Shailaja Tripathi

In-depth articles on the State of the World Population Report - 2023 by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which highlighted India’s emergence as the world’s most populous country. My articles evaluated and assessed UNFPA’s work in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Updated - July 29, 2024 12:46 pm IST
Remember the number of times you have watched the iconic song ‘Chalte chalte’ from the Hindi film Pakeezah. Apart from, of course, the dreamy eyes of Meena Kumari, you would have noticed the two dancers in the background, dressed in pearly white Anarkalis, cutting a picture of grace and poise. The song is unimaginable without them yet they have remained unsung.
Kathak dancer Siddhi Goel took it upon herself to find the identities of the two women. She look...

Shailaja Tripathi is a freelance journalist based in Bangalore, India.
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A compilation of my articles in News9Live

An interactive theatre game aims to inspire people to save lakes in India’s tech capital.
by Shailaja Tripathi
Long before Bangalore was known as India’s tech capital, it was known for its 200 lakes. But the title City of Lakes no longer holds true. In the face of rapid urbanisation and pollution, many have disappeared or turned into dead zones. Concerned that many Bangaloreans don’t understand the lakes’ plight, a local playwright has created Once There Was a Lake, a game that aims to spur c...

The Indian woman consumer is forcing all—brands, social media, even experts—to take notice. She is shopping, learning, interacting in digital universe & owning it

After she retired in 2019, Kanpur’s Mita Chakravorty, a former school principal, did not have much to keep her occupied. The pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns made things worse. That is when 64-year-old Chakravorty ventured into the digital space, going beyond the occasional social med...

A compilation of my articles in Outlook Business

Pingla (West Bengal): “I watched a film in which the customer tells the milk seller that you are putting too much water in the milk to which he replies ‘no, we are not putting water in milk, we are putting milk in water. These days we also mix milk in water and give it to our grandchildren when they ask for it,” says 56-year-old Gurupada Chitrakar before bursting into laughter.
Gurupada is one among the 250 artists hailing from Pingla village in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. One ...

Mithila or Madhubani painting was once the domain of upper-caste artists. Over time, quite a few Dalit women artists also took to it and incorporated themes relevant to their lives. In this case, Karn didn’t plunge headlong into the technical aspects of the art. Instead, he chose to focus on identifying the subject matter and visualising them.
Unperturbed by criticism, every day, sisters Saleha Sheikh and Sajiya Bushra undertake a 30-minute-long walk from their village Sheikh Toli in Bihar's ...

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Most fashion magazines do not deal with analytical pieces that give the reader an in-depth coverag...

Keepers Of Heritage – The Stories Of Four Artisans From Across India

A non-fungible token proves a digital work’s authenticity using blockchain technology, making it a hot commodity on the market
A JPEG file went under the hammer at Christie’s on March 11 and was sold for $69.3 million (roughly ₹504 crore), which was paid in cryptocurrency. The world — including the work’s creator, digital artist Beeple — watched in disbelief. Everydays: the First 5,000 Days, a collage of 5,000 images created over 13 years, was the first ever non-fungible token (NFT) to be sol...

Hemmed in by the pandemic, many have turned hoop work into a lucrative art form

* Hoop is a circular wooden frame with a metal screw, placed on a particular portion of fabric that needs to be embroidered upon

* For the artist, it can be therapeutic; for the client, it is pleasing to the eye

* Jain is now in the process of forming a group called the Happy Stitchers’ Club, uniting people with a love for embroidery

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Hasna Jasmine has been busy all day, stitching designs on cloth for her clien...

At a time when large swathes of rural India were economically crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rahu, a tribal village in Melghat area of Amravati district of Maharashtra stood as a beacon of hope. One hundred and seventy five households of Rahu received Rs 10,000 each from its gram sabha to tide over the lockdown period comfortably. The remaining 20 opted for another scheme.
In the past five years, Rahu has earned over Rs 3 crore from the forest under its community forest resource rights. T...