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Buried Beneath the Woodpiles
The Story of Children in India’s COVID-19 Second Wave Catastrophe

Woodpiles bear literal and symbolic relevance at a time of mass pyres of burning bodies – bodies that died not only due to COVID but due to the absence of oxygen, medication, timely and trained care. Lost amongst the remains of a healthcare system that was simply never ..... Read More

The Shadows Within the Shadow Pandemic: Adolescent Girls in Lock(ed) Down

The story of 2020 is just beginning to be told. The story of 2020 is to be narrated and renarrated through myriad eyes before a comprehensive picture can begin to emerge. Even as, in small and cautious and at times reckless ways, individuals, communities, and institutions, ..... Read More

एक परिवार की कहानी

लेखिका: ख़ुशनूर संपादक: तमन्ना तारीख़: ५ मार्च, २०२१ *सारे नाम बदले गए हैं। सात वर्ष की मरियम* अपने माता-पिता, चार बहन, और एक भाई के साथ रहती है। उसके पिता मलबा गाड़ी मे मलबा उठाने का काम करते हैं और उसका ..... Read More

Child Suicides in COVID-19 Lockdown, India The Faultlines In Journalism

By Tamanna Basu, Consultant, HAQ: Centre for Child Rights Suicides by children could perhaps be one of the key indicators for the measurement of a nation’s emotional health. The subject of child suicides in regular times itself remains inadequately discussed in India and has become even more ..... Read More

Mistrusting the Familiar: A Story of a Child Survivor

Supported by HAQ: Centre for Child Rights Written and Edited by: Tamanna Story from the Field by: Farzana Ninth grade had turned out to be much harder than middle school and Shikha* felt quite the need for additional help with tuitions. She took her ..... Read More