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When Unsafe Buildings Become a Question of Governance: Building Safety in Delhi
The Satya Niketan building collapse has raised wider questions about building safety in Delhi, from unauthorised construction and unsafe PGs to inspections, student housing and urban accountability.
Sep 134 min read
Kylian Mbappé Calls Out AI Dictator Memes: “A Lack of Political and Human Awareness”
Kylian Mbappé has criticized AI-generated dictator memes featuring his likeness, calling them a sign of poor political and human awareness. Meanwhile, Nikola Jokić has revealed his growing frustration with fame and unwanted attention.
Sep 133 min read
EA SPORTS FC 27 Soundtrack: The Songs You'll Remember
EA SPORTS FC 27 features a 120-track soundtrack spanning 36 countries. Here's how its artists, songs, and musical legacy continue FIFA's gaming-culture tradition
Sep 126 min read
Student Mental Health: When Your PG Stops Feeling Like Home
For students living away from home, a PG is more than just accommodation. When safety, privacy, food and basic comfort are missing, the place meant to feel like home can become a source of constant stress.
Sep 124 min read
Preventive Detention in India: When Preventive Power Crosses the Line
Preventive detention is an extraordinary state power that directly affects personal liberty. The Allahabad High Court's intervention in the Aakriti Chaudhary case raises important questions about the National Security Act, Article 22 safeguards, executive accountability and the constitutional limits of preventive power.
Sep 114 min read
The 2026 Ballon d'Or: Every Nominee, Every Case
The 2026 Ballon d'Or race is wide open. From Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembélé to Ewa Pajor and Harry Kane, we examine every nominee's case, alongside the Yashin, Kopa, Gerd Müller and Johan Cruyff Trophy races.
Sep 1121 min read
Youthora — Issue 1
There was a map for growing up: study hard, get a job, work your way up, fit into a world you inherited. That map is being redrawn — and this issue follows the people doing the redrawing. On the cover: Aditi Kaicker, the marathon runner whose story anchors an issue about people who refuse to move at the pace they were handed. Inside, sixteen stories that don't agree to a single mood: Who Owns the Water? — an investigation into India's rice-for-ethanol push, and the groundwate
Sep 102 min read
The New Anxiety of Being Left Behind: Why Young People Feel Behind in Life
At 21, it can feel like everyone else is moving ahead. Social media has made comparison harder to escape, creating a new anxiety around career, success and the fear of being left behind.
Sep 103 min read
Why Asking for Mental Health Help Still Feels Like Failure
For many young people, saying “I need help” can feel harder than silently struggling. Here’s why mental-health stigma, self-doubt and social expectations continue to make asking for support feel like failure.
Sep 74 min read
How Social Media Is Becoming the New Shopping Mall for Young Indians
For young Indians, shopping is increasingly happening inside social media feeds. Creators, algorithms, comments and short-form videos are changing how products are discovered, recommended and bought.
Sep 53 min read
The Price of Being at the Top: The Hidden Cost of Fame for Athletes
Fame brings elite athletes wealth, influence and global recognition, but it can also take away privacy, anonymity and ordinary freedoms. From Mbappé and Kohli to Osaka, Biles and LeBron James, this is the hidden cost of life at the top of world sport.
Sep 512 min read
Behind the Silver Medal: Keyaa Banerji’s Struggle with Instant Fame and Online Identity
Indian powerlifter Keyaa Banerji won silver in the deadlift at the Junior World Powerlifting Championships. Days later, her viral success was followed by AI-generated images, online impersonation and the loss of her private Instagram account. Her experience exposes the growing risks young women athletes face when sudden visibility collides with AI-powered harassment.
Sep 512 min read
India-France Fashion Ties: New Opportunities for Indian Textiles
India and France are strengthening their fashion and textile ties, creating opportunities for Indian designers, artisans, handlooms and traditional craftsmanship to gain greater visibility in the global fashion industry.
Sep 42 min read
Manual Scavenging in India: Why Workers Are Still Dying Despite the Law
Manual scavenging in India has been prohibited by law, yet sanitation workers continue to die while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. The gap between strong legislation and weak implementation remains one of the country's most serious sanitation challenges.
Sep 37 min read
Raúl Asencio Allegations: What He Is Actually Accused Of
Raúl Asencio's ongoing case has generated headlines that blur the difference between allegations, charges and convictions. Here's what the case actually involves and what remains for the court to decide.
Sep 37 min read
Fast Fashion, Faster FOMO: Why Gen Z Can’t Stop Chasing the Next Trend
Why does Gen Z keep chasing the next fashion trend? Explore how FOMO, social media, influencers and fast fashion drive impulsive shopping—and why conscious consumption is becoming harder to resist.
Sep 23 min read
Teenage Mental Health in India: Why Teens Still Struggle to Get Help
Awareness of teenage mental health is growing in India, but access to timely and appropriate support remains a challenge. Here’s why young people still struggle to find help.
Sep 23 min read
Climate Justice: Why Smaller Nations Are Paying the Biggest Price
Why are smaller nations paying the highest price for climate change? Explore climate justice, historical emissions, climate finance, loss and damage, and the unequal impact of the climate crisis.
Sep 18 min read
NBA Streaming Is Changing How Fans Watch Basketball
The NBA isn't necessarily losing its audience—it is changing how fans watch basketball. Explore streaming, rising costs, social media, Gen Z and the future of NBA fandom.
Sep 19 min read
AI and Teenagers: Safety, Mental Health and the Future of Learning
OpenAI's move toward a more age-appropriate ChatGPT experience for teenagers is an important step in AI safety, but protecting young users will require more than technological safeguards.
Aug 315 min read
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