In May 2020, Sayyed Manzer started an initiative that works to provide financial support to students from marginalised backgrounds with the aim of ensuring that no student suffers academic …
To a ‘Happy’ New Year
What we do not realise is how we are part of a continuum, and how happiness, the way it appears before us, is far more a constructed idea than …
The Icy Backstory to That ‘Clink Clink’ You’ll Hear When Raising a Toast to the End of 2020
The history of ice in drinks goes back to antiquity. But it only really got going when a Bostonian started exporting ice to the British in colonial India.
Reader Favourites in 2020: 15 of the Stories You Loved Most
A list of the most popular stories on the site and our Instagram page in 2020.
Coping With Pandemic Stress, Mental Health and Menstrual Disorders in 2020
It is time the government and civil society addressed the mental well being of the people in our country by taking an intersectional approach to helping frontline workers, underserved …
2020: The Year College Authorities Across India Hit the Mute Button
From forcing students to write exams in offline mode and evicting them from hostels to demanding full fees and delaying scholarship money – many colleges never spoke up when …
To December(s)
How the Decembers of years past have progressively brought with them cold winds, hope, fear and revolution.
Coolie No. 1: A Disastrous Bollywood Remake That Shouldn’t Exist
The Amazon Prime Video film collapses under the weight of Varun Dhawan trying to act but his father and director David Dhawan is there to catch him and dress …
In a Pandemic Year, How Menstrual Health in India Was Forced to Take a Back Seat
With supply chains impacted and menstrual health products left off a list of essential items for a short period, the lockdown laid bare the systemic gaps in India's menstrual …