The Lede

In a hard-up Tamil Nadu district, an ancient Deccan sport endures
Sports / The Lede
In a hard-up Tamil Nadu district, an ancient Deccan sport endures
Nainu Oommen
The impact of plastic pollution on Mumbai’s fisherwomen
Communities / The Lede
The impact of plastic pollution on Mumbai’s fisherwomen
Dimple Behal
Sports / The Lede The realities of Haryana’s women wrestlers Nikita Mohta
Communities / The Lede Inside a slum parliament in Chennai Anuj Sahebrao Rayate
ART / The Lede Germany’s “special responsibility” for Israel stifles its art scene Meghna Singh
Communities / The Lede A vulnerable forest tribe that lost out to wildlife conservation Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
Gender / The Lede How video games serve as an uneasy refuge for queer Indian gamers Shirin Choudhary
Communities / The Lede A pigeon-fancier’s enduring bond with his feathered friends Monica Dhanraj
Communities / The Lede Mumbai’s street vendors await licensing amid daily eviction threats Dimple Behal, Anuj Behal
Communities / The Lede How Gozo’s artisanal salt makes its journey from sea to table Naima Hall
Communities / The Lede An ode to Deoghar’s public and community libraries Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Environment / The Lede Elephants pay locals in Assam’s south Kamrup unwanted surprise visits Paloma Bhattacharjee
Communities / The Lede Bengaluru readers struggle to access municipal parks Harsh Snehanshu, Shruti Sah
ART / The Lede How Dalit digital artists are debrahminising Indian visual art Mohammad Shehwaaz Khan
Communities / The Lede An Indian plant is of growing importance to Haitian livelihoods Joseph Palmer
Communities / The Lede How Kayalpatnam is saving a waning language of the Indian Ocean Sumaiya Mustafa
Communities / The Lede A bi-communal choir sings to unite Greek and Turkish Cypriots Dario Antonelli
Gender / The Lede How Grindr fosters negative body image among queer males Kinshuk Gupta
Communities / The Lede An ode to the literary soul of Baghdad Fatima Rizwan
Communities / The Lede What pushes Tibetans in India to work for Chinese companies Tenzing Dhamdul
Communities / The Lede Lebanon seeks to get back on the wine map amid economic crises Jenny Gustafsson
Communities / The Lede How the Philippine government forces its poor to brave each typhoon Laura Fornell
Communities / The Lede How Varanasi’s coin divers save lives at the cost of their own Sunil Kashyap
Communities / The Lede The residents of Mulanje fear their ancestors’ wrath Ernest Pondani
History / The Lede The unsettling colonial history of India’s Malabaris exhibited in human zoos S Harikrishnan
Arts / The Lede How an anaplastologist combines art with science Shradha Triveni
Communities / The Lede The Italian government’s reluctance to grant safe harbour to refugees Alessia Manzi
Communities / The Lede Manipur’s raging debate over lifting liquor prohibition Grace Jajo
Agriculture / The Lede The exotic vegetables of Bodh Gaya Siddharth Kumar
Communities / The Lede The Danish government's efforts to revoke protections for Syrian refugees María Elorza Saralegui
ART / The Lede Tracing personal histories through everyday objects Lajja Mistry
ART / The Lede A digital encyclopaedia attempts to transform the study of Indian art Tanisha Saxena