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Umbrellas of Faith: Religious Solidarity with Sex Worker Rights
Sri City: The term ‘sex worker’ often strikes fear or repulsion when uttered in public through stories and reports of human trafficking, to forceful coercion that affects villages and districts of cities. Stories of sex workers sold by their partners and families to pay debts flood the headlines whenever the topic has been brought up in national attention. The attention is then followed by misogynistic and at times transphobic backlash both socially and legally due to a supp


AQI Steering: Car Culture’s Long History of Scapegoating
Sri City: Delhi has been well known in the public sphere for multiple topics, its night life, its old culture dating back to the mughal era, the city being the national capital, but most notoriously has been its air pollution. For decades between November to December, AQI (Air quality index) readings often reach between 300 to 400 AQI with substances like smoke, dust, and soot (Categorised as ‘PM2.5’ air pollution) being credited as significant contributors. In 2023 it was re


Digital Arrest : Supreme Court Battles ₹3,000 Crore Scam Surge
Sri City: While we are often exposed to the idea of technology on the rise in the world today, we are unaware of the multitude of ways that cybercrime can develop. India’s judicial system is facing challenges that have been undealt with before, especially in the field of cybercrime. The Supreme Court recently sounded the alarm over a ₹3,000 crore wave of digital arrest scams sweeping the nation ( LiveLaw , NDTV , LawBeat ). This crisis, led by “sophisticated” online fraudste


Power Without Empathy: Mamata Banerjee’s Tone-Deaf Remark
Recently, our West Bengal Chief Minister - Mamata Banerjee recently made headlines: not for her governance or policies, but for a remark so tone-deaf it sparked national concern, and honestly, rightfully so. A few days ago, a 23-year-old second-year medical student from Odisha, studying at a private medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, was sexually assaulted after leaving the campus in the evening. Responding to this assault, she questioned, “How did the girl come out a


Erased Votes, Promised Cash - The Dual Controversies Shaping Bihar’s Polls
Sri City: In order to understand the issue at hand we need to first understand Bihar's political climate in 2025. The current assembly election has been marked by two major controversies: the large-scale deletion of women voters from the official rolls during a Special Intensive Revision ( The Wire Report ), and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) emergency rollout of a direct cash transfer scheme that essentially offers INR 10,000 to millions of women before polls ( NDTV Anal


Snow leopard politics: Where peripheral voices are dependent on military sympathy
Sri City: The 27th of September would be an eventful day in Ladakh. Following the local ruling party’s offices and a police van being set ablaze by a violent mob, internet shutdowns have followed in the region and several protestors were killed by riot police. Sonam Wangchuk, a pacifist leader in the region, and also a major advocate for Ladakhi statehood would attract shock after he was arrested for being accused as a conspirator in the violence in a mostly peaceful moveme


India’s Gaza Abstention: Bridge or Empty Space?
In mid-June, the United Nations General Assembly voted strongly in favour of an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, alongside the...


Heeding to the route for higher disposable incomes: The Social and the Economic
One parliamentary meeting Since the 1st of February 2025, during a Lok Sabha discourse on the national budget for 2025 to 2026, finance...


Faith, Chaos, and Negligence
Faith and devotion turned into panic and despair as a massive stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj claimed at least 30 lives and left...
India - Canada: escalating tensions.
India-Canada relations, once anchored by shared democratic values, have hit a turbulent phase. This strain primarily emerged in mid-2023...


Conflicts and coverups
The tragic death of a 31-year-old resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College on August 9, 2024, has shocked Kolkata and sparked widespread...


Financial Corruption’s Blindfolding Of Watchdog Independence - Part 2
Since January of 2023 the financial research firm ‘Hindenburg’ has reported on massive levels of financial and corporate corruption that...


Looking for Assimilation: Questioning the State of Jammu and Kashmir
On 5th August 2019, Amit Shah proudly announced in the Monsoon session of the Indian parliament that Article 370 was revoked and Jammu...


Election Season And The Need For Voting Convenience
The 2024 elections from many varying perspectives nationwide are seen as unquestionably important for the multiple issues that have been...


Schedule 6 of the Indian Constitution and ILP: Understanding exemptions in the CAA debate
After being postponed for more than four years, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019 was finally notified, bringing its...


No Takers of Questions: The Plight of Schedule 9 of the Indian Constitution
We all know about some key amendments to the Indian Constitution, especially the few that happened during the Emergency. However, do you...


The Clash Between Farmers And Political Egoism
Between September of 2020 and November of 2021, India faced widespread protests by farmers . Farmers from across the country especially...


Wealth Distribution And Federalism In Taxation
In September of 2023, The Economist commented how the Prime Minister was amplifying regional divides commenting on political...


Heeding To Fragile Environments From Wular To Great Nicobar.
Between December 2023 to January 2024, many Kashmiri farmers along with religious leaders have been reported offering prayers to dispel a...


The Puzzle of Nitish Kumar’s Political Turnarounds.
From being lauded as a paragon of ‘sushasan’ (good governance) in Bihar to becoming a fodder for comedic memes due to his frequent...
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