India’s northeast has had a chequered history of youth movements and has been home to some of the recent strong pro-democracy movements in the country. Being young in India’s northeast necessitates acts of social interventions of various kinds. In this conversation, Dr. Kaustubh Deka and Dr. Soibam Haripriya reflect on the locality of youth movements and the long history of the culture of protest in the region, as well as its larger resonance.

The world cannot afford another arms race that will divert resources from poverty, pandemic and climate crisis to defence.

Scientific institutions like IPCC must communicate with the masses for effective climate action.  

Increase in domestic violence, lay-offs, care responsibilities, restrictions on domestic and international movement, economic insecurities, psychological burdens - these are just a few of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Asia in the last two years. The gendered nature of COVID-19 impacts is obvious and has sparked large feminist responses in the region.

The global community has limited time to act on climate change mitigation if it wants to avoid the irreversible, catastrophic impacts. For India—heavily reliant on fossil fuels for its energy needs and industrial growth, while also being highly vulnerable to climatic impacts—the next three decades will be critical in every aspect.