Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Roli Mahajan

roli.mahajan@gmail.com

is a journalist based in Lucknow, India.

All articles of Roli Mahajan

Plastics ban

Finding alternatives

Rwanda is taking its ban on single-use plastic bags one big step further, to include most other types of single-use plastic products

Global environment

Less food, more dengue infections

A recent report in The Lancet presents a bleak picture of how the climate crisis will affect human health

Running dry

India’s water crisis

Overuse and mismanagement of resources are creating an impending water crisis in India

Natural resources

Protecting ancestral land

Indigenous people of Ecuador fight to keep oil companies off their ancestral land

Equal rights

Marrying the person you love

Ecuador has legalised same-sex marriage

Social inclusion

The parents’ burden

In India, a growing number of economically disadvantaged parents are sending their children to private schools

Social cohesion

Good progress with further room for improvement

How well India is doing in terms of fighting poverty depends on what yardstick is applied

Honour killings

Killed by the in-laws

Marrying between different castes is still a taboo in India, and will sometimes be sanctioned violently

Formative years

Privileged, yet stressed out

Obesity and the pressure to perform in school haunt India’s middle-class youth

Respiratory health

10 % of the disease burden

India needs determined action to fight air pollution

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