-TwoCircles.net Research published in the International Growth Center in 2020 found that Muslims were substantially more likely to report sadness and anxiety, as compared to upper-caste Hindus. NEW DELHI — In the last week of December 2021, six female students were stopped from entering Government Women’s PU college in Udupi, Karnataka, for wearing a hijab. Soon afterwards, other colleges in the state followed suit, amidst protests, including Graduation Colleges. Even though an...
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The pandemic’s hidden cost: Suicides among Indians who lost jobs and income -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in India saw an unprecendented economic upheaval in the last two years. With it came a mental health crisis – and a wave of suicides. Trigger warning: This article contains references to suicide and some people might find it disturbing. In December 2020, in response to the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai decided to set up a dedicated mental-health helpline for slum residents of...
More »Hijab row likely to hit education of Muslim women, experts fear -KV Aditya Bharadwaj
-The Hindu Many students have vowed not to enter classrooms without their hijabs Bengaluru: Young women wearing religious headscarves tearfully pleading to be allowed entry into schools and colleges with many vowing not to remove their hijabs has raised concerns on the impact this will have on their education. While the case is in the High Court of Karnataka, several writers and activists from the Muslim community and education experts have expressed fear...
More »How agri credit is a source of survival for small farmers -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line A majority of them take loans from moneylenders and for non-agricultural needs A few years ago when Chayatai Parkhi’s husband Ashok ended his life as he was unable to pay debt taken from banks and moneylenders, Chayatai was forced to take another loan from a moneylender to perform a series of religious rites after the cremation of her husband. Ashok had taken a loan for his daughter’s marriage...
More »Indians are Vitamin D deficient. And no, it can’t be fixed by diet alone -Subhasree Ray
-ThePrint.in Vitamin D deficiency is a public health problem. India gets surplus sun, yet a large percentage of Indians suffer from significant vitamin D deficiency. And this number is only growing – it’s a public health problem of epidemic proportions. What could be the possible reasons? Dietary insufficiency is an evident cause, and nutrition policymakers are looking into food fortification as a major intervention to combat this public health problem. However, scientists...
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