Written by Aditi ApparajuEdited by Sofia Juliet Rajan Picture a farmer in your mind. Did you think of a man in a field wielding a sickle? No surprise there. Remember the charts our teachers used to teach us about professions? Millions of us grew up viewing...
Written by Ambuja RajEdited by Sofia Juliet Rajan “Look inside, what we live inside is barely even a room. You really think cleaning this is work?”— A migrant waste-picker in Pathadipalam, KochiInside a one-room home in Kochi, a woman fans the flames on a chulha (earthern...
Written by Shilpa Shirish Edited by Sofia Juliet Rajan On a hot, sultry July afternoon last year, I visited Vathuruthy, a Tamil-majority migrant settlement in Kochi. Situated in a low-lying area near a nala (a drainage canal), Vathuruthy is a mix of densely packed, low-rise concrete...
Written by Nihal Ranjit Edited by Sofia Juliet Rajan The deep-rooted inclination to mistrust or fear the “other” is as old as humankind, and is shaped both by nature and nurture. While these biases may exist in varying degrees, they are often reinforced by social, political,...