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Business News > Mint Authors > Asmita Bakshi

Asmita Bakshi

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ARTICLES BY ASMITA BAKSHI

Mangroves are coastal forests situated between the ocean and land, made up of shrubs or small trees, which grow in coastal saline or brackish water. The mangroves by the Kasadi river are a microcosm of what has long been transpiring in the once rich expanse of Mumbai’s coastal forests.

How the Koli community is fighting to save Mumbai’s mangroves

8 min read . 13 Aug 2021

The crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York, in September 2014, waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Getty Images)

How the NRI voter could swing Indian politics

19 min read . 23 Jan 2021

Tibetans living in exile in a protest march to mark the Tibetan Uprising Day on March 10, 2020. (Photo: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP)

The young new faces of Tibetan politics

12 min read . 18 Jan 2021

The Equals Project is an initiative that helps people better understand the Constitution and their relationship with it. (Photo courtesy: The Equals Project)

What lies behind the relationship between Indians and the Constitution?

7 min read . 09 Jan 2021

For a place like Kullu, a woman trekking guide is something of a revolution. (Photo courtesy: Ankit Sood)

Sunday Lounge | Climbing for change: the women trekking guides of Kullu

7 min read . 03 Jan 2021

An elderly man seated outside shops burnt in the violence across North East Delhi, at Shiv Vihar, on March 15, 2020 in New Delhi,. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)

India 2020: The year of injustice

9 min read . 26 Dec 2020

10 May 2007: Jagir Singh (68) holds a picture of his son Sukhpal Singh, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in 1994. (Photo: Getty Images)

In Punjab, families of the 'disappeared' await justice

16 min read . 21 Dec 2020

On 13 December 1971, the residents of five village woke up in India, joining others like Karkitchoo, Hardass and Hunderman. (Photo: Alamy)

Longing and belonging along the LoC

14 min read . 12 Dec 2020

Sarif Jat, Sumar Jat and Bhachaya Jat during a performance. Photo: Asif Rayama

The unwavering devotion of Waai singers

3 min read . 27 Nov 2020

VOICES ON THE STREETS (photo courtesy: Amche Mollem Instageam page)

Saving Mollem with art and hashtags

4 min read . 13 Nov 2020

Manjamma Jogati is a proponent of the Jogati Nritya (Photo courtest: Urban Folk Project)

The unstoppable dance of Manjamma Jogati

8 min read . 09 Nov 2020

Protests against the 1984 anti-Sikh violence on November 1, 2015 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

A new generation of Sikhs is reclaiming the 1984 narrative

10 min read . 04 Nov 2020

A woman reaps wheat crops during the harvest season near Raispur village in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

The march of women farmers

19 min read . 31 Oct 2020

Saeeda Bano, India's first woman newsreader on radio. (photo courtesy: Shahana Raza)

How Saeeda Bano came to break bread with Nehru and many glass ceilings

7 min read . 19 Oct 2020

In the mental health movement, somewhere we have not been able to give caregivers the space they deserve. (PHOTO: Raphael Olivier)

World Mental Health Day | ‘My husband has bipolar disorder’ and other stories

19 min read . 10 Oct 2020

Demand for apple cider from Himachal on the rise. (Photo: Unsplash) (Unsplash )

Behind the apple cider craze in Himachal Pradesh

4 min read . 09 Oct 2020

The platform they are made on, SparkAR, is free to download—anyone can create and publish a filter. (Credit: iStock)

How Indian creators stole the show on Instagram with their ‘desi’ face filters

4 min read . 06 Oct 2020

Graffitti at the Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protest in New Delhi (photo: Asmita Bakshi)

Meet India’s millennial political poets

16 min read . 01 Oct 2020

Lawyer Shreya Singhal's efforts brought about a major change in the landscape of free speech in India. Photo: Getty Images.

‘Without free speech, the internet would be a rudderless boat’

6 min read . 01 Oct 2020

Ahmer Khan (photo: Siddharth Bokolia)

Emmys 2020: Meet Kashmiri journalist Ahmer Khan, nominated for a CAA documentary

9 min read . 21 Sep 2020