, defeats the BJP candidate and sitting MP by over one lakh votes and rejoins the Congress

Winds of Change

Ethnic questions and local dynamics make the Bharatiya Janata Party lose ground in the Northeast

The Giant Killer

The election campaign of Geniben Thakor, the lone Congress MP from Gujarat, was as impressive as her victory

Chak De Change

There is a new churning in Punjab politics and the Bharatiya Janata Party is diving in with an eye on the 2027 assembly election

Minority Mantra

The elevation of George Kurian, long serving Party functionary, to the Union cabinet is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ongoing “Christian project” in Kerala

Art of the Possible

Youngest Dalit MP Shambhavi Choudhary plans to focus on connectivity to schools, colleges and hospitals, women and jobs

Red Revival

On his way to the hallowed chamber of Parliament, OBC leader Sudama Prasad defeated a BJP stalwart in Arrah and ensured CPI-ML’s entry into Parliament after more than three decades

The Millennial MP

Priyanka Jarkiholi is the first tribal woman to win from an unreserved constituency

A Babu, A Neta

He left the IAS to fight the BJP’s ideology and won by a record margin

How Didi Took on Modi

Mamata Banerjee attacked Narendra Modi with the same intensity as in the past elections, but this time she introduced ridicule as part of her strategy

Neo-liberal Mascot

Naidu’s success mantra is that one must effectively use the given opportunity and convert every adversity into an advantage

Nitish, Un-interrupted

Despite the many flip-flops, Nitish Kumar has been an influential leader. He, however, has not been able to build a second-tier leadership, something that may impact his party whenever he calls it quits

Coalition Compulsions

The BJP has little scope to win allies from the INDIA bloc or those outside any alliance, making the party heavily dependent on the current NDA partners