How Students Struggling to Get Educated in Kashmir Came Up With Collective Solutions During the Pandemic

Mir Quasim, an undergraduate journalism student in Kashmir, India, has only attended a few months of classes – yet he is nearly done with his degree.

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How India’s Farmers Achieved Victory After a Yearlong Protest

Leaving their farms and land earlier this year to brave the cold and live on the streets of Delhi, India’s farmers challenged the might of a government bent on reducing their protections – and won the fight.

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New Student-Created Site Crowdsources Global Information About Coronavirus

For all those hunkering down at home, craving more up-to-date resources and verified, trustworthy information on the coronavirus, CoviDB.org may have some answers.

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Indians March En Masse With Farmers Who Are Choosing Protest Over Death

“Today the farmer is a political force. Those who ignore our voices do so at their own peril.”

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India Says #MeToo and Brings Down Powerful Men

It may have taken a full year for the #MeToo movement to reach India, but the storm has hit – and loudly.

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NGOs Are Getting Targeted and Hacked Like Corporations – But From a Different Source

A report released last month explores the often overlooked digital risk environment for NGOs and other groups.

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As City Profits Pour In, India's Rural School Meals Tragedy Is Due To Be Repeated

For the last three years this small, one-room school hasn’t seen a single midday meal served to its impoverished students – nor have cooks across the country been paid.

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India Bans All Animal-Tested Cosmetics, Citing Ghandian Nonviolence Principles

Testing cosmetics on animals goes against the non-violence principle of Ahimsa, and protecting sentient animals from suffering is enshrined in India’s constitution as the duty of every citizen.

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Uranium Corporation Of India Is Killing Children – But Refuses To Admit It

Even as uranium mining devastates communities in the state of Jharkhand, India, in the grip of promised growth, is choosing to look away.

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Outrage In India After Leaked Intelligence Report Calls NGOs "Threat to National Security"

In India last month, a furor erupted over a leaked intelligence bureau report which claimed that NGOs and civil society organizations like Greenpeace posed a threat to national security.

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