As the years went by, a greater dilemma about having a World Cup in Qatar began to come to light. Not one about the country’s football worthiness, but one about how it is using the FIFA World Cup to "sportswash" its image.

In August of 2021, crowds spilling into the 68-acre Indira Park in Hyderabad were interrupted in their procession, faced with a banner reading, “unmarried couples are not allowed inside the park” (first in Telegu and then in English). 

Over the last week, you may have heard about the Taliban a lot. But why? Well, it’s because, over the last week, the Taliban has recently taken over Afghanistan at a pace that hasn’t been seen before. 

Racism in sports is reaching unseen levels of prominence, with several instances in 2021 alone. When looking at the history of racism in sports, one of the worst things about the racism displayed this year is how predictable it was.

Almost a quarter of a century after Princess Diana, the People’s Princess, revealed to the press the sordid details of life as a member of the British Royal Family, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has indulged in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey.

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)'s 2021 report notes that ‘nearly one in three people in the world (2.37 billion) did not have access to adequate food in 2020 – an increase of almost 320 million people in just one year’. 

In her work, Shamsia Hassani, the first female graffiti artist in Afghanistan, spray-paints womanhood across the walls of a male dominant society.

"Undaunted will of supremacy can be venomous.” 

Well, it seems the expression is befitting for the situation that the Indian government has been accused of– the usage of Pegasus Spyware

Periods are a taboo topic in India, hushed up and regarded as shameful. ‘Oh, it’s that time of the month’, has become a casual statement, showing that stereotypes are much deep-rooted than originally precedented.

Almost seven years after the Nirbhaya tragedy shocked India and the world at large, a 19-year-old was allegedly raped in 2017 by a local MLA in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district.