Stories written by
Nishita Jha
Nishita Jha is a Scroll.in staffer.
-
Name and shame list: Indian women students explain why they don’t trust official sexual abuse panels
A group of feminists has called for ‘due process’ to be followed in complaints about sexual harassment on campus. But many say official mechanisms don’t work.
Nishita Jha
-
After teen is lynched on train, young men from his village are afraid of looking ‘too Muslim’
Faridabad’s Khandawli village is still trying to make sense of the brutal attack on Junaid and his brothers on Thursday evening.
Nishita Jha
-
Gujarat riot victim Bilkis Bano moved 20 homes in 15 years but never lost her faith in justice
Through court dates and a police cover-up, her husband stood by her like a rock.
Nishita Jha
Trending
-
Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
-
‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
-
What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
-
Translated short fiction: A 73-year-old Indian man goes to Bangladesh, his ‘land of birth’, to die
-
‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
-
Attacks on Africans: In India's satellite towns like Greater Noida, do black lives really matter?
Students from the developing world come to the educational hub near Delhi seeking a 'premium international experience'. What they find is sometimes different.
Nishita Jha
-
Demonetisation will hit the cash reserves – and health – of millions of sex workers
The access to healthcare and contraceptives for women and transgendered people in sex work is linked to their financially stability.
Nishita Jha & Sambit Pal
-
GPS-enabled rupee notes with spelling errors: Ten demonetisation rumours from the past fortnight
How many of these have you heard?
Nishita Jha
Video
-
Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
-
Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
-
Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
-
Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
-
Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
-
Note demonetisation: What of the women who hide cash to feed their children or to escape abuse?
A large section of women in India are out of the banking system, and the currency withdrawal has hit them hard.
Nishita Jha
-
Three charts show how it is always a state of perpetual war on the Indo-Pak border
Reports suggest Indo-Pak relations have never been worse, but people on either side of the LoC – and indeed, the international border – live in an uneasy truce.
Nishita Jha
-
Is it rape only when the victim screams and fights back? A Supreme Court verdict calls for a debate
The apex court dismissed a case after questioning the victim's behaviour. But accounts of rape survivors show there is no normal response to such an assault.
Nishita Jha
The Reel
-
Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
-
Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
-
How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
-
‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
-
‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
-
As BSF chief clarifies force did not ask Punjab to evacuate border, parties want Badal to explain
An evacuation without any seeming plan has left lakhs of people stranded in relief camps with crops ripening in faraway fields.
Nishita Jha
-
‘If border is risky, why is CM Badal flying here in a chopper?’ ask residents of evacuated villages
Though thousands have been shifted out of villages in Punjab, there is little to indicate that the evacuation was necessary.
Nishita Jha
-
Border-village evacuation: Khalsa Aid volunteers step up to fill gaps in official services
The Sikh humanitarian organisation has provided aid around the world, most recently to refugees in Greece.
Nishita Jha
The Field
-
Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India
-
Football: Odisha FC to compete in the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League
-
IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
-
India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
-
Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds