Caste threads are spawning deadly conflicts in Tamil Nadu schools

Children are wearing the threads to school to assert their caste identity. The result is a spiral of violence that recently led to a student's death.

Johanna Deeksha

· May 25, 2022 · 06:30 am

One year after Covid killed 1,621 teachers on poll duty in UP

The tragedy laid bare the massive neglect of healthcare and education in India's most populous state. Many families still struggle to comprehend their loss.

Johanna Deeksha

· Apr 27, 2022 · 06:30 am

Bad teeth can be a matter of life and death for Indians

Yet the country does not even have an oral health policy in place.

Johanna Deeksha

· Apr 06, 2022 · 06:30 am

Why PhDs are a minefield for India’s marginalised students

From vengeful guides to delayed funds, scholars from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class groups face oppression at every turn.

Johanna Deeksha

· Mar 09, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘It’s like taking off clothes in public’: What Indian women say about Karnataka's hijab ban

In a conservative country where women are forced to cover up, the scenes out of Karnataka are drawing sharp reactions – but not always of solidarity.

Ipsita Chakravarty

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Johanna Deeksha

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Tabassum Barnagarwala

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Aishwarya Iyer

· Feb 19, 2022 · 06:30 am

Karnataka’s saffron scarf protests against the hijab aren’t new. A college in Koppa saw one in 2018

Before it spread like wildfire across the state, the conflict has simmered for years in a region known as the Hindutva laboratory of the South.

Johanna Deeksha

· Feb 15, 2022 · 06:30 am

India’s abandonment of families living with a child’s rare disease

All that the government has offered the vast majority of rare disease patients is a crowdfunding platform where they can make a request for donations.

Johanna Deeksha

· Jan 19, 2022 · 06:30 am

Comfort zone: In the loving company of dogs

In these unsettling times, Scroll.in staffers reveal the activities in which they find calm – and even joy.

Johanna Deeksha

· Jan 01, 2022 · 11:00 am

The backstory: How falling ill changed my perspective on life – and journalism

A reporter unexpectedly contracts tuberculosis and comes face to face with difficult questions.

Johanna Deeksha

· Dec 29, 2021 · 07:30 am

The children who quietly dropped out of school

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back.

Johanna Deeksha

· Dec 22, 2021 · 06:30 am

The unspoken scars of breast cancer survivors in India

Too often, breast cancer treatment is focused only on removal of cancer. But breast conservation and reconstruction are also crucial to women’s health.

Johanna Deeksha

· Dec 08, 2021 · 06:30 am

A Dalit woman’s battle for the job that was her right

The Pothumallee case led to reservations in Tamil Nadu’s anganwadis. Ten years later, caste hurdles to recruitment have given way to other challenges.

Johanna Deeksha

· Nov 17, 2021 · 09:00 am