Stories about India from July, 2017
Menstrual Hygiene Products Are Not Luxury Goods: Indian Rural Women Speak Out
Are menstrual hygiene products luxury goods? Women in India are voicing their doubts.
An Indian Woman's Eco-Friendly Venture Creates Paper Gifts That Grow Into Plants
"Just think about it, the packets that end up on a street corner or in a dump grow into a plant."
Air India Stops Serving Meat on Domestic Flights. Is It a Cost-Saving Measure or a Political Move?
"Present government has discontinued non-veg food in Air India economy class....no justification given...another act of moral policing..."
How Are Boys and Girls Supposed to Sit, Walk, and Dance? An Experiment in India's Gujarat
Pink versus blue, pretty versus brave: the childhood landscape is mined with pernicious gender stereotypes that dictate how we behave as adults.
The More India's Ruling Party Pushes the Hindi Language, the More Indians Oppose It
"We are not saying no to Hindi...[the] question should be why 'only' Hindi."