For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But
every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things
Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best
news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the
world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads
that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
How Big Oil Hijacked and Weaponised the Individual Carbon Calculator-Read More
A backlash against overconsumption is spreading fast on social media. Is this the beginning of the end for our rampant, destructive consumer culture – or just influenced by another name?-Read More
Meet the Malayali couple who built a school in East Africa and named it Kerala Block-Read More
BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform (BookTok is a subcommunity on the app TikTok, focused on books and literature.)-Read More
Can specialty robusta be as good as arabica? Does it need to be? Are the two even comparable? With climate change impacting the amount of arabica growing in Indian coffee growing regions, many farmers are switching to robusta and innovating with specialty robusta.-Read More
Why would it be so bad if our species came to an end? It is a question that reveals our latent values and hidden fears-Read More
A new wave of Indian start-ups are thinking up innovative ways to deal with the climate crisis. Their tools are artificial intelligence and a whole lot of resolve.-Read More
No coach, no agent, no ego: the incredible story of the ‘Lionel Messi of cliff diving’-Read More
For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But
every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things
Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best
news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the
world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads
that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
As future leaders of tomorrow, this article could be insightful for students, shape their perspective and contribute to building a progressive workplace-Read More
This piece unpacks technology’s growing influence on our lives to answer the pressing question — what lies ahead specifically when it comes to our memory?-Read More
India opener Smriti Mandhana made history this week by becoming the most expensive player in women’s cricket. Here’s a profile of the poster girl of the India team.-Read More
Mike Nelson has built a cannabis farm, invented a biker gang, and created an immersive warren of 15 sinister rooms. As he opens a landmark retrospective, the installation artist invites us into his curiosity-crammed studio.-Read More
Mukund Padmanabhan reviews Salman Rushdie’s new book ‘Victory City’.-Read More
In India, AI can potentially fill gaps in mental health services, but how practical is it?-Read More
This human-interest story captures how a doctor and a priest gave life to an Adivasi script-Read More
From her decades studying chimpanzees in the Gombe forest to her more recent years attending to human poverty and misunderstanding, Jane Goodall reflects on the moral and spiritual convictions that have driven her, and what she is teaching and still learning about what it means to be human.-Read More
For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But
every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things
Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best
news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the
world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads
that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
Apsara Iyer becomes the first Indian American woman to be President of Harvard Law Review. -Read More
Meet Zalman Farizy, the Kochi delivery person who found a calling in photography. Zalman Farizy takes photos with an Mi A1 phone, gifted by a German artist who recognised his skills in photography.-Read More
Stories from the kaleidoscopic land that is India, the idyll never stops surprising us. People from different parts of the country talk about an interesting aspect, particular to nature/humankind/ in their hometown/village. -Read More
Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: A Seismologist Explains What Happened -Read More
A wellness piece that explores if being calm is about passivity and numbness, or if it is a superpower that makes us strong. Lindsay Baker explores the ideas behind serenity, and ways that we can achieve it.-Read More
Here is a look at everything we know about ChatGPT and its rival chatbots.-Read More
Women’s Premier League 2023 Auction: 10 Players Who Can Spark Bidding Wars-Read More
Perhaps, it’s high time we have deeper conversations and create strategies for the prevention of burnout.-Read More
Unusual Animal Behavior Preceding the 2011 Earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan: A Way to Predict the Approach of Large Earthquakes-Read More
For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
A mammoth reading list you never knew you needed! -Read More
Lithub offers 43 shows and movies to stream and see this year!-Read More
The Delhi Metro is more than a system of public transport: it represents refuge, privacy, freedom, and a slow change in the city’s cultural fabric. This piece walks us through stories from 20 years of the Delhi Metro. -Read More
The Bureau of Linguistic Reality is assembling a new lexicon for people’s experience of climate change. Here’s a list to get you started. -Read More
Despite living in a smart-phone led era of dwindling attention spans, Kerala still seems to indulge in the old-world charm of reading and gathering together to enjoy literature-based conversations-Read More
A study shows that there are two ways that may help in tackling procrastination — setting reminders and envisioning your future self-Read More
With AI doing the rounds on social media, here’s another new update that students might be interested to know -Read More
With the budget being announced, this piece incorporates charts and visual elements to explain it all-Read More
This one’s for the eco-crusaders on the creeks and mudflats of coastal Odisha that are a haven for a variety of birds and reptiles like the saltwater crocodile-Read More
For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads
that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
The article unpacks weighty words whose meanings have been sacrificed to hot takes.-Read More
A round-up of Oscar nominations and predictions.-Read More
This article unpacks how little things we do for self-preservation matter, and how the the people of Finland are mastering the art of being happy -Read More
From hostile cops to the loving company of transgender people and sex workers, dancing on the streets of Delhi after sunset opens up many worlds for Deepak Upadhyay. -Read More
As the revolutionary chatbot becomes a global rage, the piece throws up questions on how much technology is too much.-Read More
With this being the season when the little ones visit the shores of Chennai, this piece offers a peek into the life of Olive Ridleys. -Read More
A roundup of the Jaipur Literature Festival for our bibliophiles. -Read More
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, KSCPCR has expanded the proposal in the state of Kerala considering a petition filed by a person on gender-biased greetings in schools.-Read More
This piece highlights how tradition around ‘Halwa Ceremony’ and ‘Bahi Khaata’ Has Evolved.-Read More
For years now, we have all been saying there’s so much to read and so little time, right? But every year, we hope to return to what we love doing the best – to read. So, as part of All Things Under the Sun that we recently kicked off, we present to you a compilation of this week’s best news/features thoughtfully sourced from across publications from across the country and the world, to make your weekend worth it! We hope to cover ground and raise a toast to best reads that are often also about the best writing! Stay tuned and watch this space!
This one’s for you eco-crusaders! The article highlights how climate change has put Darjeeling tea in jeopardy.-Read More
This piece takes a positive outlook on why it can be healthy to praise professional rivals and inculcate a healthy and competitive spirit.-Read More
This lovely piece essays Shantha Devi’s journey. This 65-year-old student artist’s works were exhibited at Kochi Muziris Biennale. It also highlights some of the community work she has been pursuing with the help of kids. -Read More
The graceful departure of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s has been doing the rounds on social media. This story beautifully captures some of her noteworthy leadership traits. -Read More
In a recent marketing campaign #TogetherWeRise by the Mahindra Group, children highlight the changes needed in the businesses of today to make a better and more equal tomorrow. -Read More
This fascinating photo essay talks about AI making queer art and how even though it’s marvelous looking, it comes at the cost of simplifying creativity and artists’ labour-Read More
Wouldn’t it be fun to indulge in some fun activities to beat your everyday blues? This fun piece offers 50 such ideas.-Read More
While patriarchy has been looked at through different angles, this piece approaches it through the metaphor of food. -Read More
In this moving piece, pet parents share some of the true stories of their hero pets.-Read More
Each image is a storyteller and what better way than images from the field to catch a glimpse of the deeply impactful work that Krea Research Centres carry out on the field, every day. Presenting, a collection of photographs unpacking few episodes in a series of instrumental work done by some of our research centres interweaving high quality research with impactful solutions on the ground.
Krea University’s ecosystem is built on exchange of knowledge, ideas, insights and meaningful collaborations and Krea prides itself in its ever growing network of Research Centres synonymous with ‘research for impact’. From solving complex development challenges to enhance socio-economic prosperity, nurturing a support ecosystem for tech innovations for underserved communities, developing and supporting digital innovations for social impact, ensuring economic justice, social opportunity and environmental protection, poverty reduction through policy development informed by scientific evidence, conducting advanced research across the humanities and social sciences to spearheading research and learning related to the human brain and mind, the Krea Research Centres create deep impact across diverse fields.
For this edition of The Krea Communique, here is a glimpse of the pivotal work the Centres carry out on the field through images contributed by some of our Research Centres.
A child receiving a vaccination at the control site of a project exploring ways to boost immunisation demand in Haryana. 2017. Photo Credit: Shobhini Mukerji, J-PAL SA
Scaling up the Graduation Approach in Bihar, India. 2019. Photo Credit: Gautam Patel, J-PAL SA
A female police officer with a complainant at a police station in Morena, Madhya Pradesh as a part of a study evaluating the impact of introducing women’s help desks across police stations on the registration of cases of violence against women. 2019. Photo Credit: Suddhasatwa Bhattacharya, J-PAL SA
Women of Menad or Kunda Kotagiri village of the Kota Tribe. From Left to Right- Ponvelan, Seetha, Lalli, Baby, Anchana, Mathi, Malli, and Manjula. And the cat is “pees”. Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Kota name giving ceremony in the Thiruchikady village, Kotagiri. Shalini (holding the baby in her lap) and Prem Kumar’s baby is being named. On this occasion, Hari (feeding the child), one of the priests of the Kilkotagiri Village, blessed the baby. Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
A herd of Bubalus bubalis, commonly known as Toda buffaloes, grazing in the meadows of Nilgiris. Among the Asian water Buffaloes, the Toda buffaloes are a genetically isolated breed of buffaloes endemic to the Nilgiri hills. These buffaloes are central to the culture and the livelihood of the Toda of Nilgiris. Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This is a photo from the Konniesht recital at the Morthkyodr clan’s sacred diary in Karikadu Mandu, Ithalar, Nilgiri. Konniesht is a form of dance recital in which only men participate. The photo shows that the men form a circle facing inward by locking their elbows. The circle then rotates in a counterclockwise direction, with each man taking a measured tread matching the chanting of the song that begins with ‘O hau hau’.
Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Rubavathi holding the honey collected for the salt feeding ceremony to the buffaloes at Karikadu Mandu, Ithalar, Nilgiri. The men of the Morthkyodr clan collected this honey for the sacred occasion from a cavity blocked with stone in the sirfs: ancestral trees handed down from father to son. Plains cerana, a member of the Apis cerana bee family, establishes its colonies in the cavity of these trees. Todas collect their honey without damaging the brood. Their honey collection is well known for this unique practice as they do not use fire or smoke to drive the bees away. But instead, they gently blow into the cavity to move the bee away. Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Radha (left) and Rajakilli (right), members of the Toda women’s self-help group producing the famed Toda embroidery shawl and cushion cover. Toda embroidery produced by the Toda women is one of the main sources of income for many Toda families today. Photo Credit: Dr Karthick Narayanan, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences
LEAD at Krea University’s team recently visited Mann Deshi Foundation’s head office in Mhasvad, Satara. Photo Credit : LEAD at Krea University
LEAD is collaborating with Mann Deshi Foundation on a community health needs assessment and the field visit helped contextualise findings from LEAD’s survey. Photo Credit : LEAD at Krea University
“It made me realise the power of different voices. Until then, I had an understanding that the quantitative field survey was the culmination of our efforts in obtaining data. However, after witnessing the flow of ideas under the framework that the survey provided, I learned that it was the starting point to a much deeper conversation filled with opportunities for further work.” added Sumiran Ardhapure, Research Associate, LEAD at Krea University. Photo Credit : LEAD at Krea University
ANM providing vaccination services during our field visit for Time and Motion study of ANMs. Photo Credit: CDFI
Women SHG members responding during an FGD conducted for impact of SHG program on livelihood. Photo Credit: CDFI
Training session for the team of enumerators for data collection in Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Photo Credit: CDFI
Conducting an FGD with the SHG to gather insights on the impact of Covid 19. Photo Credit: CDFI
