"Colourism", a phenomenon that has long shaped beauty ideals in the Indian sub-continent, has been reinforced by advertising -building capitalist empires through narratives cornering people, especially women, of darker skin shades. Following the crackdown on fairness focused advertisements, the implicit persistence of skin tones hierarchies in Indian media shows how deeply entrenched the prejudices remain.

With several cases of scams in merit and reservation and paper leaks coming forth from the centralized tests (NTA held NEET ,UGC NET, and UPSC) held in the country in 2024 itself, more uncertainty loom over the Indian academic space than ever. Many universities organize tests under each department to enroll PhD students due to lack of trust and doubt of insufficiency in the objective nature of NET question papers.

Gain insight into the state of Asian elephant conservation in Assam through an interview with Dr. Bibhuti Lahkar from Aaranyak.