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.
Let Data Protection Authority regulate nonpersonal data, disband panel: IFF
January 23, 2021
Internet and privacy activist group Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has urged the government to immediately disband the panel headed by former Infosys chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan that drafted the report on nonpersonal data as well as its revised version. The revised draft is...
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Farmers reject offer of holding farm laws in abeyance
January 22, 2021
After the 10th round of talks with the government, media reports said a middle ground could be found over the latest offer of the government to hold the farm laws in abeyance for about 18 months. Media also quoted farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka, who has participated in all the 10...
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A Signal to exit WhatsApp
January 16, 2021
Late on Friday, WhatsApp, world’s leading messaging app, announced that it was delaying the implementation of its new privacy policy which would have led to sharing of comprehensive user profile and sensitive data with Facebook, its parent. Users now have till May 15 to accept ...
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Women at Singhu border to lead Republic Day tractor march
January 15, 2021
On each visit the Singhu border looks a bit different. Almost every day something new is built to meet the immediate needs of the tens of thousands for whom Singhu border has become their new home. On the evening of Lohri many dedicated tented sleeping areas for women sprang up ...
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Buckle yourselves for the Great Indian election festival
January 13, 2021
Elections in the world’s largest democracy are always crucial as well as nerve wrecking. If so, get ready for a heavy dose of nerves as terms of the legislative assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry reach an end between May and June 2021. The stake...
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Artists’ day out at Tikri border in support of farmers’ protest
January 9, 2021
“The government is being government. The day it starts to govern, the day it starts to apply itself as a verb rather than a noun, I think we will see a lot of changes. Because you look at it, it’s just not performing when you walk around here you see what a hellhole it [&...
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A silent yet spirited night at Singhu border
January 7, 2021
It’s around 10:30 pm. The mercury has already dropped below 2°C and a fairly dense fog has descended, forecasting yet another chilly night at Singhu border, on northern fringe of Delhi that has become home to over 100,000 farmers, which remains enveloped in total darkness and ...
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Tourism tales of 2020
January 1, 2021
Just like every year, the year 2020 was well stacked for Riddhi Roy, operations manager at Dolphin Travels, a Kolkata based travel firm. In January, she had two back to back trips of Europe, eight trips to Bhutan, two to Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, Dubai, US and ...
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Vendors at Singhu border market support farmers despite disruptions
December 30, 2020
For well over a month now, life at Singhu border has been disrupted as residents of the area find themselves surrounded by thousands of protesting farmers and policemen. Many vendors at the local market are amongst the worst hit as their traditional customers avoid the market...
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Bengal voters divided over BJP
December 29, 2020
Even though the assembly elections in West Bengal are still at least four months away, the dress rehearsals have already begun and the major protagonists have started to play act their respective roles, though with a significant difference this time around. In the 2016 assembly e...
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Martyrdom Day observed to honour farmers killed during farm protest
December 21, 2020
“The farmers who have sacrificed their lives as part of the ongoing protests have set an example for thousands of others. Instead of breaking our morale or creating fear or worry in our minds about the future, it has reinforced our belief in our fight and that the fight is just...
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Nutrition malware hits women & children in India: NFHS5
December 16, 2020
Early data from the latest survey indicates severe setbacks to malnutrition in India, with many states showing a significant rise in malnutrition rates, often setting them back by years.
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