Category: Op-Eds
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Gender in Times of a Pandemic
Read more: Gender in Times of a PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has foregrounded social inequalities along the lines of gender, caste and class. In this article, B Nandhiga Ramani looks at the COVID-19 pandemic through a gendered lens.
6–9 minutes
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Domestic Violence in the Era of COVID-19
Read more: Domestic Violence in the Era of COVID-19There has been a worrying spike in cases of domestic violence, in the wake of lockdown measures implemented globally in response to the pandemic. Article 19 correspondent Devika Dinesh writes on this issue.
3–5 minutes
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Warli Tears. Warli Blood. Warli Art.
Read more: Warli Tears. Warli Blood. Warli Art.—Ganesh Dileep “I’m a Warli Adivasi. Our story is an ancient one. We are indigenous. We bring life where there was none. In this jungle even our lives are green, Waghoba is our feline God. Put a hold to your ‘development dream’ back off from our forest, be gone forever!” ‘Warli Revolt’ by Swadesi* For…
6–8 minutes
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#MeToo | Welcome to the ‘World’.
Read more: #MeToo | Welcome to the ‘World’.Chapter 1: Welcome to ‘the World’ Class X. I said goodbye to school buses when the academic year started. I slowly started loving the KSRTC (State government’s bus transport) bus rides to and from school. It was very refreshing to enjoy the freedom of travelling without chains. The fact that I could have a ‘Soda…
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Money Matters
Read more: Money MattersI remember the day I heard that final year M.A students could get stipend. I was a freshie back then, and being slightly naive and enthu, I heeded seniors’ call when they asked junta to troop into CLT for the formal function to inaugurate final year stipend. As usual, not many students had turned up,…
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The Crimson Wave – a curation of art on menstruation (Sanjana Acharya)
Read more: The Crimson Wave – a curation of art on menstruation (Sanjana Acharya)BOONDH came to IIT Madras to talk about menstrual hygiene and sustainable menstruation. I had recently heard of the menstrual cup and wanted to make the switch, so after I attended the event I went to have a chat with the two lovely ladies who spoke to us – Sonal and Bharti, and show them…
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Stories of Grassroots education in India – An article in ‘Off Campus Class’ by Yashasvini Rajeshwar
Read more: Stories of Grassroots education in India – An article in ‘Off Campus Class’ by Yashasvini RajeshwarYashasvini Rajeshwar (Batch of 2016) writes about her experiences in the classrooms of urban and rural Tamil Nadu and Ladakh in Off Campus Class. If I had told my younger self that I would one day set out to write about grassroots level education, bottom-up change, and long term impact, I would have scoffed. Set in my…
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Conference calls!
Read more: Conference calls!Don’t you all wonder sometimes why we keep doing certain things? You might have been part of a school-fest which is still being organized. A “department fest” that continues to attract huge crowds. A Shaastra or a Saarang which has a combined footfall of more than a lakh. Amongst these crowd-pulling extravaganzas, this student-organized academic…
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