The gate-cane wedding practice is modelled on hiring practices in the labour-intensive sugarcane industry. scroll.in/article/106693…

With marriage, adolescent girls are transformed into wives and koyta workers.

Reetika Revathy Subramanian explains the practice, which is prevalent the water-starved…

If they had written NaMo NaMo NaMo maybe they would have scored 100 %

University: Students Write ‘jai Shri Ram’ In Exam, Awarded 50% Marks | Varanasi News - Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/…

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Heartiest Congratulations to Ajit Dada on his exoneration. He had been unjustly framed. The taint is now washed away. 😊

EXACTLY a year ago, Congress firebrand Spokesperson Prof. Gourav Vallabh, while speaking to ANI, alleged that ED, CBI come looking for anyone who questions Modi.
Now BJP's Prof. Gourav Vallabh writes for The Indian Express that investigative agencies being 'caged parrots' is a myth - they are…

I wrote for TIME about people who regret having children

I've often been told that such regret isn’t possible; for this piece, I interviewed parents who love their kids & who, if they could turn back time, might not choose to be parents again

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This is mafia stuff. The proposers of the Congress candidate (pure formality, can be ANY voter in the constituency) suddenly saying they didn't sign. EIGHT other candidates SUDDENLY dropping out. If you are not a deranged bhakt, you will see this for the undemocratic sham it is.

RJ had a population growth of 166% between 1971 and 2011. That is the highest in the country.

RJ has < 10% Muslims. Who produced these children to make it the fastest growing population? Hindus, I assume?

I have never seen a more shameless government.

Travellers on Trial: Why it’s an unequal movement, writes Bhavya Dore
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Read about my PhD research on Gate-Cane weddings in #Marathwada , featured in Down To Earth. This practice prevails in drought-affected, high migrant-sending villages. For an in-depth look, check out the full paper at Climate&Development: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… CambridgeGender @ bsky.social

The EC has simply abandoned its duties

So yesterday was the hottest day in Bombay for the month of April in a decade. And they want to cut trees, build a metro car shed in Aarey, and run a bullet train through national park?

reserve bank of india ReserveBankOfIndia and election commission Election Commission of India both opposed modi's criminal bonds. both were overruled 👇🏾

After having travelled through eastern Vidarbha where some ten million people will vote on April 19, I don't see on the ground what we see on TV channels. Incredibly dull electioneering. Simmering anger against the Pradhan Sevak across sections.
I think the BJP is in trouble.

These two are the most important stories of the year, of how a feted anti corruption bureau, responsible for some of the best cases this millennium, has been rendered toothless. Next time anyone claims their leader has not been caught in graft charges, show them these 2 articles

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The Manmohan vs Modi years 📈

Modi govt mocks global research showing India has problems like malnutrition. But the govt’s own data says the Manmohan Singh govt did better in tackling many such issues.

Story by Jahnavi
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