Social stigma is arising out of misinformation and panic surrounding the pandemic. By Jagriti Parakh The coronavirus outbreak is causing fear and apprehension leading to discrimination against people and communities. It is also promoting social isolation and stigma. All this has climaxed into increased enmity and disorder within the society. Many people who are/were affected […]
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A personal account of the impact of coronavirus outbreak and subsequent nationwide lockdown. By Jagriti Parakh Being a journalism grad, I had been following news related to the coronavirus outbreak ever since the beginning of this year, when the virus had not even stretched its arms beyond the geographical borders of China. I’ll be honest: […]
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IMD predicts ‘normal’ rainfall during the southwest monsoon in India, from June to September. By Jagriti Parakh India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that India is most likely to have a normal monsoon this year. Quantitatively, they have predicted the monsoon rainfall to be 100 percent of the long period average (LPA), with a model error […]
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While most health insurance policies in India are now providing cover for COVID-19, there are many terms and conditions that arise only at the time of processing claims. By Jagriti Parakh Despite insurance companies providing protection cover to individuals for medical treatment in case of coronavirus infection, many people end up paying out of their […]
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Experts say that poor people in urban areas are worst-hit by coronavirus crisis and the subsequent lockdown. By Jagriti Parakh Chandigarh: Many daily-wage workers and poor people in Chandigarh have been starving for days amid the nationwide lockdown as they have lost their jobs to the ongoing crisis and are left with no money. Many […]
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The story of Karnataka and Maharashtra’s unbalanced division of labor and profit. By Jagriti Parakh When a fungal infection with no surefire remedy withered the world’s bananas and started sweeping through Maharashtra, farmers in Karnataka started growing bananas. The same happened and again the grapes turned sour when about two lakh hectares of vineyards in […]
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Technically-oriented adrenaline junkies can now afford aero-modeling as a hobby, with countless workshops cropping up in Bengaluru round the year. By Jagriti Parakh Bright colored paper planes and hand gliders flew from one corner to another, some even collided and crashed. The young pilots stood there, with their heads up high and eyes gleaming—they had […]
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More than 90 percent of home-based garment workers can be called ‘forced laborers’ as they are paid less than the state stipulated minimum wage. By Jagriti Parakh While walking down the narrow lanes of Hosahalli, through the dimly lit basement shops along Mysore Road, and across the dystopian concrete buildings in Peenya and BTM Layout […]
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