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When Amphan hit West Bengal in May, thermal imaging showed the mangroves of Sundarbans absorbing most of the brutal force of the cyclone before it crossed into the land. This was similar to how the mangrove forests along the coast of Tamil Nadu mitigated cyclone Gaja’s impact in 2018. These…
When Bengaluru techie and photographer Ayan Biswas was packing for his March 13 flight to Leh, he was prepared to be a part of the Iranian new year celebrations in Turtuk for a documentary. What he was not prepared for was to share a meal cooked of a sheep hunted…
Treena Mukherjee, a Zomato executive in Bengaluru, was 20 and a student of Madras Christian College when she was molested by three men on a crowded bus – all within five minutes. Four years later in 2012, she faced similar harassment in Bengaluru when she was cat-called and eve-teased while…
The manager of an orphanage in JP Nagar has been arrested for causing the death of eight dogs in MS Ramaiah City, JP Nagar, on January 27. According to the police, the arrested accused had carried rotting food waste in his car and dumped it in the spot frequented by…
For months, Tushar Chandra, a 39-year-old content writer from Jigani in Bengaluru (rural), watched in unease as a local contractor dumped sewage into Hennagara lake regularly. He was living in a rented flat in the plush DLF Maiden Heights apartment complex which overlooks the lake. The contractor, Shivaraju, was hired…
Amount of money Divya earns = Rs 36,000 Amount of money she spent on car EMI = Rs 17,000 Amount of money she spent on bike EMI = Rs 5,000 Amount of money she spent on TV EMI = Rs 2,000 Amount of money she was left with for the…
When Fathima Latheef, the first year IIT Madras student who killed herself on November 9, blamed her professor Sudarshan Padmanabhan for her death, she opened up a discussion on how some teachers and professors abuse their power and harass students, especially the women. Opening up to the public three days…
Fathima Latheef’s suicide has not only brought to the fore discussions over discrimination faced by students in IIT Madras, but also the importance of mental health as – according to her suicide note – Fathima felt harassed by at least one of her professors. Although at present there is a…
Last year, India topped the list of the most depressing country in the world, according to a survey by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The country was followed by China and the United States of America. This year, a study on mental health conducted in the USA found that experiencing…
The first time you come across Arya, you may not feel that she is anything out of the ordinary — cheerful, although a little restrained, and determined to make her mark in the world. But that’s until you notice the scars on her arms. For years, the 27-year-old content specialist…