While migrant workers struggle to reach their homes, the suburban, upper-middle class populace of One Percent, Elite, has a novel concern during the lockdown: the variety of food that …
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The Casualties of Our Circus
A poem which questions our role as citizens of a country where the government is neglecting the vulnerable migrant population in the time of a pandemic.
‘Aatmanirbhar’ Enough? The Problem With Our Reactions to Jyoti Kumari
How the pain and suffering of migrant workers is being overlooked vis-a-vis the glorification of their suffering as brave and enduring.
The Problem with Balance: My Issue with Centrism
Balance is not a weighing scale where the good levels out the bad. An approach such as this leads to false equivalence, which underplays the wrong and overestimates the …
Quarantine: A Tale of Dichotomy
A poem on a disease that celebrates a life at the expense of another's.
Who Will Mourn the Forgotten?
While we mourn the death of our favourite celebrities – and rightfully so – we must also give respect to millions of others who are toiling away in poverty-stricken …
Of Privilege and Struggle in the Time of Coronavirus
My time in self-quarantine has starkly increased my awareness about both myself as well as the world I live in.
Of Ghettos and Invisible Lines
Who will save us from a demon that we have birthed – stretching like emptiness for one and sucking up rationed air for another?
The New Normal: ‘Each Day of this Lockdown, I Choose Myself’
'The New Normal' each week hopes to bring you the raw voices of people from across India as they live through these unparalleled times.