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Echoes of 1984 and 2002: Unpacking a divisive email chain

A few days back, I was forwarded an email chain by a senior journalist. Despite my initial hesitation, as I read through it, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of unease. Rather than reading like a genuine theological or historical discussion, the correspondence struck me as an effort to cast the Christian faith in a deeply negative light. In fact, my reaction was echoed by one of the recipients in the thread, who expressed her frustration by noting the author had a "horribly poor understanding of Christianity," adding that she was asking the email sender not to send her any more "flashes of wisdom."
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Bangkok IMF-World Bank meetings: New reports put India's debt, climate, accountability crisis in focus

As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded their Annual Meetings in Bangkok this week, civil society groups and policy experts outside the official proceedings released two critical documents challenging the institutions' legacy and prescriptions for Asia, calling for a fundamental overhaul of the global financial architecture.
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Global banks funnel nearly $900 billion into deforestation and biodiversity loss, new report reveals

The world’s largest banks and investors are continuing to finance companies responsible for tropical deforestation, ecosystem destruction, and human rights abuses, according to a major new report released by the Forests & Finance coalition. The findings highlight a stark accountability gap in the global financial sector, even as international governments prepare to review critical biodiversity goals.
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The ultra-processed health crisis: What massive global study means for India

A groundbreaking new meta-analysis published in the journal Family Medicine and Community Health has provided some of the most comprehensive evidence to date linking the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to a wide array of chronic diseases and premature death. The study , led by Dr. Xiao Liu and colleagues from institutions including Sun Yat-sen University and Duke-NUS Medical School, analyzed data from 51 prospective cohort studies involving nearly 8.82 million adults across 51 different cohorts.
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What an American art gallery taught me about dissent in India

Currently on a visit to the US, I woke up the other morning to find social media flooded with posts about how the Indian state had clamped down on the so-called cockroach protests, not just in Delhi but also in Ahmedabad, long regarded as the BJP's impenetrable fortress.
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'Shift from penalization to prevention': Global report highlights India’s child marriage laws

A new report released this month by human rights organization Equality Now and the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage highlights critical advancements and ongoing challenges in global legal frameworks aimed at eradicating child marriage.
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Kutch water crisis deepens: Bhuj lost 54 of its 82 lakes; pastoralists migrate first time since 2018

A comprehensive new report by Homes In The City (HIC), a Bhuj-based civil society organisation, has revealed that despite late monsoon rains easing Kutch's immediate drought conditions, the region faces a deepening water security crisis — with Bhuj having lost more than half of its historic lakes and pastoral communities forced to migrate for the first time since 2018.
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