Jaishree Kumar

2 days ago | thejuggernaut.com | Jaishree Kumar

Imagine fast food chain Subway without its trademark bread scent, W hotels without that citrusy smell in its lobby, or HeyTea chains without its hint of floral jasmine. Smell is one of the most memorable elements of any experience, shaping how we remember places, people, and time. It’s something companies try, but often fail, to bottle up, and has created a $62 billion global perfume market. But the industry has also faced growing scrutiny.

Jun 26, 2024 | boomlive.in | Jaishree Kumar

When Yash Sharma, 25, and his mother attended the annual pride parade in Delhi in 2022, the photos went viral. Sharma was used to facing hate online, but this time, the trolls targeted his mother too. “It’s odd and worrying, people like my mother have accepted their queer children, why should they face such harassment?” he said. A queer-rights activist and founder of Official Humans of Queer, Sharma runs a page on Instagram dedicated to documenting queer stories from across the spectrum.

Mar 23, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Jaishree Kumar

Jaishree Kumar is a freelance journalist based in New Delhi. For women in India, the kind of violence experienced this month by a Brazilian tourist is sadly all too familiar.

Mar 23, 2024 | qoshe.com | Jaishree Kumar

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Jan 21, 2024 | missingperspectives.com | Jaishree Kumar

Every day 33-year-old Meenakshi Yadav goes to slums and bylanes of Delhi’s low-income neighbourhoods to talk to people about HIV/AIDS. In her line of work as a health promoter, she often meets women living with HIV who have been ostracised and shunned by society due to their disease. Women living with HIV in India are often taunted, abused and viewed as women with so-called loose morals. Meenakshi knows how these women feel, because she was one of them, not too long ago.