Varsha Singh
Passionate about social issues, especially children and women’s rights, rising inequity and human rights, Varsha Singh, a Post-Graduate in English (Hons) from Calcutta University and Mass Communications from St Xavier’s Calcutta, gravitated naturally to journalism in 2013. Varsha has made her passions the subject matter of her work and she has been writing regularly about these issues, besides business, tourism, culture and politics. Of late, Varsha has been pursuing another passion, multimedia journalism making videos reports on social issues and current affairs, looking at them with a different lens. Outside of her work, Varsha is equally passionate about cinema, music, travel and tea. Indeed, she is the inhouse film and music encyclopedia and a full-time chai-o-holic.
Unmasking the mystery
April 4, 2020
Face masks have become ubiquitous following the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, there is a lack of clarity on who really needs to wear masks, what kind of masks are necessary and of course where to procure them in face of an immense shortage, in India and around the world.
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The city that never sleeps has fallen asleep
April 1, 2020
The Maximum City that has survived terror attacks, floods, riots and everything else that mankind or nature could throw at it has been shut in due to the nationwide lockdown. Stark empty streets, vacant beaches, deserted railway stations and abandoned tourism monuments have been ...
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Corona lockdown: Abandoned in our miseries, say slum dwellers
March 28, 2020
A day after the Indian government announced relief packages for the vulnerable sections, slum dwellers complain of receiving no help from the government since the lockdown.
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Corona impact: Virus delivers double whammy to the voiceless
March 26, 2020
Two days after the 21-day nationwide lockdown began the government has finally announced INR 1.7 trillion (USD 24 billion) relief package,amidst reports of thousands of migrant workers returning home on foot and fears of starvation. The enormity of the challenge before the govern...
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Creating chaos in the times of Corona
March 24, 2020
As soon as the Prime Minister announced the 21-day countrywide lockdown people forgot everything about social distancing and rushed to their nearest shops in a mass panic buying.
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Locked down versus locked out
March 24, 2020
India was the first one to reach out to its citizens stranded in different countries as the COVID-19 started spreading. However, as the country gears up to fight the deadly battle, is it leaving the most vulnerable citizens, thousands of students, stuck abroad to fight their own ...
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Death penalty in India: A questionable debate
March 22, 2020
The hanging of four persons convicted for the brutal rape and murder in ‘Nirbhaya’ case in Delhi on Friday brings the issue of death penalty back in focus. Is death sentence a deterrent?
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Indian judiciary & government
March 20, 2020
One of the most important pillars and guardians of Indian democracy, the judiciary has been under a cloud as judges cross numerous red lines.
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International Women’s Day 2020: The every day of women’s day
March 8, 2020
Here’s to 45 years of celebrating women’s day where we call for gender equality on one day and then get back to the routine life the other 364 days of the year, and women are far, too far from anything resembling parity with men in any field.
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European skill delegates brought to India by EIFE
February 22, 2020
India is the world’s youngest country, with 64 pc of the population in the working age. Approximately 70 million additional individuals of working age (aged between 15-59 years) are expected to enter the country’s labour force by 2023. Abundant in human resource, the Indian m...
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Healthcare in India needs urgent injection of funds
February 20, 2020
With the world’s largest poor population, India’s low public health spending has serious implications. Besides low funding, poor infrastructure and shortage of doctors, the shortcoming for India’s public healthcare system are too many.
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School charged with sedition over a play
February 8, 2020
The management of a school in Karnataka is charged with sedition following a school play that mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police all over India are increasingly turning to one of the most draconian laws to crush dissent.
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