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‘Day And Night We See the Problems of ASHA Workers And Women in Our Society’
An ASHA worker and facilitator tells BehanBox about the women frontline workers’ early challenges, gender and caste dynamics at play, and the art of…
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Saumya Kalia
Remembering Dayamma: In Grief, Celebration And Protest
In Chennai, a theatre festival paid a moving tribute to a beloved trans elder and stage stalwart, pushing boundaries and transforming the stage into a…
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The Long Road ASHA Workers Have Travelled Since 2005
This week in BehanVox: a theatrical tribute to a trans actor in Chennai, sanitation workers' protest, vote chori allegations, and more
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‘Census 2027 Should Enumerate Caste Power Alongside Caste Apartheid’
In BehanBox Talkies, we explore ideas through the lens of scholars. In this installment, we interview scholar Trina Vithayathil about the histories of…
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Saumya Kalia
In Bihar’s Border Districts, Bahus From Nepal Fear Loss Of Citizenship After SIR
There is hardly any Bihar village bordering Nepal which does not have a bahu from Nepal. The women are now worried that the ongoing SIR could impact…
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The Long Road ASHA Workers Have Travelled Since 2005
This week in BehanVox: a theatrical tribute to a trans actor in Chennai, sanitation workers' protest, vote chori allegations, and more
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Revising The Idea Of An Indian Citizen
This week in BehanVox: how Arunachal's women healers are saving plants from extinction, China's crackdown on female erotica writers, and more
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Sex Workers Fight For Their Rights In Mumbai's Historic Red Light District
This week in BehanVox: Haryana's intrusive new IVF mandate, the sexist world of video gaming in China, and more
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An ASHA Worker Tells Us What Care And Community Mean To Her
This week in BehanVox: a data-driven analysis of India's One Stop Centres, mapping Delhi through the lens Dalit-Bahujan queer individuals, and more
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Where Is The Money For Heat Action?
This week in BehanVox: a natural farming initiative in Andhra Pradesh, Kolkata rape case, India's own manosphere, and more
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From An Ambedkarite Jalsa To James Baldwin’s First Lines
This month in Postcards: notes about Catan, scribbled-out games of FLAMES, crime and companionship in Sarah Paretsky’s world, and more
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Sex Workers Fight For Their Rights In Mumbai's Historic Red Light District
This week in BehanVox: Haryana's intrusive new IVF mandate, the sexist world of video gaming in China, and more
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‘Our Work Went From Local to Global – That Is ASHA Workers’ Biggest Milestone’
Netradipa, an ASHA worker and union leader from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, recalls stories of how she has gone beyond the call of duty and become a friendly…
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Saumya Kalia
We’re Taking the Historical Route With News Stories. Here’s Why
In Postscript, we reflect on the editorial choices we make and abandon. Plus all things behind the scenes
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In Drought-Hit Karur, One Woman Builds A Climate-Resilient Food Forest
As climate change alters agriculture and the lives of people, women like Saroja Kumar lead efforts to craft resilience solutions such as food forests
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From a Satyashodhak Ceremony In Nagpur To a Quiet Rebellion In An Iranian Film
This month in Postcards: notes on relishing phalse berries, recipes for sukat chutney and pulusu, Celine Song's cinema, and more
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How India’s Forest Governance Is Increasingly Loaded Against Forest Dwelling Communities
From Uttarakhand to Karnataka, forest officials are violently evicting forest dwelling communities, disregarding their rights to the forests and its…
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Shreya Raman
Intercaste Marriage Support Scheme, Key To Social Change, Is Floundering
It was an incentive to promote social integration and support intercaste couples who often deal with familial and social opposition. Now the Centre has…
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Priyanka Tupe
Inside The Lives, Labour And Trials Of Chennai’s Women Flowersellers
Women occupy the last and least profitable rung of the trade even as they battle precarity, heat, exhaustion and eviction
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