India

The toll of TikTok

Indonesian women’s rights groups demand better protections against misogyny and harassment for livestream hosts When TikTok’s e-commerce platform launched in 2021, Indonesia became one of its biggest markets. Even after...

When satire becomes unsafe in India

The parents of a Gen-Z icon fear for his safety after a government crackdown on his new cockroach-inspired political party A new political party in India, the Cockroach Janata Party...

Running on empty

As war in the Middle East disrupts energy flows, millions of Indian households are left scrambling for gasAs Indian publication Khabar Lahariya reports, the ongoing conflict between the United States,...

Bangalore: The many tongues heard at midnight in the backseat of a cab

When the gloss of Bangalore strips away at three in the morning, restless cabs become rolling confessionals, where a symphony of borrowed tongues echoes the rawest survival economics....

Love and punishment in Karnataka and Bihar

Two honour-killings expose the price of loving across caste lines Written by Rachana and published by Khabar Lahariya, this report traces two recent cases of brutal violence that reveal how inter-caste...

What does support for a slain rebel tell us about India today?

As thousands mourn a slain rebel in Bastar, the report asks whether the state can kill a movement without addressing the conditions that gave it life Narrated by Rachana for Khabar...

Who moved my job?

As global tech giants shed jobs and AI transforms workflows, India’s IT industry faces a historic reckoning India’s once unshakeable IT industry, the country’s largest private employer and a backbone...

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