On September 12, 25-year-old Arshad Ashraf Meer, a sub-inspector with the J&K police, was killed by militants in Srinagar. In this essay, his childhood friends pay tribute to their …
World Over, Youth Return to the Streets To Fight Climate Change
The strike takes place five weeks before the UN COP26 summit, which aims to secure more ambitious climate action from world leaders.
In Photos | Sleep Knows No Bounds
While wandering across the streets of Delhi, I observed how a carefree sleep in public is in itself an act of rebellion.
Excerpt: A Satirical Take on Jean Paul Sartre’s ‘Being And Nothingness’
An excerpt from Juan Kaius' 'Binge and Nothingness', a book on ‘being’ in the generation of ‘binge’.
Making the Illegal Legal? Amendment in Rajasthan Raises Questions About Child Marriage
A recent change to Rajasthan’s marriage registration Act has drawn a wave of criticism and caused confusion.
Small Town Girls, an Intimate Portrait: ‘Dreading Where You Come From’
Moving from a small town to the big city, especially for college, is considered a rite of passage. What is often not talked about enough is the journey you …
‘The Kingdom of Watetu and Songaland’: Fighting Female Genital Mutilation With a Fairytale
Berlin-based artist Ntailan Lolkoki has written an African fairy tale about a princess who rebels against the tradition of circumcision practiced by her tribe and escapes her own circumcision.
If You Must Betray Me, Kathmandu
'You are a paradox, Kathmandu, entrapped by the naivete of your people and liberated by their tenacity.'
Young Lebanese Driving Crypto ‘Revolution’ After Banks Go Bust
Lebanon is the latest developing nation to witness a boom in cryptocurrency use driven by an economic crisis.
Atlant(is)
A poem from the point of view of an Asian woman who, among six others, was shot down in Atlanta US, in March 2021.