Between 2010 and 2020, the number of working women in India dropped from 26% to 19%, according to data compiled by the World Bank...Economists in Mumbai estimate that female employment plummeted to 9% by 2022. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A wild, appalling story: A group of hackers fabricated evidence on the PCs of Indian human rights activists who were then arrested for terrorism and jailed. Now researchers have found a direct link between those hackers and the police making the arrests. wired.com/story/modified…

Modi govt has carried out the most SWEEPING changes (yet) in school textbooks 📚 since it came to power in 2014! Starting today, The Indian Express will take you through the GLARING deletions in NCERT's history, pol science & sociology textbooks for Classes 6 to 12. #Thread (1/n)

Many residents in Sri Lanka are on the brink with mounting food insecurity. A recent survey found that majority of the families were either skipping meals, eating less or not eating nutritious food. With Hafeel Farisz in Colombo: washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/…

Two equally qualified résumés were created. The only variable was the names; Habiba Ali for the Muslim profile and Priyanka Sharma for the Hindu. Over ten months, 2,000 job applications were sent to 1,000 job postings. The responses were surveyed. Result: ledby.org/hiringbias

The Indian government just ordered Twitter to take down tweets by Freedom House on how Internet freedom in India has declined.

Cofounder of Alt News arrested by #DelhiPolice Kavitha Iyer on how Mohammed Zubair—who brought global attention to the abuse of Islam’s Prophet by #BJP spokesperson—faced 5 cases, latest for referring to 3 #Hindu extremists booked by police as ‘hate-mongers’ article-14.com/post/a-fact-ch…

Delhi Police summoned Mohammed Zubair as part of its investigation in a 2020 case for which he already had protection against arrest from High Court. Then, they arrested him — in another case, for which no notice was served, says Pratik Sinha scroll.in/latest/1027071…

My jaw is on the floor. A lawyer working for Facebook has asked a judge to "crack the whip" against a Black whistleblower in an effort to silence him. My report: time.com/6193231/facebo…

One man, two dead bodies, two post-mortems, and six fake insurance policies. For Businessweek Heist Issue Sadiq Naqvi and I write about life insurance scams that swept through parts of Assam. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Data on “the worst educational crisis for a century, and certainly since the world wars”: - 70% of 10 yr olds in low/middle-income countries cannot read a simple story - children'll lose $17trn over lifetime - learning delays are 8 months globally; 9-15 in middle income states

Youth unemployment in India, China, and the US. China is getting higher. While it highlights a huge challenge, I think India is a big issue. Note that this data is not current as India does not have state employment surveys since Modi came to power so the picture is likely worse.

Machine learning, you say. Who’s teaching these machines what to learn? In many cases––it’s young Indian women. Let me tell you the story. (Image credit: Karishma Mehrotra)

A huge story about 8 amazing Afghan women. I’m so happy that we have published the story in Rukhshana Media and TIME . Thank you Amie Ferris-Rotman Naina Bajekal Farahnaz Forotan Fatimah Hossaini for your amazing work!

My latest The Washington Post piece on how Bengaluru's real estate capitalism and corruption--born from a history of agrarian caste, class, and property relations--are driving climate and flood risk. 15+ yrs of research, broken down👇🏽 @monkeycageblog washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Exclusive: Remember Har Ghar Tiranga certificates overflowing your screens? Nearly 50 million Indians ignored privacy concerns under pretext of nationalism and willingly geotagged themselves on a private website harghartiranga.com after Modi's appeal. bit.ly/3QNxgYy

I made a book as an urgent and necessary record of the incredible spirit of the women of Shaheen Bagh. I wanted to find more ways for their powerful story to be loved and shared. An 8 page spread in the FT Weekend, UK’s highest circulatory supplement makes my heart so happy!

Even the most ambitious targets of climate campaigners may be too warm for Pakistan’s comfort. Mine in Foreign Policy foreignpolicy.com/2022/09/15/pak…

Like 2015, Meitei journalists are again saying, “it’s complex” when religious places, homes, villages etc are getting torched and people are running to an army camp. To the ARMY in Manipur. Like the Assamese, when people were getting shot or dying by suicide over NRC.

Lots been happening back home with all kinds of twisted narratives and sophisticated threads thrown in to confuse and keep the outside world, well, outside. Here’s my long background and analysis on it newlinesmag.com/argument/indig…