Torn Apart

Why Daisy Rockwell is painting portraits of Black women who committed suicide in US jails

'The poor and the disenfranchised are used as municipal piggy banks through aggressive policing of minor crimes.'

Daisy Rockwell
· Jul 08, 2016 · 07:30 pm
Libya: multitude of militias stand in way of new UN peace plan

With Libya carved up by warring factions, the UN has offered up a directionless and toothless peace plan.

Natasha Ezrow, The Conversation
· Jun 15, 2015 · 02:30 pm
To save handloom sector, Karnataka’s weavers are trying everything from padayatras to panchayats

Already fighting off illegal incursions by power looms, handloom workers say proposed changes in the textile policy will kill the sector.

Nayantara Narayanan
· Apr 24, 2015 · 11:30 am

A major tug-of-war is unfolding in Delhi over your pure silk sari and lungi

Powerloom associations want the textile ministry to remove handloom-only reservations on these two items. Handloom groups oppose this.

Aarefa Johari
· Apr 23, 2015 · 09:10 am