Shantanu Dutta

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Ankit Kumar |Kandathil Sebastian |Shantanu Dutta

Latest information on health risks of alcohol released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that while about 20,000 adult persons die from alcohol related cancers in a year in the USA, as many as 25 times this number, or 522,000 (367,000 for women and 155,000 for men) to be precise, alcohol associated cancers occurred in the USA in 2021. It is this larger number that is more relevant, and scary, in countries with lesser levels of health care access and early detection.

Nov 29, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Kandathil Sebastian |Shantanu Dutta |Sandeep Pandey |Nizar Visram

Many commuters who passed through the London underground railway stations in the last two weeks were surprised and shocked by seeing posters placed by an organization named Dignity in Dying. In one of those posters, a woman in a striped pink and white pajama is seen dancing in the kitchen saying, “My dying wish is my family won’t see me suffer and I won’t have to”. This advertisement features Sophie Blake, a terminally ill breast cancer patient.

Oct 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sumit Gupta |Tabrez Alam |Omar Raad Chowdhury |Shantanu Dutta

In a landmark recommendation, the Supreme Court of India has asked Parliament to consider banning child betrothals, a practice that involves engaging children to be married at a future date. While less visible than child marriage, child betrothals create an equally dangerous pathway to forced marriages, violating children’s rights to education, autonomy, and well-being.

Aug 17, 2024 | countercurrents.org | T Navin |Bharat Dogra |Shantanu Dutta |Vikas Meshram

Gig economy has become an integral part of our daily lives particularly in large cities and metros of Urban India. Services related to transportation, food delivery and urban services have made the lives convenient for urban consumers and service users. Gig economy is considered to be the next happening thing where work would be based on flexibility and convenience. However, behind the booming ‘gig’ economy is the story of the ‘gig workers’. The report titled “Prisoners on Wheels?

Apr 17, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Subhash Gatade |Bharat Dogra |Shantanu Dutta |Himanshu Shukla

The Shekhavati region in Rajasthan is called ‘Jatland’ in informal discussion. A  characteristic feature of this area which comprises of Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu and Nagore is that it sends largest number of recruits to Indian army. Apart from other issues the issue of Agniveer is also a hot topic in this region and there are reports that BJP is finding itself difficult to handle people’s anger over it and will face reverses in the coming elections . (1)1‘Agnipath’ Still Simmers ..