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You've read about brutal detentions in Delhi. Now read the story of what happens after someone is detained, of the citizen-led networks working around the clock to rescue people. Our story on Delhi protests, detentions, and the web of care that makes resistance possible:
On Oct 11, @laavanyatamang's friend was detained by Delhi Police during SIR protests. “They can grab your phone, hit you, drop you anywhere...There is no accountability unless you literally have a large number of people saying we’re watching you.” Read: behanbox.com/2026/10/19/beat…
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Fantastic reporting by @behanbox on the detention centres dotting Delhi, what happens to protestors there, and how help always arrives in the form of organisations and groups working round the clock to rescue detainees. Please reshare and amplify!
On Oct 11, @laavanyatamang's friend was detained by Delhi Police during SIR protests. “They can grab your phone, hit you, drop you anywhere...There is no accountability unless you literally have a large number of people saying we’re watching you.” Read: behanbox.com/2026/10/19/beat…
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countless, countless instances of women groped, beaten, abused, bitten, dragged, harassed at October 10’s INA protests. the same story today and earlier. we need the press to move without obstruction to document these excesses and for the STATE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
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What women safety and nari shakti do they keep talking about when they can’t follow simple laws? Women cannot be detained or arrested past 6 pm but plenty reports yesterday and today of women being shoved inside buses well after sunset. Fresh round just now (6:20 pm) from CP.
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We have an interesting conversation scheduled with Pallavi Prasad of Behanbox who will take us through the philosophy and experience at Behanbox on how they understand and measure impact of their stories. (1/3)
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Important documentation. They are the frontline workers. Visible and yet invisible..
1/ NEW: For 20 years, ASHA workers have held up India's public health system. For the Dalit women among them, caste shapes who will accept their care and how they are treated — and it’s gone largely undocumented. We spent six months changing that.
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Every week, Suchitra (@suchitrav) answers questions that all of you send in. This week, a big shoutout to BehanBox @BehanBox) for doing the kind of journalism that consistently pushes the envelope. To better understand the media landscape, The Polis Project is releasing a report that maps what we call "insurgent media" in India - independent journalists, creators, satirists, hyperlocal networks, and organizations that have challenged the systematic capture of the news and information ecosystem over the past decade. It traces how mainstream media underwent corporate consolidation and documents the alternative infrastructures that have emerged to resist that capture. 'The Underground Railroad of Information: A Report on Democracy's Digital Defense' releasing on Tuesday.
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OUR COLLECTIVE STATEMENT ON THE TRANS BILL 2026 Sign and share widely! Please sign the statement here - forms.gle/LyUCSx73w7qs4MJw7 Read here (translations in multiple languages) - tinyurl.com/StatementRejectT… #RejectTransBill2026 #NoGoingBack
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We are now beginning PLENARY 2 at DDC–7 “Towards Equality: Building Gender Responsive Policies and Ecosystems.” We are honored to be joined by: @ramgopal_rao , Vice Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Vandana Prasad, Principal Technical Advisor, Public Health Resource Society @Saumya_Kalia , Associate Editor, Behanbox Ishita Chatterjee, Associate Professor, OP Jindal University  @Navneet_Kaurrrr , Founder, FemTech India #IIITD #DDC2026 #EqualByDesign #GenderEquality #SDG5 #DigitalDelhiConclave
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Have written about condition of the working women’s hostels for the @BehanBox Government data shows their numbers are declining, while funds remain underused. behanbox.com/2025/06/16/numb…
News Alert | Budget 2026: Govt to set up one girls' hostel in every district of country: FM Sitharaman #Budget2026WithPTI #UnionBudgetWithPTI
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बिहार में हो रहे वोटर लिस्ट रिवीजन से भारत-नेपाल के बीच बेटी-रोटी का संबंध खतरे में? @BehanBox | @tnzl_ | @mofussil_scribe
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Pls don't miss this brilliant piece about an amazing farmer Saroja Kumar, who lives near Karur. I met her twice earlier this year & learnt so much from her! She is an outstanding farmer, speaker, thinker & activist. Great profile by @arch_types for @BehanBox CC: @bhanupriya_rao
In drought-prone Karur, Saroja Kumar has built a food forest that cools the air, restores the soil, and resists monoculture. This is farming as resistance, writes @arch_types behanbox.com/2025/06/26/in-d… This is part of our series "climate leaders" in collaboration w/ @forWomanity
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