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Priyam is a disinformation analyst and writer based in Ranchi, Jharkand. She is an alumnus of the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai and has previously worked with Reuters News in Bengaluru and freelanced with BBC Hindi and Hindustan Times.
On November 26, Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee launched his Autumn-Winter Collection 2021, posting images on his official account featuring women wearing sarees in hues of beige and heavy necklaces with minimal make-up. But the women had no...
The strange case of the Burari deaths was finally closed by Delhi police at the end of October. No signs of foul play, they concluded — the 11 members of the Chundawat family had killed themselves in a deadly ritual from which they believed their...
Priya Kumari* is employed as a domestic worker at one of the upscale neighborhoods in the city of Ranchi in Jharkhand. She has received both doses of the Covishield vaccine. At 30 years old, she is illiterate. It was her employer who booked...
A week ago, Indian Twitter was buzzing with praise for the new season of espionage thriller The Family Man 2, from creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK. However, beyond the laudatory reviews, the show created a stir among India’s Tamil community...
As West Bengal gears up for assembly elections, which are due to be held in eight phases across the state starting from March 27, there is a sharp shift in the political discourse that the state is witnessing. With three major political fronts...
On Feb 13, 2021, several media outlets reported that Uttar Pradesh police had announced plans to monitor internet users’ pornography consumption, allegedly as as a move to curb crimes against women. Clarity around the program is severely lacking...
Every year, an image of India is circulated on social media, accompanied by text claiming that it was taken by NASA during Diwali. In truth, the picture is photoshopped, it’s most likely the outcome of different overlaid photographs taken by the...
On June 14, when news broke that Sushant Singh Rajput had died, allegedly by suicide, social media was rife with speculations about the ‘mystery’ of his death. In a country where public awareness about mental health problems remains sketchy at best,...