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Port Sudan – As Sudan’s humanitarian crisis deepens with escalating famine and conflict, women and girls are bearing the brunt. A new report, Gender Snapshot: Women, Food Insecurity, and Famine Risk in Sudan, reveals that female-headed households face triple the risk of severe food insecurity compared to male-headed families. According to...
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August 2025 Stepping into this new editorial role at Ananke during a month that carries so much historical and emotional weight across South Asia is not lost on me. August is often remembered as a time of rupture, resistance, and renewal. This month also marks many nations’ struggles for...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2025 | Global — Ananke, the global new media and development platform dedicated to inclusive digital storytelling, proudly announces the appointment of Namrata as its new Editor. Namrata has been an integral part of Ananke’s leadership team as Director of Operations, and now steps into...
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Regurgitate… There’s nothing left Heave… High Thump… Loud Retch! Wretch Retch Nothing left to spew Pause Heave Heave Regurgitate There is… emptiness to spew Ebony blues Purple hues Poke and prick No space is left Continue Continue Day1, Day 2, Day 3 And on …and on … and on…...
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In this special event cohosted by World Literature Today (WLT) and Ananke, we mark the launch of WLT’s latest city issue, Delhi in the Anthropocene, guest-edited by Amit R. Baishya. Held on June 30, 2025, the webinar brought together distinguished contributors — Ravi Agarwal, Nitoo Das, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Sumana Roy, and Vandana Singh—...
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In Thorns in My Quilt (Rupa Publications, 2024), Mohua Chinappa stitches together the frayed threads of memory, grief, and identity into a tapestry of aching beauty. Written as a series of letters from a daughter to her deceased father, this deeply personal narrative transcends the form of memoir, entering...
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Cooperation for change, this is essentially what multilateralism is all about. Countries with common goals, working together. While what this suggests is working together for positive change, the global politico-economic scenario has given an entirely different connotation to this term. Colonial, ethno-racist, genocidal governments and their cronies, with documented...
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Close your eyes Do not sleep to flit off to realms unknown dark dreary shallow And steep Languish… trapped Never getting out? Getting up… an ordeal (wished devoutly) “Lie down… sleep” Languish… in your midnight dreams Sweet Saccharine Delusional dreams A prison Imprisoned Opium eater…. Tranquility?...
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Dubai, UAE | June 2025: Ananke, the pioneering new media and development platform amplifying inclusive narratives from the Global South, is proud to announce the appointment of Namrata, Founder of Keemiya Creatives, as its Director – Operations. This strategic appointment comes at a significant inflection point in Ananke’s journey...