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Laasya Shekhar

Chennai

Principal Correspondent at Newslaundry

Special Correspondent @ The South First. Bylines: TNIE, Mongabay India, Citizen Matters, Newslaundry, Deccan Chronicle. Pluviophile. Fantasiser. Story teller.

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Articles

  • The struggle for water and wage in Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills

    3 weeks ago | newslaundry.com | Laasya Shekhar

    Workers suffer from headaches, dehydration, infections that worsen due to intense heat, poor ventilation and a lack of cooling, with little access to health services or time off. Whenever Harini Nayak (in the blue shawl) and her friend earn an incentive, they treat themselves to ice cream.|T Aruna/The Migration StoryThe puffiness and dark circles under her eyes are telltale signs of the many sleepless nights V Priya has endured since she started working at a spinning mill in Tamil Nadu.

  • Thirukkural translated into Kurukh, Gondi, Malto, and Brahui: A literary Milestone for Dravidian languages

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | Laasya Shekhar

    The timeless wisdom of Thirukkural is set to break new ground. The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) has commissioned its translation into four medium and minor Dravidian languages — Kurukh, Gondi, Malto and Brahui. Dravidianism Revival Centre, a not-for-profit organisation working on promoting Thirrukural in Dravidian languages, is involved in talent identification, resource sharing and guidance.

  • Thirukkural translated into Kurukh, Gondi, Malto, and Brahui: A literary Milestone for Dravidian languages

    1 month ago | flipboard.com | Laasya Shekhar

    2 hours agoPolice, media and courts converge to turn a Muslim scholar into a threat – on the flimsiest of words and the strongest of biases. Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a professor of political science at Ashoka University, has become the latest hate figure manufactured by Hindu nationalists in India with …

  • Japan offers scholarships, top STEM Programs - So why aren’t Indian students going?

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | Laasya Shekhar

    As of May 2024, there were approximately 1,600 Indian students studying in Japan, a relatively low figure compared to other countries. For instance, China had over 123,485 students, Nepal over 64,816 and Vietnam over 40,323 in Japan during the same period, as per the International Student Survey in Japan, 2024.

  • ASER, NAS, and FLS: What the education surveys broadly reveal and where they fall short

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | Laasya Shekhar

    With schools set to reopen next month, understanding how children are actually learning beyond their exam results becomes crucial for parents, teachers and policymakers alike. India currently relies on three major assessments to gauge learning levels: the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), the National Achievement Survey (NAS)–recently revamped as PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan—and the Foundational Learning Study (FLS).

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