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A Year of Lockdown and New Laws Leave Kashmir Vulnerable to a Land Grab

The Indian Government placed the country's northernmost state under curfew in August 2019. Unable to work, locals have been unable to pay rent—leading many to sell their land.
Raksha Kumar
8.3.20
Entertainment

Shakuntala Devi’s Biopic on Amazon Prime Video Skims Over One of Her Most Important Works — A Book on Homosexuality in India

The human calculator’s ‘The World of Homosexuals’ published back in 1977, is considered to be one of the first studies of queerness in India.
Navin Noronha
8.3.20
kashmir

Timeline: A Year of Siege in Kashmir

A year after its autonomy was revoked, Kashmir continues to be a mess of human rights violations.
Pallavi Pundir
7.30.20
News

A US Citizen On Trial in Pakistan For Calling Himself a Prophet Was Shot Dead in a Courtroom

The man was a member of the Ahmadiyya sect, a minority group barred from calling itself Islamic under Pakistani law.
Pallavi Pundir
7.30.20
Culture

Roasted Winged Termites Are My Favourite Monsoon Snack, Even If Others Might Not Find it 'Appropriate'

The popular delicacy savoured by scores of Dalits, Bahujans and Tribal people evokes disgust in those that claim to dictate the law of the land.
Jahnavi Uppuleti
7.30.20
Tech

These Indian Students Missed College Life. So They Recreated Their Campus on Minecraft

With IRL schooling shut, some Ashoka University students have taken their uni life to the servers.
Satviki Sanjay
7.30.20
Identity

How Being Sexually Abused as a Child Affects My Relationships as an Adult

“As we were trying to find our comfort zone physically, on many occasions I would find myself dazed. I’d stop him mid-caress as if I came out of a trance and would force him to leave me alone.”
Purvi
7.29.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

The Government Insists India’s Tiger Count has Doubled in 12 Years. Wildlife Experts Aren’t So Sure

Photographing tigers and counting the photos seems like a bad data collection technique.
Satviki Sanjay
7.29.20
mental health

What Having Anxiety as a Child Feels Like

“When I was 10, I was called out to read something. But I got so intimidated that I ended up peeing in front of the entire class. As a kid, you just endure whatever you’re feeling with the assumption that it is what it is.”
Manas Jha
7.28.20
relationships

AI Analysed Over 11,000 Couples to Find What Makes Relationships Work

“It suggests that the person we choose is not nearly as important as the relationship we build.”
Satviki Sanjay
7.28.20
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Two Schoolgirls From India Just Discovered an Asteroid

Currently near Mars, it will fly past Earth in the distant future.
Satviki Sanjay
7.28.20
extremism

How India’s Trolls Are Turning Hate Into Content

Last week, two YouTubers were arrested for threatening to rape an Indian comedian over a year-old joke.
Shamani Joshi
7.25.20
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