How Islamic Environmentalism Is Helping Muslim Women Fight Climate Change
“Human beings, according to Islam, are considered the best of creation. Created from organic materials, Earth, water, and infused with the ‘fitra’ — a divine inclination — humans are from the Earth....
View ArticleWhy Did The Pandemic Cause A Lockdown On Women’s Education?
Ghutiarishorip, South 24 Parganas. I walk past a group of flower vendors and local saree men to enter a small tin house. The scanty electricity connection took a power cut the fifth time in a row for...
View ArticleI Went To A Convent School. Where’s My Good Girl Certificate?
Jesus said, “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost…” (Matt 28:19) Christians have been in India ever since the 4th...
View ArticleWhy Even In Class 9, Shreya Cannot Solve Basic Maths Problems?
I shifted to Kolhapur for work somewhere around the beginning of 2021. Covid-19 cases had reduced, and the lockdown had been lifted. In the building I was staying was a caretaker’s family; husband-wife...
View Article“मैं एक शिक्षक बनने की तैयारी कर रही थी लेकिन कोरोना के कारण मुझे नौकरी नहीं...
क्या किसी को पता था कि एक दिन दुनिया में एक ऐसी महामारी का जन्म होगा, जो लोगों के जनजीवन को अस्त-वयस्त कर देगी। जी हां, हम बात कर रहे हैं कोरोना महामारी की, जिसने पूरी दुनिया में तहलका मचा दिया। कोरोना...
View Article“No One Withheld My Pay”: Domestic Workers Who Lucked Out During Corona
When the first lockdown was announced in March 2020, Nila, working as a domestic worker in four homes in Pune, realised that she may never be called back to work. However, she shared, “Surprisingly and...
View ArticleWe Need To Question The ABCs Of NEP 2020
What Is Foundational Literacy? Remember writing pages after pages of this? Writing 26 alphabets and 100 numbers was the same goal for all of us who started learning. And it took all of us different...
View ArticlePeriod Poverty: “Food Is More Important Than Pads”
“ We used to get free sanitary pads in school every month, but now because of the closure of schools, we don’t get it anymore, so we use cloth instead. We can’t afford sanitary napkins as they are very...
View ArticleWhat Are The Consequences Of Using Single-Use Plastic?
There is no doubt we are living in a “plastic era”, but what exactly is single-use plastic. In simpler terms, it is known as disposable plastic, which is used only once. These include plastic drinking...
View Article‘Why Play Cricket Being A Girl?’ What Female Cricketers Go Through In India
Father’s innovative idea to construct a practice wicket despite limited funds at the backyard of the society helps daughter Vaibhavi during the pandemic. Cricket may not be India’s national sport, but...
View ArticleIs Mental Health Not Important Enough For NEP 2020?
Attempted death by suicides by students in Indian academia is still hushed, and no amount of rage seems to budge nonchalant educators and administrators. So why are students not speaking up when they...
View ArticleCan’t Earn, Can’t Get Married: How Overfishing Affects Maharashtra’s Gabit...
“My father told me to not go into full-time fishing”, says Shweta Hule. Hule is in her late fifties and conducts mangrove safaris in Vengurla, Sindhudurg. A fisherwoman earlier, she says her father...
View ArticleHow The Pandemic Has Changed The Lives Of Girls Like Kashish
Kashish (name changed), a student of Class XII in Government Senior Secondary School, Panchayat Dhaua, Jaisalmer, is pursuing humanities. After completing her Class X and achieving meritoriously, she...
View ArticleWhere Does Education In Kashmir Stand Amidst 315 Internet Shutdowns?
Kashmir is a beautiful valley well known for its culture, history and political controversies. Newly working here towards the upliftment of education in the valley, the first thing I observed was the...
View ArticleAre Scholarships Enough For Women To Continue Their Education?
Nearly 40,000 students apply for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences every year. The total capacity per year isn’t more than 750. Because of reservation and quota, many students from marginalized...
View ArticleHow Switching To The Good Old ‘Khadi’ Can Help Fight Climate Change In India
In today’s world, where climate change has become a hot topic, the call to switch to more sustainable alternatives to fast fashion has become an urgent need. While buying from thrift stores has become...
View ArticleHow A New Breed Of Tourists Is Showing The Way To Travel Responsibly
Worldwide, tourism accounts for nearly 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The sector is not just a contributor to climate change, but also a victim to its impacts. According to research by...
View Article3 Years After Topping Pollution Charts, Has Coca-Cola Finally Learnt Its Lesson?
Top beverage brands have been static on reducing plastic waste, after being named the world’s top plastic polluters for the third year straight. Coca-Cola was ranked world’s no.1 for most littered...
View ArticleSnow Cover Is Decreasing In Himachal And It’s Cause For Concern!
In a report, the Centre on Climate Change (SCCC) and Space Application Center (ISRO) Ahmedabad revealed the decreasing trend of snow cover for the five major river basins in the State. As the report...
View Article‘Studying’ Climate: As Much A Social Issue, As Much As A ‘Science’ One
Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, higher ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers and melting polar ice caps– are the first things that we think of when we hear of climate change. Though true, that...
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