“My Father Has Covid And Is Critical. How Do You Expect Me To Appear For A...
Trigger Warning: Mention of Covid trauma, death “The night before my internal, my 29-year-old brother tested Covid positive. The next morning, and 2 hours before my test, his oxygen levels dropped and...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes: How Social Media Warriors Are Tackling The COVID Crisis
A friend of mine was looking for a bed with oxygen support for his father ailing from COVID-19. “His oxygen level was plummeting, and hospitals refused to take him in due to non-availability of...
View Article“Both My Parents Were Admitted In The ICU With Covid. I Still Had To Conduct...
Trigger Warning: Mention of Covid trauma, death. “I myself am recovering from Covid at the moment. My lungs are still weak and I’m struggling to take classes. I don’t know how I would have managed...
View ArticleWhy Is The IPL Still Being Held In The Middle Of A Raging Pandemic?
Trigger warning: Mentions of crematoriums, death An empty stadium lights up as the jarring flood lights flicker on, commencing ‘India ka apna mantra’, aka the fourteenth edition of the Indian Premier...
View ArticleI Just Learned To Fact-Check And You’re Welcome
As India reported nearly 379,257 COVID positive cases and 3645 deaths (as of April 29), news alerts went off about how Maharashtra had decided to extend its lockdown. Instead of looking it up online, I...
View ArticleSector Series I: Impact Of Covid-19 And Lockdown On The Animal Husbandry Sector
India is currently experiencing a cataclysmic wave of Covid-19. What seemed like a meagre flu-and-cough symptom when the first case was reported in Thrissur, Kerala, on January 27, 2020, has resulted...
View ArticleSector Series II: Impact Of Covid-19 And Lockdown On The Elderly Population
The coronavirus pandemic has not left any age group unscathed. But while its repercussions have been felt on practically all areas of human existence, the crisis particularly highlighted the need to...
View ArticleResponding To The Second Wave Of COVID-19 In Rural India
By Rapid Rural Community Response to COVID-19 As healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and villages in the country too, are facing...
View ArticlePolitical Violence In Bengal Is Not New, But Its Communal Colour Is
While political violence unleashes in West Bengal post its 2021 Assembly elections, the police remains a silent spectator. This is not new in the state, or even in the country for that matter. From the...
View Article“Test Ke 500Rs Ka Khaana Lenge, Didi”: COVID Second Wave Left Out Domestic...
This article has been compiled by Sarita Devi, a domestic worker champion from Harijan Basti and Nitya Sriram, Senior Program Officer at MFF. In the heart of Gurugram’s posh DLF Phase 5 area, nestled...
View ArticleMeet Umang And Faraz, The Creators Of Covid19-Twitter And Covid19-Resources
It is so unfortunate and admirable at the same time to see young students and volunteers from all across the country stepping up to help battle the second wave of Covid when the government seems to...
View ArticleA Cremation, An Oxygen Bed, A Death: In Close Quarters With Grief And Despair
Trigger warning: Mentions of crematoriums, death and COVID-19 trauma By Azra Mobin My name is Azra Mobin and I am a social worker and activist based in Lucknow. For the last month or so, I have been...
View ArticleYouth Activism Is A Definitive Part Of Democracy, So Why Is It Being...
हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी पिघलनी चाहिए; इस हिमालय से कोई गंगा निकलनी चाहिए | आज यह दीवार, परदों की तरह हिलने लगी; शर्त थी लेकिन कि ये बुनियाद हिलनी चाहिए | हर सड़क पर, हर गली में, हर नगर, हर गाँव में; हाथ...
View ArticleFrom Goats To Harvard: How YUWA is Helping Girls Realise Their Dreams
Born in the village of Dahu in Jharkhand, Seema spent most of her childhood taking care of goats, bringing water from a well and mostly doing house chores. Today, Seema has secured admission to Harvard...
View Article“Why Them, Why Not Us”: A Curious Case Of Missing Empathy In The Second Wave
By Nandita Bhatt: “Why them, why not us?” A drive through vaccination camp was conducted in Gurugram recently. The camp was conducted in a mall, vaccines were free and administered through the windows...
View ArticleI Spoke To An Assamese Muslim On CAA Protests And Learnt An Important History...
I came across the concept of privilege very late in life. Being from an upper-middle-class Hindu family, I had always believed that our differences could be bridged and that we could exist as one...
View ArticleWhy the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Made Me Question The Way We Express Dissent
Any form of resistance on our educational campuses represents a voice against authority. Without inspiring dissenting voices, our education will become indoctrination. When we resist, we aim to take...
View ArticleOf Periods, Pandemics And Everything Water, Sanitation And Hygiene In Between
By Khushi Desai, Analyst, Urban Sanitation, Dasra On 1 February 2021, the Union Budget of India announced with great fanfare the increased allocations for Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 (SBM 2.0) – an...
View ArticleDon’t Allow!
Don’t Allow! Don’t allow anything to stop you from being happy. don’t allow people (anybody be it friends, family) to make you feel small, bad, ugly, pretty, happy, unhappy. don’t allow bad phase of...
View ArticleEverything Changed In A Day When They Said I Would Make A Beautiful Wife
Mamata Devi (name changed) was just 13 when she was married off in 2004. Born in the village of Dahu in rural Jharkhand, she went to the school in a nearby village till 5th grade. She had to walk to...
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