View from India: Women are still being short-changed
Nilanjana Bhowmick reports on the myths that still exist around women and money across the world.
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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 could help to change things, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
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The Burning Problem
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.
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We don’t need discount vouchers for International Women’s Day. We need equal rights | Nilanjana Bhowmick
International Women’s Day is too often dumbed down into a mere marketing opportunity that capitalises feminism
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Why Christmas (and Diwali, Hanukkah and Eid) are cancelled in my household | Nilanjana Bhowmick
I am on a journey of unlearning – saying no to overwork and extra caregiving expected of me because of my gender
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So fathers want to be ‘more present’ in the home? Put down your phone and I’ll tell you how | Nilanjana Bhowmick
Babysitting is all very well, but to truly lighten a woman’s load, partners must juggle physical, emotional and cognitive labour
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The Burning Problem
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.
www.nature.org
For villages divided between India and Pakistan, a map drawn long ago still causes daily struggles
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.”
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As wildfires increase in Himalayan pine forests, can restoring oaks help?
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.
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How a Remote Himalayan District Achieved an Extraordinary COVID-19 Vaccination Rate
‘COVID taught us to think out of the box. The systems it forced us to create will go a long way in the future.’
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Taking on the torch-bearers of patriarchy
In India, a growing number of women are going against the stream and rejecting gendered expectations, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
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Indian doctors protest herbal treatments being touted for COVID-19
As India battles a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic amid vaccine shortages, the government continues to push unproven Ayurvedic treatments and disinformation.
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How India is scrambling to secure medical oxygen and save lives
India is not alone in the shortage of oxygen at hospitals but the deadly surge in COVID-19 cases exacerbated the crisis.
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India’s COVID-19 Crisis May Be Turning the Middle Class Against the Prime Minister
“How can this be forgotten? How can Modi be forgiven?”
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India’s Community Health Workers Say Government Is Failing to Protect Them From COVID-19
“My wife sacrificed her life working for a government that did not care about her as a human being.”
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I couldn’t find a hospital bed for my COVID-struck father in India. Days of frantic searching showed me how overwhelmed our health system is.
Hospitals have been overwhelmed in India’s second coronavirus wave. Nilanjana Bhowmick describes her desperate efforts to find her father a bed.
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Why India’s massive COVID-19 surge is breaking tragic records
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.
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The Women at the Frontlines of India’s Farmers’ Protests
‘This is not just the men’s protest. We toil on the fields alongside the men. Who are we—if not farmers?’
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I Was a Victim of Sexual Harassment in India, Today I Rejoice
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.
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Yes, the weather is getting worse — but we’re not suffering equally. Here’s what we can do
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.
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In New Delhi, burning season makes the air even more dangerous. Can anything be done?
Coronavirus lockdown brought respite from the intense pollution, but it’s back with the winter smog, though stubble burning isn’t the whole problem.
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India’s coronavirus pandemic is leading to many more deaths from TB
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
www.newscientist.com
Why Are We Still Not Talking About Grief?
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.
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Millions of women volunteers form India’s frontline COVID response
Low-paid and often working without proper protection, these women are fighting to be recognized.
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‘They treat us like stray dogs’: Migrant workers flee India’s cities
The coronavirus pandemic has left many of India’s poor without jobs, food, or a way to get home.
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India confronts COVID-19 with scarce running water
Only a fifth of all households in this nation of 1.3 billion have piped running water. That makes frequent handwashing a challenge.
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How Women Have Changed India Through Political Protests
Women are leading protests against Modi’s government in India
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10 Years Of Right To Education: A Progress Report
After a decade since the Right to Education Act was passed, experts from the field assess its key achievements and shortcomings
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Why Are So Many Girls in India Not Getting an Education?
The data shows girls aren’t staying in school
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