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“In South Asian culture, marriage is less a choice and more a graduation,” writes Zahra Haider, in her tender essay on navigating marriage in South Asia and the need to reimagine it.
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“In South Asian culture, marriage is less a choice and more a graduation,” writes Zahra Haider, in her tender essay on navigating marriage in South Asia and the need to reimagine it.
Chart 4 looks at stark economic disparities globally and the significant differences in GDP per capita by country in 2023.
#30DayChartChallenge
#30DayChartChallenge
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Chart 4 looks at stark economic disparities globally and the significant differences in GDP per capita by country in 2023.
#30DayChartChallenge
#30DayChartChallenge
For Day 2 of the #30DayChartChallenge, here's a grid of slope charts that use India's 2019 and 2024 Time Use Surveys to show the change in how men and women spend their day.
Unsurprisingly, Indian women spent 20% of their day on unpaid work, men spent just 2.6%.
Unsurprisingly, Indian women spent 20% of their day on unpaid work, men spent just 2.6%.
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
For Day 2 of the #30DayChartChallenge, here's a grid of slope charts that use India's 2019 and 2024 Time Use Surveys to show the change in how men and women spend their day.
Unsurprisingly, Indian women spent 20% of their day on unpaid work, men spent just 2.6%.
Unsurprisingly, Indian women spent 20% of their day on unpaid work, men spent just 2.6%.
Starting this year's #30DayChartChallenge with this quick pie chart on women's political representation.
In India, women make up less than a fifth of the Parliament and an even smaller fraction of the Cabinet, lagging behind global peers when it comes to representation.
In India, women make up less than a fifth of the Parliament and an even smaller fraction of the Cabinet, lagging behind global peers when it comes to representation.
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Starting this year's #30DayChartChallenge with this quick pie chart on women's political representation.
In India, women make up less than a fifth of the Parliament and an even smaller fraction of the Cabinet, lagging behind global peers when it comes to representation.
In India, women make up less than a fifth of the Parliament and an even smaller fraction of the Cabinet, lagging behind global peers when it comes to representation.
📚Best history book I’ve read this month: White Malice by Susan Williams.
Williams meticulously documents the role played by the CIA in undermining African independence movts from the murder of Congo’s first PM Lumumba to the coup which overthrew Nkrumah’s government in Ghana.
Williams meticulously documents the role played by the CIA in undermining African independence movts from the murder of Congo’s first PM Lumumba to the coup which overthrew Nkrumah’s government in Ghana.
March 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📚Best history book I’ve read this month: White Malice by Susan Williams.
Williams meticulously documents the role played by the CIA in undermining African independence movts from the murder of Congo’s first PM Lumumba to the coup which overthrew Nkrumah’s government in Ghana.
Williams meticulously documents the role played by the CIA in undermining African independence movts from the murder of Congo’s first PM Lumumba to the coup which overthrew Nkrumah’s government in Ghana.
Unsurprisingly, Indian women continue to do a big chunk of the unpaid work in the household, including unpaid domestic services and caregiving, while men lag.
Built a quick graphic on the factsheet released last week by MoSPI on the 2024 time use data:
Built a quick graphic on the factsheet released last week by MoSPI on the 2024 time use data:
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Unsurprisingly, Indian women continue to do a big chunk of the unpaid work in the household, including unpaid domestic services and caregiving, while men lag.
Built a quick graphic on the factsheet released last week by MoSPI on the 2024 time use data:
Built a quick graphic on the factsheet released last week by MoSPI on the 2024 time use data:
📌 Finally got around to building a website for my reporting portfolio.
48 hours of hyperfocus later: bansarikamdar.com
Say hello and let me know what you think
48 hours of hyperfocus later: bansarikamdar.com
Say hello and let me know what you think
February 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📌 Finally got around to building a website for my reporting portfolio.
48 hours of hyperfocus later: bansarikamdar.com
Say hello and let me know what you think
48 hours of hyperfocus later: bansarikamdar.com
Say hello and let me know what you think
A beautiful essay by Paromita Vohra on the how patriarchy feeds the fantasy of masculinity to Indian men and what current discourses fail to address.
Notes how our emotional segregation is reflected in the gender segregation of our films. (Thappad v. Animal)
www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumba...
Notes how our emotional segregation is reflected in the gender segregation of our films. (Thappad v. Animal)
www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumba...
January 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A beautiful essay by Paromita Vohra on the how patriarchy feeds the fantasy of masculinity to Indian men and what current discourses fail to address.
Notes how our emotional segregation is reflected in the gender segregation of our films. (Thappad v. Animal)
www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumba...
Notes how our emotional segregation is reflected in the gender segregation of our films. (Thappad v. Animal)
www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumba...
Winter morning walk to the fruit market
December 28, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Winter morning walk to the fruit market
“Honesty has a way of creeping in even when it is not intended”
- John Steinbeck in a letter to John P. McKnight on #journalism
Found this a while ago on @lettersofnote.com.
- John Steinbeck in a letter to John P. McKnight on #journalism
Found this a while ago on @lettersofnote.com.
December 6, 2024 at 5:32 AM
“Honesty has a way of creeping in even when it is not intended”
- John Steinbeck in a letter to John P. McKnight on #journalism
Found this a while ago on @lettersofnote.com.
- John Steinbeck in a letter to John P. McKnight on #journalism
Found this a while ago on @lettersofnote.com.
2. ADHD is Awesome
A compassionate look at what it’s like to live with an ADHD brain and what it’s like to love and support someone who has been diagnosed with it.
Also, the many side quests from the attempts at renaming the condition to its ode to cargo pants are hilarious.
A compassionate look at what it’s like to live with an ADHD brain and what it’s like to love and support someone who has been diagnosed with it.
Also, the many side quests from the attempts at renaming the condition to its ode to cargo pants are hilarious.
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 AM
2. ADHD is Awesome
A compassionate look at what it’s like to live with an ADHD brain and what it’s like to love and support someone who has been diagnosed with it.
Also, the many side quests from the attempts at renaming the condition to its ode to cargo pants are hilarious.
A compassionate look at what it’s like to live with an ADHD brain and what it’s like to love and support someone who has been diagnosed with it.
Also, the many side quests from the attempts at renaming the condition to its ode to cargo pants are hilarious.
#booksky Books I read in Nov:
1. Men Who Hate Women
What do Elliot Rodger, pick-up artists and the “your body, my choice” men have in common?
Bates goes undercover in the “manosphere” and uncovers how it grooms and radicalizes vulnerable men and encourages extreme acts of violence against women.
1. Men Who Hate Women
What do Elliot Rodger, pick-up artists and the “your body, my choice” men have in common?
Bates goes undercover in the “manosphere” and uncovers how it grooms and radicalizes vulnerable men and encourages extreme acts of violence against women.
December 1, 2024 at 2:11 AM
#booksky Books I read in Nov:
1. Men Who Hate Women
What do Elliot Rodger, pick-up artists and the “your body, my choice” men have in common?
Bates goes undercover in the “manosphere” and uncovers how it grooms and radicalizes vulnerable men and encourages extreme acts of violence against women.
1. Men Who Hate Women
What do Elliot Rodger, pick-up artists and the “your body, my choice” men have in common?
Bates goes undercover in the “manosphere” and uncovers how it grooms and radicalizes vulnerable men and encourages extreme acts of violence against women.