Susanti Sarkar
Journalist with a passion for delving into socio-political issues and aspiring author obsessed with the classics and sarcastic romance novels.
Susanti Sarkar
India’s slow but steady move to e-vehicles
October 2, 2021
The new, tightened air quality guidelines released by the World Health Organisation on September 22 put almost all of India in the ‘polluted’ category. This has further highlighted the country’s dire pollution problem and the urgent need for a phaseout of fossil fuels and a...
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Ballet leaps into mainstream Indian dance scene
September 30, 2021
Growing up in the small town of Siliguri at the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal, 20-year-old Dipesh Verma always knew he was born to dance. However, Verma’s father, a grocer, was adamant against letting his son pursue the art form, forcing him to practice secretly at ...
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India’s blossoming billion-dollar beauty market
September 27, 2021
Move over fashion and beauty magazines. Tens of millions of Indian women, young and not so young, are looking at their smartphones for the latest hot tips on beauty and make-up as Indian beauty influencers such as Kaushal Beauty, Shreya Jain and Malvika Sitlani have garnered hund...
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Illegal mass sterilisation camps not a thing of the past
September 25, 2021
In November 2014, Dr R K Gupta and an unnamed assistant carried out a record number of sterilisations of around 140 women in two camps in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district. Gupta, known as a very senior and respected surgeon, had even been honoured by the Chhattisgarh government...
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Student suicides on the rise in India
September 24, 2021
On September 15, a 17-year-old girl, the daughter of daily wage workers and who had dreams of attending medical school in Tamil Nadu aspirant, allegedly killed herself over fears of not being able to pass a crucial entrance exam to join a medical school. Alarmingly, it is the thi...
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The boom of fashion e-commerce in India
September 22, 2021
In the last decade, e-commerce has transformed the business landscape worldwide, recently driven by the almost complete shift to online shopping during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although many fashion retailers, even strong, established brands such as Zara, have experienced a fall in...
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Protestors against ‘Love jihad’ wreak war on inter-faith couples
September 20, 2021
Ravinder Sharma, a boatman and tour guide at Yamuna Ghat, Delhi, met his wife Rani (earlier known as Noor) in 2013, when she came down from Mumbai with her family. After weeks of showing her nearby sights and hours spent together on the river, they fell in love, and Sharma laughs...
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From classical to contemporary: Leading modern Bengali film directors
September 18, 2021
Bengali films perhaps first made a mark globally when Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955) became critically acclaimed and won several awards, both local and international, including the prestigious Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The feat inspired ...
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Indian diaspora strides ahead in US research sector
September 16, 2021
The global rush to manufacture vaccines since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has hugely reiterated the immense importance for each country to possess a vibrant scientific research and development ecosystem. For decades, the United States has held the leadership in this domain...
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As US abortion ban sparks fierce backlash, India forges ahead in reproductive rights
September 13, 2021
In 2012, an Ireland-based Indian dentist, Savita Halappanavar, made international headlines after she died due to complications caused by a septic miscarriage when, despite going through a previously life-threatening incident, her request for an abortion was denied on legal groun...
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Telangana’s Cheriyal scroll paintings: Stories of mythology and village folklore
September 9, 2021
Cheriyal, a small, sleepy village in Telangana about 100 km from capital Hyderabad, denotes the one of the last places in India where ancient Cheriyal scroll paintings are still being made. Once it was home to several families who survived on scroll paintings, but many have moved...
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International Literacy Day 2021: Pandemic pushes progress back
September 8, 2021
Established on September 8, 1966, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) introduced International Literacy Day to emphasise the importance of literacy for individuals as well as society in large and the need to focus on improving global literacy...
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