Clampdown on Kashmir

The outcome of Modi’s biggest political gamble is being held in abeyance by brute force, reports Ankita Mukherjee Last July, the government sent additional forces into the heavily-militarised Kashmir valley in anticipation of militant attacks on Hindu devotees making the annual Amarnath Yatra there. The deployment took everyone by surprise including the leaders of the […]

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Making Women Visible

Ankita Mukherjee profiles a unique platform that seeks to empower women artists from around the world “Art is still considered a male-dominated industry,” says Chhavi Singh, founder of DailyDesignist (DD), an online, global art platform that promotes women artists and  showcases their paintings on its online art gallery. “Few women artists have their works showcased […]

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India struggles to work and learn online

Ankita Mukherjee Kolkata: The lockdown caused by the threat of Covid19 caught everybody unawares. Schools and colleges were suddenly forced to switch to online classes and employees compelled to work from home. But India wasn’t ready for this drastic changeover. “On Thursday we faced a twelve-hour power cut which affected my work,” says Akhil Jain, […]

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