I Made Pickle on My Periods, and It Didn’t Go Stale
This impact report, based on Focused Group Discussions with women information entrepreneurs, demonstrates the role of digital literacy, and especially critical digital literacy, as a feminist agenda for rural India. The report draws on the outcomes of the Digital Empowerment Foundation’s (DEF) critical digital literacy module, implemented across four states: Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bihar
The Everyday Violence of an Internet Shutdown
The report “The Everyday Violence of an Internet Shutdown” captures the human cost of the prolonged internet shutdown in Manipur following civil unrest beginning May 3, 2023. It documents how the shutdown shattered daily life—isolating communities from vital news, severing family and support networks, and pushing already vulnerable populations into deeper insecurity. Most striking is the finding that the shutdown not only blocked information flows but also severely disrupted livelihoods, education, and access to basic services, with people facing obstacles to banking, work, exams, and essential communications
Report On Communal
Violence in Shamli and
Muzaffarnagar
As a member of the TISS fact-finding committee that visited Muzaffarnagar after the 2013 riots, I witnessed firsthand the immense human toll of the violence. This report highlights the orchestrated nature of the attacks, the acute displacement and loss suffered by Muslim communities, and the failures of relief, compensation, and justice mechanisms
Jenny Sulfath 