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Vandana Shiva

29 May 2023 4 minute read

The interview: Vandana Shiva

The Indian physicist and veteran food sovereignty activist speaks to Amy Hall about a lifetime of keeping...

An activist holds a placard featuring Gautam Adani during a protest in Delhi, India on 6 February 2023. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS/ALAMY

25 May 2023 3 minute read

Coal in a hole

Could the Adani Group’s financial troubles be good news for the climate? Asks Danny Chivers.

A woman sits at a table looking at a mobile phone.

13 Mar 2023 2 minute read

Finally, equal abortion rights for India’s unmarried women

The taboo around sex outside of marriage means it can be hard to access safe pregnancy termination. But a recent court ruling...

A person wih peacock feathers over their eyes stands in front of a trans pride flag

8 Mar 2023 7 minute read

Protecting trans lives goes deeper than laws and representation

Priti Salian on how activists are fighting the colonial mindset to push for trans rights in India.

A sanitation worker holds the device being used to track them. The Municipal Corporation in Chandigarh pays a 22,044 USD per month to rent the watches. ASMA HAFIZ

13 Feb 2023 5 minute read

On your watch

Asma Hafiz reports on the intrusive surveillance being forced on often lower caste sanitation workers in...

A Bangladeshi family is photographed worshiping at the Cave Hira in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

21 Dec 2022 2 minute read

View from India

Hijab – how far can the state dictate a woman’s choice?

A Dalit Women's 'Self Respect Yatra' (procession) begins in Kurukshetra, in the state of Haryana at the feet of the statue of Dalit Rights icon Dr. Ambedkar. Credit: Thenmozhi Soundararajan

16 Nov 2022 3 minute read

The caste factor

Nilanjana Bhowmick's thoughts on the long shadow of caste.

25 Sep 2022 3 minute read

An Indian tale of inter-species solidarity

All That Breathes is a strangely beautiful tale of India’s climate and political struggles. Husna Ara...

Protestors demand the release of activist Teesta Setalvad after she was arrested from her home by the anti-terrorism wing of the Gujarat police, on a street in Mumbai, India, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

22 Aug 2022 3 minute read

Waiting for the revolution

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the persecution of dissent in India.

Scraps of torched cars left in Shiv Vihar from the 2020 Delhi riots. Credit: Banswalhemant

18 Jul 2022 2 minute read

Tears for fears

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the routine communal violence that is a state-sponsored blot on India’s democracy.

Some Indian men are threatening a marriage strike for a most dubious reason. Nilanjana Bhowmick tells them to bring it on.

18 Apr 2022 2 minute read

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Bring on the marriage strike

Some Indian men are threatening a marriage strike for a most dubious reason. Nilanjana Bhowmick tells them...

Two men sort betel leaves

28 Feb 2022 6 minute read

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Trapped in the state-corporate nexus

Villagers in the Indian state of Odisha are fighting a major steel plant development, in the face of intense repression –...

18 Feb 2022 2 minute read

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No laughing matter

Laughter has become a risky business, observes Nilajana Bhowmick.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Cropped by User:Andrew Dalby

31 Jan 2022 4 minute read

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An India-UK trade deal could mean a race to the bottom for Indian workers

Two themes loom over the announcement that the UK is launching trade talks with India – farmers and Big Pharma, says...

21 Jan 2022 5 minute read

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How British colonizers caused the Bengal famine

Jason Hickel shines a different light on a catastrophe that killed three million Indians.

14 Jan 2022 8 minute read

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Old school adaptation

Moushumi Basu reports from Assam, India, on the people turning to traditional ‘home grown’ strategies to...

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