When Italian luxury brand Prada showcased a designer version of the Kolhapuri chappal, no one asked who actually makes the chappal in India
Pritha Vashisth
About The Author
Pritha Vashishth is a Mumbai-based journalist who writes about human rights, society, and culture. She is the author of two published poetry collections, Mihir and Mayur Pida. She can be contacted at pritha.vashishth@fabric-uk.com.
About The Author
Pritha Vashishth is a Mumbai-based journalist who writes about human rights, society, and culture. She is the author of two published poetry collections, Mihir and Mayur Pida. She can be contacted at pritha.vashishth@fabric-uk.com.
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The Bhima Koregaon case returns to focus as the Supreme Court allows bail plea revival—while Maharashtra’s sweeping Jan Suraksha Bill raises alarms over civil liberties, ambiguous terms, and the creeping criminalisation of protest.
BY Pritha Vashisth 17 July 2025
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Walk through, and the city morphs. Lanes shrink. Dharavi, once branded a slum, now gleams on real estate flyers. But inside its labyrinth, where the city keeps its secrets and its sewage, no one counts people's lives.
BY Pritha Vashisth 16 July 2025
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For India-born Danish conductor Maria Badstue, music is the one space where she truly belongs
BY Pritha Vashisth 12 July 2025
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For decades, generations have built lives in Dharavi’s tight-knit lanes—rooms layered like sediment in tiny, unventilated boxes. But the promise of development came late, and now that it is finally here, it arrives under the looming structure of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP)
BY Pritha Vashisth 7 July 2025
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Captain Sumeet had joined Air India in 1994. He had logged over 8,000 hours of flying time. Known among his peers for his calm under pressure, he had never been involved in any major incident in his career
BY Pritha Vashisth 17 June 2025
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In the marshlands of the Rann of Kutch, where the border is invisible yet hotly contested, belongingness becomes tentative
BY Pritha Vashisth 1 June 2025
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In areas under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)—including Thane, Nashik, Pune, Kolhapur, Dhule, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar districts—residents receive water only twice a week
BY Pritha Vashisth 31 May 2025
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In Lakhpat’s Forgotten Creeks, Where Borders Blur and Boats Rust, Fishermen Struggle to Keep Livelihoods Afloat Amid Drone Shadows and Silent Promises
BY Pritha Vashisth 29 May 2025
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Who Was Daniel Pearl? The Link Between JeM, Pakistan And The American Journalist's Death | Explained
The Indian Armed Forces carried out precision strikes on Wednesday that reportedly killed Abdul Rauf Azhar, the operational head of Jaish-e-Mohammad and mastermind of the IC-814 hijacking
BY Pritha Vashisth 9 May 2025
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