Prisha Prabhuram

Sri City: On February 9th, the student body assembled to watch the latest candidates who stood for Chairperson this year. The numbers were short on both ends of the podium, with this year's elections having only two people standing for the Chairperson position and the speeches having one of the lowest turnouts ever. Both candidates brought up unique goals and strategies along with some shared goals. Each of them has their own share of extended experience in the Student Government, having...

Zohran Mamdani’s win is being hailed around the world as a huge win for not only South- Asian politics but also as a win for a wider liberal - democratic political movement against the rising far right globally. By integrating and appealing to a varied immigrant population in New York, Mamdani appears to have united South East Asians under a banner, as evidenced by the establishment of popular support groups such as “Hindus for Mamdani”. Mamdani visited temple shrines, masjids and gurudwaras,...

Sri City: Women are perhaps the most impacted in states of conflict. More than 10,000 women have been killed , nearly 23,000 have been injured and over 1 million women and girls have been displaced, many multiple times. Last year, 7 in 10 women dying in conflict globally were killed in Gaza. While conflict has an adverse impact on all civilians, women face the brunt of these impacts. As an Actionaid report details, women are primarily responsible for the physically demanding and...