Educate Girls, founded by Safeena Husain, won the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Prize. The non-profit organisation has big plans to expand their reach in mobilising community and government resources for girls' education in rural areas
About The Author
Pritha Vashishth is a Mumbai-based journalist who writes about human rights, society, and culture. She is the author of two published poetry collections, Mihir and Mayur Pida. She can be contacted at pritha.vashishth@outlookindia.com.
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Gauri Lankesh's unfinished editorial spoke of blurred truths and silenced voices, echoes that feel sharper in today’s India.
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Led by activist Manoj Jarange Patil, Marathas across Marathwada and Beed protest against the government’s dual reservation policy in Mumbai, insisting on proper verification of Satara and Hyderabad Gazette records to secure Kunbi status.
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Maharashtra’s Flagship Women Welfare Scheme Hit By Rs 163 Crore Loss, Several Beneficiaries Left Out
The very women who formed the backbone of implementation—ASHA and anganwadi workers—are themselves among those excluded in this scheme.
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While legitimate, government-recognised schools are battling to survive, the rise of illegal schools has forced the administration to send closure notices to several schools
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Animal rights organisations and dog feeders in the city have launched a series of protests against a Supreme Court directive to remove stray dogs from Delhi–NCR streets and relocate them to shelters within eight weeks.
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Denied the fixing of accountability for what befell them, survivors and kin of the slain in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts find their old wounds reopened after the recent acquittals
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The night Mumbai bled and the wronged men who bled longer
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When Italian luxury brand Prada showcased a designer version of the Kolhapuri chappal, no one asked who actually makes the chappal in India
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The Bhima Koregaon case returns to focus as the Supreme Court allows bail plea revival—while Maharashtra’s sweeping Jan Suraksha Bill raises alarms over civil liberties, ambiguous terms, and the creeping criminalisation of protest.
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