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A Marginal Rise In Bihar's Women MLAs
This week in BehanVox: the strange world of technocapitalism, our Laadli wins, and more
Nov 23
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From Protest Parties To Riotous Angry Women
This month in Postcards: notes on Maharashtra’s Lok Kala, Shankar’s priceless children’s books, and more
Nov 22
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‘Women Are Literally And Figuratively On The Outskirts Of The Startup Economy’
This month in BehanBox Talkies: we interview academic Hemangini Gupta about the myths of meritocracy, flexibility, and innovation in technocapitalism
Nov 17
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Saumya Kalia
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BehanBox Talkies: ‘We Are Conditioned To Believe Care Work Is Innate To Women’
In this installment of BehanBox Talkies, we interview economist Neetha N about how caste, patriarchy and capitalism devalue care work in India — and…
Oct 31
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Saumya Kalia
Why Chhattisgarh’s Healthworkers Are Still Protesting, A Year After Promised Change
Lack of clarity and delayed wages has plagued the state’s community healthcare worker programme. Workers are leading a fragmented fight in demanding…
Oct 25
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From Sudhir Patwardhan’s Bombay to a Post-Revolution Cairo
Mar 22
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From Karl Marx in Dharavi to a Paper Factory in Nepal
May 24
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A Liquor Law That Criminalizes NT-DNT Women
Apr 13
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Why India's Heat Action Plans Fail
May 4
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A Marginal Rise In Bihar's Women MLAs
This week in BehanVox: the strange world of technocapitalism, our Laadli wins, and more
Nov 23
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Delhi's Annual Ritual Of Lethal Winter Smog
Also in this week's BehanVox: the absence of Muslim women in Bihar's politics, Delhi HC's ruling on intercaste unions, and more
Nov 16
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A Tectonic Shift In Women's Sports
This week in BehanVox: Mexico's president molested in public, Zohran Mamdani's all-women transition team, and more
Nov 9
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The Invisibility Of Care Work
This week in BehanVox: India's stunning win in the Women’s World Cup semi-final, a new cooperative taxi app, and more
Nov 2
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In Bihar, It's Raining Cash Schemes For Women
This week in BehanVox: Japan's first woman prime minister, Ladki Bahin Yojana scam, and more
Oct 26
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From Marathi Cinema To A Vigil For Palestine
This month in Postcards: a strangers’ choir, Jyoti Dogra’s transcendent theatre, losing and finding Ghalib, and more
Oct 18
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Learning To Care About 'Care' As India's Future Of Work
In Postscript, we reflect on the editorial choices we make and abandon. Plus all things behind the scenes
Oct 25
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Living In A Ghost World, These Data Workers Make the Internet Possible
The dispersed nature of their work, opaque AI supply chains and deficient policy have invisibilised millions of digital gig workers in India
Oct 10
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Women In Madhya Pradesh Come Together To Fight A 'Green Invasion'
This week in BehanVox: caste bias in OpenAI models, Manipuri weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's silver streak, and more
Oct 5
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From Detentions to Trade Wars, How We Centred Women’s Stories
In Postscript, we reflect on the editorial choices we make and abandon. Plus all things behind the scenes
Aug 30
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Why Trump’s Tariffs Are A Feminist Issue
Women make up for a significant portion of the workforce in India’s four key US export sectors. From long-term wage cuts to increased debt burden, they…
Sep 8
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Why Unions Find It Hard To Forge Worker Solidarity In Platform Companies
In the platform economy, time is scarce, worker interactions are discouraged, and protests met with punishment. The idea of both union and unity are…
Sep 5
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Saumya Kalia
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From Witnessing Charles Bridge in Prague To Watching 'Ullozhukku'
This month in Postcards: notes about finding community in neighbourhoods, ‘Tees’ and thinking about loved ones, and the courage to hope in a flailing…
Aug 23
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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…
Aug 12
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