For many women drivers, BluSmart was a unique opportunity. After the company halted its operations, the workers are offered no payments, no information. Saumya Kalia and I write on why policies for gig workers need to be labour-rights driven and not just social security focused

“Our hands and feet were shackled. We travelled like animals.” Deported from the US, families from Gujarat are under pressure to stay quiet. No FIRs. No agents caught. Just silence. Watch Basant Kumar's report: youtu.be/nwrUv7mhxco

Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted International Booker Prize in London. trib.al/irfVZzI

In 2021, GoI had claimed COVID 19 deaths were 3.3 lakhs. 4 years later, they quietly released new data: 20 lakhs excess in 2021. Journalists & researchers who flagged this years ago were trolled. In this week’s Let Me explain Pooja Prasanna breaks down the data & the cover-up.

Call for Papers: I'm running a workshop on Colourism in South Asia and South Asian communities at the University of York in November (with the intention of putting together an edited collection). Please circulate & consider submitting an abstract by 11 July 2025. #SouthAsia

📢NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 June 2025 for abstracts/posters; inviting Doctoral, Early Career & Independent Researchers for a workshop at SOAS Doctoral School on 'Progressive Patriarchs: Manifestations of Patriarchy in Liberal Spaces.' Limited funding available for UK inter-city travel.

Accountability? #AirIndiaPlaneCrash #chinnaswamystampede #PahalgamTerroristAttack

In her new book, "Insurgent Visions," feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty explores methods of anticapitalist resistance to radically transform everyday life. Read the introduction now for free: bit.ly/4jXEQ1v #FeministTheory

Working Women Hostels (WWH) - rarely in the news, almost never in public debate. Me and Anuj Behal write about it in BehanBox If WWH developed properly, This low-hanging fruit has the power to quietly reshape both society and the economy. 🔗behanbox.com/2025/06/16/num…

‘Removed from a job — for asking to use the toilet’: Women workers at Delhi’s construction sites struggle for basic dignity indianexpress.com/article/cities…

One of the most important measures of a country's nutritional and public health status is whether its children are adequately nourished. The most closely tracked indicator on child nutrition outcomes is stunting. A child is considered stunted if their height is significantly

Can Janaki learn Zumba🤔

weddings, interrupted. how dalit families are using weddings as a form of resistance. The Hindu edit by: Sunalini Mathew photo by: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap thehindu.com/news/national/…

#BiharSIR | 'Unconstitutional, Fraudulent, Like Notebandi... Votebandi is the Correct Name for It' Karan Thapar in conversation with Yogendra Yadav Watch Now: youtu.be/kaWxXo9R9Sg?si…

Nearly 77% of infertile women were found suffering from depression, as opposed to a 23% prevalence among fertile women. In a pro-natalist society where the burden of infertility falls on women, this study calls for structured psychological support. thehindu.com/incoming/study…

In a remote MP village, a NEET topper, a filmmaker, two journalists & more built a school, a dispensary, and a better life. Until right-wing mobs attacked them. And the police bulldozed everything. Prateek Goyal reports newslaundry.com/2025/08/05/bui…

In yesterday’s Data Point, we found that more deletions occurred in possibly high out-migration areas in #Bihar. But deletions have been more among women. If men outnumber women in out-migration, then why did more women get deleted in the post-#SIR rolls? Vignesh Radhakrishnan Srinivasan Ramani

“We aren’t allowed to leave the room without agreeing to resign.” TCS workers allege HR is forcing resignations by intimidation. Phones seized. Benefits threatened. Unions call it illegal mass retrenchment. Read my full report here: thenewsminute.com/karnataka/tcs-…