From unpaid menstrual leave to clandestine hysterectomies, Beed district exposes the hidden violence of informal labour. Sugar is not as sweet as you think, especially if it is coming from Beed District in Maharashtra where hundreds of women workers in their reproductive age are not allowed paid menstrual leave. That is not the only inhuman practice invested in women. Based on 2026 reports, Beed district in Maharashtra is considered a major hub for sugarcane labour, sending a

When state textbooks face judicial scrutiny The Supreme Court of India’s recent direction to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revisit and remove allegedly defamatory content from its textbooks raises a fundamental and somewhat uncomfortable question: where does academic freedom end and reputational harm begin when the state itself is the author of the narrative? State Responsibility At the outset, it must be acknowledged that textbooks pres