I’m so grateful my mom got out. It was not easy for her here as an immigrant, but what my aunts endured and what so many Indian women suffer at the hands of their own families is unbearable.

When the social memory of dowry as a punishable offence begins to erode, what remains visible is not the brutality of the practice, but the joke built around it. Lawyer Naina Jacob writes about how dowry is being treated not as a crime but as comedy content on social media

Every government entity is scared as hell of this social media movement. They're waiting for any opportunity to effect a massive clampdown on the CJP. I mean, it's not even a political party. Their ideology is just a bunch of issues and asking questions around those issues on social media. (1/3)

Almost nothing exemplifies the global nexus of corruption, crony capitalism, oligarchy and fascist government better than Adani and his treatment by both Modi’s India and Trump’s US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, since 2 March, Israeli attacks on Lebanon—backed by the US—have killed 3,324 people and wounded 10,027.

In 2025, Sweden removed the most dams on its rivers, 173, followed by Finland, 143, and Spain, 109. edition.cnn.com/2026/05/27/w...

People don’t stop harmful practices just because of fear of jail. Dowry is deeply tied to social and cultural traditions. To break the cycle, children need to learn about the harms of dowry through school books, stories, and discussions from an early age. bsky.app/profile/scro...

We were proud to sponsor & organize this powerful conversation with Joe Sacco at @PeoplesForumNYC, alongside @JewishCurrents. From Muzaffarnagar to Gaza, Sacco’s work asks what power wants hidden: who was harmed, who profited, and who gets to call violence truth. prismreports.org/2026/05/26/s...

When it was highly guessed even among the noobs of foreign affairs that the US and Israel are going to attack Iran. Modi went on a foreign trip to Israel, jeopardising the energy security of India.

This country has gone bonkers. SC says that voter deletion is not a denial of citizenship and then upholds the validity of voter deletions during Bihar assembly elections. I mean, if not choosing their own leaders, then what does citizenship mean in this country?

Instagram is shadowbanning protest videos against the Google data centre in Andhra Pradesh. Villagers and farmers in the area are really concerned about the impact this data centre will have on water security, which is already in the doldrums. (1/2)

In a democracy, accountability requires a direct line between policy failure and political consequence. That line, in contemporary India, has been severed. It has been cut by weaponising nationalism, writes Vishal R Choradiya. scroll.in/article/1093...

People in India are rightfully so desperate for industrialisation that they're ready to let big companies put up data centres which would drain aquifers and produce negligible jobs apart from construction work.

Cockroach Janta Party’s founder says Indian government took website down https://aje.news/afp03f

Crackdown on #CockroachJantaParty & backlash against journalist Helle Lyng don’t reflect a govt confident in its many electoral victories, but one insecure about real & rising discontent, writes Betwa Sharma For our weekly edit notes, subscribe: article-14.com/subscribe

At least 22 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon in 24 hours: Ministry https://aje.news/55ryeh

India, 2026: "We wanted to show that we are also humans, that we are also residents of Bharat just like you. It is almost 80 years since Independence yet some people’s mentality regarding untouchability is still there".

My #cartoon on the power shift in Bengal. Published immediately after the results. Linktr.ee/MANJULtoons

This is the fourth time that his "aide" is dying suspiciously. In 2013, his PA, Pradeep Jha, died mysteriously. Then in 2018, his bodyguard died mysteriously, and then his driver died mysteriously in 2021.

Encoded Hierarchies: How Caste Is Reproduced On India’s Digital Platforms  Caste continues to be visible, and casteism continues to thrive across various digital spaces because the transition from physical to digital social spaces did not disrupt caste as the scaffolding that sustains power…

Focusing on the impact of SIR deletions in the Bengal election outcomes ignores larger, and more worrying, patterns.

Which one are you? (I'm dynamic tripod)

Barely any attention paid here to the catastrophic elections in India, so I'm on Twitter more right now to commiserate with fellow Indians. But by god so many of those fellow Indians are wildly evil nazis--just a chorus of slurs & rape/death threats under any progressive post by popular users.

India is a dumping ground for lawsuit losers and government-penalised products of the West. There's no safety mechanism; institutions like the FSSAI are more interested in sending legal notices to content creators and whistleblowers rather than making companies follow safety measures.

Urgent: I desperately need a mapmaker to draw a few maps for my new book. My usual person is booked solid and there is a bit of a time crunch. If you have the time or know someone who might please do reach out 🗃️

#indianelections2026 and why this was very bad. Modi & BJP (ruling party in the Indian federal govt) used the federal election commission to remove ~2.7M eligible voters from rolls & add another ~7M right before the election, with no explanation & sanctioned by Indian Supreme Court./1

Taiwans stock market capitalisation just overtook Canada. By next month, it is likely to overtake India’s in terms of market cap. Taiwans population is 23mn. Delhi’s population alone is 30% higher than Taiwan’s. This is the price of corruption and inaction.

'AAJVS assumed a right to sign away Shompen lands, a right that it was not legally entitled to, three former members confirmed to us...sparking a chain of clearances that enabled one of India’s most contentious projects to take shape, the Rs. 92,000 crore Great Nicobar mega project.'

This was inevitable. Apart from being disappointed and angry on a lot of things, it hurts to know that Kolkata will no longer be a cheap/affordable city.

The level of cheating in the Bengal elections is just unbelievable. After disenfranchising 13% of the state, deploying militias to intimidate voters and rigging every possible procedure, the BJP still isn’t sure it can win. What does that tell you?

If Mamta Banerjee wins WB today, just look at the hate peddled against Bengalis by the Sangh ecosystem.

Will Honour-Based Violence Stop With Legislation? Lessons From The United Kingdom For Karnataka Karnataka's law is oriented towards institutional responsiveness, which poses limits on feminist governance if not complemented by structural interventions.

Murder rates in Israel’s Palestinian areas soar, fueling allegations of state complicity and neglect.

Once again the west is playing catch up with the east.

Just brutal

Modi’s BRICS moment has turned into a diplomatic embarrassment. India chairs, but does not lead. Afraid to upset Donald Trump, unwilling to confront China, and silent on Iran, New Delhi looks isolated. Strategic ambiguity is no strategy. #MyPiece

There's something distinct about this discipline. Maybe it has to do with better accessibility and less methodological rigidity. After Florida's ban on sociology, this is a desi twist; now sociology students will have to parrot non-biological PMs' deeds through institutionalisation in BA courses.

It's everywhere. From DC to Delhi. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o...

A bengali friend of mine, whom I admire because I find him very eccentric and interesting, once said that one day all of India will discard the BJP and then, Bengal would accept them and they'll accept them for decades to come. I hope he's not wrong.

Now that the polls are over...

Umar Khalid is incarcerated for advocating peace. This is the same court, who, in the absence of any proof, framed a reasoning of larger responsibility to continue keeping Umar and Sharjeel in jail. PS. Every institution is infested with sangh people, currently, courts are topping that chart.

Two stories in the mag this week. India’s weak currency reflects deeper problems than the Iran war. As an energy dependent emerging market you might expect to see the rupee dropping but two third of its 11% fall the past financial year were before the war broke out. economist.com/finance-and-...

Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon while taking selfies. Ancient mosques, churches, cemeteries, schools, hospitals - all being obliterated by the genocidal regime www.instagram.com/reel/DWrg5xi...

"unwillingness to accept the procedure"! Everyone in India who has the most minor work to do from a bank knows what and how those "procedures" are.

So much to revive a dead language.

During the night, Israeli occupation forces forced a Palestinian family out of their home in Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.

“With this bail order, the authorities wanted to humiliate us” #Protests against Vedanta Group bauxite mine in #Odisha criminalised; #Dalits & #Adivasis protesters forced to clean police stations as part of bail conditions, reports Nikita Jain article-14.com/post/after-s...

As the independence of the EC has come under question, the model code is now seen as one having significant problems. scroll.in/article/1092... So strict it can even seem bizarre. In the days before #polling, tourists have been barred from beach towns in #Bengal Shoaib Daniyal writes.