Long Reads

Online exhibition archives oral histories of the Kolis, degradation of Mumbai's coastal ecology

The online exhibition Through the Eyes of the Kolis uses their photos to highlights how Mumbai's ecology has been disturbed and how the fishermen community are adapting.

In Mumbai’s sea, a group of swimmers finds thrill, respite from the city, and a sense of community

Open sea swimming as a test of resilience, a sense of escape, and a way to build a community — Neerja Deodhar and Zahra Amiruddin document the Mumbai Sea Swimmers in action, in Part 4 of the series 'Leisure & Loiter'.

In Sundarbans' Mousuni Island, rapid land erosion leaves villagers in the lurch, as natural calamities impact their livelihoods

At the moment, 80 percent of the farmland in Mousuni is under water.

Kashmir's healthcare workers go the extra mile to vaccinate shepherd populace against COVID-19

Carrying vaccine doses and medical equipment including oxygen cylinders, healthcare workers trekked through the mountains on foot or with the help of horses or porters for six hours to reach their destination in Lidderwat, 20 km from Pahalgam.

Queer Eye's Bobby Berk on the Netflix show's impact, road to Fab 5 stardom, and his design philosophy

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost over Zoom, Bobby Berk, the design expert on the Emmy Award-winning show, spoke with us about Queer Eye's brand of magic.

Two men, one ambulance, and their battle against Delhi's devastating second COVID-19 wave

Aadil and Azeem started free ambulance services in Delhi during the last week of April 2021. Their services are primarily targeted at patients from underprivileged backgrounds.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths among Black Americans soar due to opioid addiction crisis

The portrait of the opioid epidemic has long been painted as a rural white affliction, but the demographics have been shifting for years as deaths surged among Black Americans. The pandemic hastened the trend by further flooding the streets with fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, in communities with scant resources to deal with addiction.

Empathy engines, the paranormal and living vicariously | Inside Life is Strange: True Colors

Life is Strange: True Colors is 'a game about the power of empathy and the protagonist's critical journey of self-discovery'

How a Bolivian indigenous community is struggling to survive the loss of the country's second largest lake

The lake dried up about five years ago, victim of shrinking glaciers, water diversions for farming and contamination. Ponds reappear in places during the rainy season.

US documents hold answers to the mystery of former Japanese PM and wartime criminal Hideki Tojo's remains

The documents show the cremated ashes of Tojo, one of the masterminds of the Pearl Harbour attack, were scattered from a US Army aircraft over the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles (50 kilometres) east of Yokohama, Japan’s second-largest city, south of Tokyo.