Nikita Jain
Bio:
Nikita Jain is a journalist based in India. She has covered various issues catering towards human rights, gender, crime, health, education and environment among other things. She believes that stories, no matter how difficult, need to come out, if change is needed. Jain has covered issues such as Kashmir conflict, Delhi violence, anti-Citizenship Amendment Act and farmers protests. Her work has been published on national and international platforms.
At long last, same-sex marriage could soon be recognized under Indian law. As of April 18 of this year, a total of 18 petitions have now been introduced to the high court to legalize same-sex marriage.
Anti-Muslim violence and hate speech have become normalized under the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but activists say that the attacks against India’s Muslims have ratcheted up over the last year — particularly, against Muslim women.
More than 80 women had their names and pictures posted without their consent on the app’s “deals of the day.” Rather than hosting actual transactions, the sole purpose of the app was to humiliate its subjects.
Women who participated in anti-CAA protests nearly two years ago continue to be targeted by law enforcement, bearing the full brunt of the security apparatus or facing aggressive intimidation.
