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Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA spate of brutal rapes and murders of young girls in a single district of India over the past month has provoked outrage and exposed the ongoing…
Girls in Uttar Pradesh targeted in assaults aiming to reinforce caste and gender hierarchies, say activistsA spate of brutal rapes and murders of young girls in a single district of India over the past month has provoked outrage and exposed the ongoing…
The Casteless Collective are repurposing the bawdy gaana style to confront class conflict – and call out everything from corruption to violence against womenWhen Isaivani starts singing the “beef song” with happy abandon it is nearly 10pm. The audience…
We are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and exponents of ignorancePolio arrives, if it announces itself at all, as a high temperature. Or a sore throat. Maybe a headache, or an upset st…
Thousands of ritual statues are dunked into the sea off Mumbai each year – but coronavirus and pollution concerns are forcing change In the quiet housing estate of Angrewadi in the heart of Girgaon in south Mumbai, people are celebrating the 100th cons…
Niine’s sponsorship of Rajasthan Royals aims to help remove stigma around periodsWhen the Rajasthan Royals walk on to the pitch this September, it will mark more than a long awaited return of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket.Emblazoned on the back o…
A funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion. By Shaun Walker My grandfather had never been a tall man, and now he looked absurdly small, no bigger than a child. Swaddled in off-white sheets like a newborn, with just his head and the…
A mobile school helped Rehmuddin Shaikh become a rugby star. Now a street named after him is inspiring a new generationNo map of Mumbai mentions Rehmuddin Shaikh Road. But a local taxi driver would find the narrow lane between the huts in Ambedkar Naga…
Low priority for reproductive health during lockdown leaves millions unable to access contraception or safe terminationsSadhna Gupta* discovered she was pregnant just after India imposed a crippling lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.The 21-year-o…
Older patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Souzi Bondeko’s grandfather started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was struggli…
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus chaos has enveloped Pakistan, with hospitals overflowing, doctors dying and infections es…
Drug addiction is common among men in many villages, leaving their wives to develop survival strategies for the familyAnita Zadid would divorce her husband if she could. Eight years into the marriage, her husband turned to opium and crystal meth becaus…
Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization struggled to get needed information from China during critical early da…
Officials voice concern as coronavirus halts annual programme in country already struggling against resurgence in casesIn April, almost 40 million children missed their polio drops in Pakistan after the cancellation of the nationwide vaccination campai…
Participating hospitals begin enrolling volunteers to test drug’s impact on coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA major trial to see whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, taken by Donald Trump to protect himsel…