International Women’s Day is too often dumbed down into a mere marketing opportunity that capitalises feminism

I am on a journey of unlearning – saying no to overwork and extra caregiving expected of me because of my gender

Babysitting is all very well, but to truly lighten a woman’s load, partners must juggle physical, emotional and cognitive labour

To reduce Northern India’s seasonal air pollution, The Nature Conservancy is helping farmers extinguish thousands of agricultural fires—and improve the health of their soil.

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

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the persecution of dissent in India.

The seven hamlets contend with a raging river, an international border fence and little access to basic necessities. “We are the forgotten people,” one resident says.”

Heavy logging during the British colonial era and replanting with a single species—fast-growing pine—weakened forest health. Now, locals are making room for more oaks to regrow.

Laughter has become a risky business, observes Nilajana Bhowmick.

‘COVID taught us to think out of the box. The systems it forced us to create will go a long way in the future.’

In India, a growing number of women are going against the stream and rejecting gendered expectations, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Nilanjana Bhowmick on why women won’t linger awhile.

As India battles a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic amid vaccine shortages, the government continues to push unproven Ayurvedic treatments and disinformation.

India is not alone in the shortage of oxygen at hospitals but the deadly surge in COVID-19 cases exacerbated the crisis.

“How can this be forgotten? How can Modi be forgiven?”

“My wife sacrificed her life working for a government that did not care about her as a human being.”

Hospitals have been overwhelmed in India’s second coronavirus wave. Nilanjana Bhowmick describes her desperate efforts to find her father a bed.

The sudden spike in cases has brought the nation’s healthcare system to its knees. There are no hospital beds, no oxygen, no medicines. And then there are the variants.

‘This is not just the men’s protest. We toil on the fields alongside the men. Who are we—if not farmers?’

Indian women like me are celebrating after a court threw out a former government minister’s effort to punish his alleged victim for daring to accuse him of sexual misconduct.

From extreme heat to floods, climate change is hitting poor communities the hardest. As we strive to address carbon emissions, we need to address these inequities too.

Coronavirus lockdown brought respite from the intense pollution, but it’s back with the winter smog, though stubble burning isn’t the whole problem.

The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder for people in India to access healthcare for tuberculosis and almost 88,000 additional deaths due to TB are expected this year

India is a spiritual retreat for people from all over the world trying to come to terms with their loss, pain, and suffering. But Indians are strangely uncomfortable with the idea of grief. Trigger Warning: This essay contains instances of suicide, depression, and alcohol abuse.

Low-paid and often working without proper protection, these women are fighting to be recognized.

The coronavirus pandemic has left many of India’s poor without jobs, food, or a way to get home.

Only a fifth of all households in this nation of 1.3 billion have piped running water. That makes frequent handwashing a challenge.

Women are leading protests against Modi’s government in India

After a decade since the Right to Education Act was passed, experts from the field assess its key achievements and shortcomings

By Nilanjana Bhowmick.

The data shows girls aren’t staying in school