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Elegy for the Hills
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Elegy for the Hills

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

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7 mins  |
July 21, 2024
Ice Loss
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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

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7 mins  |
July 21, 2024
We The Power
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We The Power

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

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5 mins  |
July 21, 2024
Fahrenheit 800
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Fahrenheit 800

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

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July 21, 2024
Living on the Margins
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Living on the Margins

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

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July 21, 2024
Human Understanding is Built on Stories
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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.

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2 mins  |
July 21, 2024
An Unequal Heat
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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

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6 mins  |
July 21, 2024
Portraits of Heat
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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.

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3 mins  |
July 21, 2024
COP, Anthropogenic, Solastalgia...What?
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COP, Anthropogenic, Solastalgia...What?

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

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July 21, 2024
Burning Earth
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Burning Earth

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

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9 mins  |
July 21, 2024
Extreme Survival
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Extreme Survival

How poor women cope with poverty and climate change

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2 mins  |
July 21, 2024
A Crisis of Inequality
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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

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7 mins  |
July 21, 2024
Lost In The Rat Race
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Lost In The Rat Race

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

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9 mins  |
July 01, 2024
The Rise Of 'Ravan'
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The Rise Of 'Ravan'

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

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8 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Unquiet Flows The Tawi
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Unquiet Flows The Tawi

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

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July 01, 2024
Rebel With a Cause
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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

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3 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Winds of Change
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Winds of Change

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

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9 mins  |
July 01, 2024
The Giant Killer
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The Giant Killer

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

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3 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Chak De Change
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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

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5 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Minority Mantra
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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

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July 01, 2024
Art of the Possible
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Art of the Possible

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

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2 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Red Revival
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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

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5 mins  |
July 01, 2024
The Millennial MP
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The Millennial MP

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

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2 mins  |
July 01, 2024
A Babu, A Neta
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A Babu, A Neta

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

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2 mins  |
July 01, 2024
How Didi Took on Modi
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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

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8 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Neo-liberal Mascot
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Neo-liberal Mascot

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

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7 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Nitish, Un-interrupted
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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

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8 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Coalition Compulsions
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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

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8 mins  |
July 01, 2024
Return of Ideology
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Return of Ideology

The 2024 election campaign highlighted the ideological divide at the heart of Indian politics

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5 mins  |
July 01, 2024
The Resistance has Just Begun
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The Resistance has Just Begun

The 2024 election turned out to be a battle between vested interests and unorganised masses

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5 mins  |
July 01, 2024