Meenakshy Sasikumar

Sep 4, 2024 | thequint.com | Mythreyee Ramesh |Meenakshy Sasikumar |Vibhushita Singh |Anoushka Rajesh

For 40-something Kavita (name changed), a Bengaluru-based startup professional, there was 'no real choice'. When her father-in-law needed a kidney transplant, her entire family turned to her to step in. "There was no question of my mother-in-law donating because she didn't meet the age criteria and was diabetic. My husband was on a project in Germany. I had given birth a couple of years ago. Everyone said that I was free to decide.

Jul 13, 2024 | thequint.com | Meenakshy Sasikumar |Chetan Bhakuni |Shelly Walia |Aroop Mishra

We tell the story of a young couple from Kerala who's trying to build a life together against all odds. Graphic Designer :Chetan BhakuniAroop MishraNote: This graphic novel is a recreation of detailed interviews with Sumayya and Afeefa. The Quint has reached out to their parents and Manohar Hospital for comment. The graphic novel will be updated as and when they respond.

Jul 2, 2024 | thequint.com | Meenakshy Sasikumar

Why Medak? The BJP's rise in Telangana over the last decade has been steady – from winning one Lok Sabha and Assembly seat each in 2014 to winning 10 Assembly seats in the 2023 state polls and eight Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Linking the rise in communal tensions to the BJP gaining inroads in Telangana, senior journalist and political commentator R Pridhvi Raj told The Quint, "The party is keen to spread its tentacles in the southern states.

Jun 14, 2024 | thequint.com | Meenakshy Sasikumar

'Gopi's win is because of his popularity, and because of apolitical votes. He said so himself,' said an expert. Suresh Gopi has had the week of his (political) life. After opening the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) account in the 'impenetrable' Kerala (which is no mean feat), the actor-turned-politician took oath as a Minister of State in the NDA 3.0 government on Sunday, 9 June. But like many of his acclaimed crime dramas, the week was not without twists and turns.

Jun 13, 2024 | thequint.com | Sakshat Chandok |Meenakshy Sasikumar

"His parents are very poor and illiterate. They don't have any idea how to make arrangements to bring their son's body back," said a neighbour of K Ranjith, one of the Indians who was killed in a tragic fire at a building in Kuwait on Wednesday, 12 June. The fire broke out at a six-storeyed building housing foreign workers in Kuwait's Al-Mangaf area at around 4:30 am (local time). Around 49 people are said to have died in the incident so far – at least 40 of whom were reportedly Indians.