BARSHA SETHIA

“The marks humans leave are too often scars,” I’m far removed from reality; from my thoughts debarred. Grossly unsettled my heart, frantically seeking a new beginning, Yet squeamish about sinning. Trying to find perfection in my imperfections, Guiding myself into misdirection. Amid all the subterfuge, endeavoring to make sense of it all, Demanding myself to have the gall. But I wonder if questioning the genesis of this disarray and disorder, Will make me lose myself or make me want to battle harder.

Systemic denial of not recognizing workers as in fact ‘workers’ in the informal sector have for decades left them at the mercy of the employer. Representational image. Kabita, a 22-year-old woman, lives in a basti next to the posh residential complexes of Kolkata’s South City. She runs a family of five- a husband, who earns his livelihood from pulling rickshaws, an old mother-in-law suffering from arthritis, a widowed sister-in-law, and two children.

The Indian media that creates (I repeat, creates) sensational headlines is now itself in the headlines for its characteristic sensationalisation and hate-mongering. The Supreme Court called out strong remarks on the Indian media, particularly the electronic media’s arbitrary use of freedom of speech, when a petitioner highlighted a private channel’s controversial show that vilifies a particular community.