Society

When the mirrors no longer judge: A salon built for women the world tried to erase
When the mirrors no longer judge: A salon built for women the world tried to erase

At a New Delhi salon, acid attack and burn survivors are welcomed not as charity cases, but as women entitled to care, work, and ordinary dignity, challenging how India treats survival after violence.

By Kundanika Nanda
Three months, six metres, one sari: The labour behind IFFI’s quietest spectacle
Three months, six metres, one sari: The labour behind IFFI’s quietest spectacle

At India’s biggest film festival, a handloom fashion showcase highlighted named weavers, folk artists, and months of labour, arguing for craft not as nostalgia, but as intelligence, livelihood, and cultural policy

By Kundanika Nanda