BehanBox @BehanBox
Feminist media organisation interrogating gender and marginality in India through in-depth stories + partnerships with allies in the change ecosystem. behanbox.com India Joined February 2019-
Tweets8K
-
Followers5K
-
Following743
-
Likes903
#HeatDiaries Jyoti works at Urban Company. Spends 8+ hours under the blazing sun juggling between clients’ homes, carrying heavy kits. Her each choice is a negotiation between money, time, dreams and duties – made starker by the heat. Via @janpahal's survey with @BehanBox
0
1
3
116
0
View Details
India’s data centre expansion builds on its development history of using public purpose laws to treat lands as investment parcels, reinforcing a cycle of dispossession. How does it affect communities? By @Saumya_Kalia behanbox.com/2026/07/26/dis…
Join Feminist Election Newsroom to follow Parliament, elections, and all things democracy with your fellow citizens: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
🏦New to tracking Parliament this Monsoon Session? Start here: a Feminist Election Newsroom community resource on keeping up with Bills, schedules, and Question Hour—all in one place. tinyurl.com/navigating-par…
#CareDiaries 🫂"You don't decide to be a caregiver. One day you realise you are." Rachita Master was 32 when her mother's Parkinson's ended her career and rewrote her sense of who she was. Her essay, on caregiving as labour no one trains or pays you for. behanbox.com/2026/07/24/car…
6/ Want to track this session with people who care? Join the Feminist Election Newsroom, a community where we discuss it all forms.gle/BHCszGbPSSrdsP…
5/ Beyond the bills, we will be tracking parliamentary questions and taking a wry look at things said on the floor—because eternal vigilance is the price for liberty.
1/ This Monsoon session, we are launching Parliament Watch — tracking its proceedings, decisions, and silences, inside and outside the gates. Here are the Bills on our radar 🧵 behanbox.substack.com/p/all-eyes-on-…
Now available in Hindi. SIR का ट्रांसजेंडर और क्वीयर वोटरों पर असर: ज़मीनी संगठन और संस्थाओं के लिए जानकारी tinyurl.com/sir-and-trans-…
As SIR reshapes electoral rolls across India, the burden of proof is falling on citizens. For trans & queer voters, this burden is even heavier. We've created an open-source SIR resource for trans & queer voters – FAQs, helplines & more. Read and share: tinyurl.com/sir-and-trans-…
#HeatDiaries Neha, 27, leaves home at 9 am & travels 2 hours to reach work. By the time she arrives she is physically & mentally drained due to the heat. Yet, her day is not over. Via Shehri Mahila Kamgar Union’s survey with @BehanBox, tracking heat’s toll on informal workers.
Women fish workers sustain Andhra Pradesh's fisheries - buying, drying, processing, transporting & selling fish. Yet they remain excluded from welfare & credit schemes. Our new story by @BhaskarBasava examines the policy gaps behind this invisible labour. behanbox.com/2026/07/20/wom…
This week in #BehanVox: Ladki Bahin deletions, Cockroach Janta Party, war coffee and more... Also find: three brilliant recommendations from the team. Subscribe—BehanVox is dispatched every weekend. substack.com/@behanbox/note…
💌 Postcards with love from team BehanBox to you! This month, we write to you about Somnath Hore’s art, sattu parathas, a Marxist cat, and more… 🔗 substack.com/@behanbox/note… What movie or book inspired you this month? Send us your postcards at [email protected]!
#BehanBoxReads 📚 In her book, ‘The Sunday Book Bazaar: Delhi's Book Street and the Making of a Reading Public’, @aampannaa muses on the rhythmic chaos and defiance of Daryaganj’s Patri Kitab Bazaar. Published by @speakingtiger14. Read the full excerpt: behanbox.com/2026/07/15/how…
#HeatDiaries Kanika is a domestic worker in New Delhi. In June, she spent more than half her salary meeting her family’s need for electricity & water, and other heat-related health expenses. Via @KamgarUnion’s survey with @BehanBox, tracking the toll of heat on informal workers.
PMVVY, a maternity entitlement, moved online in 2024 in Andhra Pradesh. Yet, app glitches, weak networks, inactive logins, & digital barriers are excluding pregnant Adivasi women from accessing #PMMVY benefits. Karthik Reddy and @samalochana report: behanbox.com/2026/07/12/how…
Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88
149K Followers 3K Following Constitutional law. Science fiction. Co-ordinating editor @strangehorizons. Pre-order The Sentence here: https://t.co/W007YdtR8d
Rituparna Chatterjee @MasalaBai
152K Followers 2K Following Dep Asia Editor @Independent Forbes Power Women's List '19, Laadli Award, Twitter@sayfty Changemaker, Orange Flower Award, ex-Reporters Sans Frontieres
Dr. Sylvia Karpagam @sakie339
24K Followers 8K Following Public Health | MD Community Medicine, MBBS | Health Systems | Nutrition | Policy | 18+ years
Nikita Sonavane @glorious_gluten
14K Followers 1K Following Co-Founder/Lawyer @CPAProjectIndia | Editorial Board @Article14live | Fellow @AshokaIndia | Visiting Fellow @UniofOxford | Visiting Scholar @Cambridge_Uni
Ankur Paliwal @Ankur_pali
6K Followers 2K Following Journalist. Founder CEO @queerbeatmedia . Awards @AAASKavli, @sajahq, @onewm, alum @columbiajourn. Insta @ankurreports
Saib Bilaval @SaibBilaval
16K Followers 9K Following Associate Editor: Three Essays Collective; Historian. PhD@JNU: Saffron Propaganda in 1940s+50s; Journalist: Indian+US politics https://t.co/aQdhn0V7WO
Uma Mahadevan Dasgupt... @readingkafka
25K Followers 4K Following Public service. Personal account. “The public library is the people’s university.”
Rohin Bhatt🏳️... @BhattRohin
15K Followers 7K Following (he/they) Litigator, Writer, Bioethicist | Past @GNLUofficial,@HMSBioethics | Urban Elite v Union of India - @PenguinIndia | Represented by @kan_writersside
Mumbai | | Paused @SloganMurugan
14K Followers 9K Following Low tide smells from the Island City || Born at 329.68 ppm
Aatreyee Dhar(Let Sle... @carbon_stink
7K Followers 6K Following Introverted Reporter. Email: aatreyee.dhar56@gmail. Awards:Laadli_PF, Red Ink, SCARF Awards Bylines:Guardian, BBC Future, Telegraph UK, BMJ+
Adil Hossain @adilhossain
16K Followers 9K Following Asst Prof. DPhil from @MertonCollege @UniofOxford AMU (02-12) বাঙালী from rural Bangla. Writes on citizenship & conflict! RT≠endorsement
Internet Freedom Foun... @internetfreedom
92K Followers 728 Following Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) is an advocacy organisation born from https://t.co/hYIxzR64qM. IFF secures your civil liberties in the digital age.
Shireen Azam @shireenazam
19K Followers 5K Following caste-religion-politics in India DPhil @uniofoxford, founded @epw_in Engage, public history @indiainkhistory, Jharkhandi
Neha Dixit @nehadixit123
100K Followers 4K Following Journalist. Author-The Many Lives of Syeda X: The Story of an Unknown Indian. Published by @juggernautbooks in South Asia, by @wearefootnote in UK, Commonwealth
एना Maria 🌈 ... @annaverbee
2K Followers 958 Following Now—I read, I write, I made films #SouthDilliFilmClub #DiliReadingGroup #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #Disability
Swagata Yadavar @swagata_y
5K Followers 3K Following Independent Journalist. Previously ThePrint, IndiaSpend, Factchecker &The Week. Health policy, access, gender and development. Swagatayadavar at gmail .com
Supriya Sharma @sharmasupriya
125K Followers 2K Following Executive Editor, @scroll_in. Could not choose between art, academia and activism. Became a journalist. Email: [email protected]
Ayush Tiwari @sighyush
16K Followers 4K Following Reporter @scroll_in. Prev @newslaundry. Email: [email protected], [email protected].
Adithya @variations15
38 Followers 545 Following Sociology. Multi-polar world enthusiast. Anti-caste. Anti-imperialism.
Sivayeeka Sivani @sivayeekasivani
183 Followers 448 Following Odia | ex State President- WICCI | CHARMAGHZ | JLF2021 | Literature | Autobiographies | Afghan Women | Women Studies |
Yaswanth reddy @jhammyabcd
159 Followers 764 Following
ann @mayalovesann
0 Followers 42 Following
Nandita Sengupta @nandibulll
2 Followers 230 Following
q b @qaatilbilla
0 Followers 95 Following
John O'Connell @johnoconnell836
1K Followers 6K Following #FreePalestine. Photo is Edward Said. China and Iran are not the enemy
Kanupriya Dhingra @aampannaa
2K Followers 880 Following Academic. Writer. Translator | Author: The Sunday Book Bazaar (Speaking Tiger), Old Delhi’s Parallel Book Bazaar (CUP) | PhD, SOAS, University of London.
sandile ngidi @mahlephula
6K Followers 7K Following History. Poetry. Zulu/English literary translator. Books. Theatre. Music. Amahlongwa BC School. Uhleko oluhle luphilisa isintu. Pula!
Dr Kanchan Pawar @Healthistaa
236 Followers 385 Following Primary care physician, public health professional, linguaphile
mushin @bigmushin
1 Followers 21 Following
Shipra @Shipra_K_T
2 Followers 49 Following
Rajesh Tandon @RTandon_PRIA
3K Followers 1K Following Pioneer in Participatory Research, Founder President @PRIA_India. Tweets on #Governance #CivilSociety #CommunityResearch #gender justice UNESCO Chair
Emma calming down @Caylatrowxx
260 Followers 3K Following Social media management at All Things Trance
Right To Read India @theright2read
8 Followers 47 Following Free, tax-funded, anti-caste public libraries for all. Educate · Agitate · Organise
shinjini @shinjinilocal
25 Followers 84 Following she/her | digital governance, accountability and social policy | work @Res_Gov @PnDForum | trying & tired writer
Himanshi Aggarwal @himanshiiagg
27 Followers 44 Following Journalist @theprintindia | ✍🏼: @scroll_in, @frontline_india, @thewire_in, @TheLeaflet_in, etc. | contact: [email protected] | Views personal
Mila Kahlon @KahlonMila43952
0 Followers 1 Following
Ishika Rana @IshikaRana7777
30 Followers 413 Following
Mahesh Chugh @chughmahesh509
84 Followers 802 Following
@Moini @moini_565
10K Followers 5K Following Social activist Strong Congress woman 🇮🇳 INC Assistant Media Coordinator of Congress New York
Mohdshahid Khan @khan_mohds19791
31 Followers 2K Following
Nithya @NityaPandian
4K Followers 973 Following Tamil Nadu-based Journalist | Laadli award winner | Bylines - BBC Tamil, TNM, Indian Express | Views are personal
CHLJCDH BEQC @Zeus_Shiva17
0 Followers 629 Following
Shruti Parab @shrpsp
21 Followers 115 Following
Frontline Women’s F... @donors4women
3K Followers 1K Following Frontline Women’s Fund is a fund for women that strengthens frontline women's rights activists around the world
Moumita Ghorai @moumita_ghorai
200 Followers 667 Following Curious about how societies work, and how they can work better. Currently working at @UN_women
The Dalit Voice @ambedkariteIND
150K Followers 621 Following We uphold Human Rights by vigorously campaigning against discriminatory practices based on caste, race, gender, occupation and descent.
Azad Foundation @FoundationAzad
672 Followers 152 Following A professional feminist organisation empowering women by engaging them in viable non-traditional professions like driving.
Sushobhan Mukherjee @Santhal24
7 Followers 615 Following
Secforums @secforums
39 Followers 5K Following
Mumbai Against Builde... @JaiBhimNagar
245 Followers 216 Following डब्बे में डब्बा तुम रखो हमें हमारा घर दो! Builder Raj will Fall! Housing to all!!
SHABBIR SARKAR @Toofan278Sarkar
106 Followers 213 Following Iam a lazy cockroach.I was born from the rotten political system of BJP .I want to struggle against illegal, unfair, corrupt system of the present Government.
Irah Rahi🔻💜 @OrganicJouissan
385 Followers 2K Following He/Him. 22. 🏳️🌈 Law Student. Pro Anti-Econ. Phil. Hopepilled Techie. In a superposition of it's so over and fuck it we ball.
Nimita Pandey @nimita_pandey
740 Followers 376 Following STI Policy, Gender and Tech, Innovation Sys |Asst. Professor @AMRITAedu Faridabad|Erstwhile @RIS_NewDelhi @EDIIAhmedabad @DSTCPRIISc @unesconewdelhi🎓@IndiaSTS
Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88
149K Followers 3K Following Constitutional law. Science fiction. Co-ordinating editor @strangehorizons. Pre-order The Sentence here: https://t.co/W007YdtR8d
Rituparna Chatterjee @MasalaBai
152K Followers 2K Following Dep Asia Editor @Independent Forbes Power Women's List '19, Laadli Award, Twitter@sayfty Changemaker, Orange Flower Award, ex-Reporters Sans Frontieres
Nikita Sonavane @glorious_gluten
14K Followers 1K Following Co-Founder/Lawyer @CPAProjectIndia | Editorial Board @Article14live | Fellow @AshokaIndia | Visiting Fellow @UniofOxford | Visiting Scholar @Cambridge_Uni
Road Scholarz @roadscholarz
22K Followers 2K Following Freelance scholars and student volunteers interested in action-oriented research, socio-economic rights and related issues.
Ankur Paliwal @Ankur_pali
6K Followers 2K Following Journalist. Founder CEO @queerbeatmedia . Awards @AAASKavli, @sajahq, @onewm, alum @columbiajourn. Insta @ankurreports
Saib Bilaval @SaibBilaval
16K Followers 9K Following Associate Editor: Three Essays Collective; Historian. PhD@JNU: Saffron Propaganda in 1940s+50s; Journalist: Indian+US politics https://t.co/aQdhn0V7WO
GRACE BANU @thirunangai
19K Followers 2K Following First trans engineer, veteran trans rights activist, and anti-caste activist.
Shrayana B @BShrayana
10K Followers 471 Following Wrote Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh 2021, AutHer Prize and AG-BLF Prize Best Non-Fiction 2022, researching The Tyranny of the Indian Uncle
People's Archive of R... @PARInetwork
92K Followers 751 Following The everyday lives of everyday people Founder Editor: P. Sainath Follow: @PARIInHindi | @PARIInTamil | @PARIInUrdu
एना Maria 🌈 ... @annaverbee
2K Followers 958 Following Now—I read, I write, I made films #SouthDilliFilmClub #DiliReadingGroup #ChronicIllness #MentalHealth #Disability
Swagata Yadavar @swagata_y
5K Followers 3K Following Independent Journalist. Previously ThePrint, IndiaSpend, Factchecker &The Week. Health policy, access, gender and development. Swagatayadavar at gmail .com
Feminism in India @FeminismInIndia
51K Followers 2K Following FII amplifies the voices of women and marginalised groups using new media. Follow our Hindi site @FIIHindi. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://t.co/CaVF7PVukx
Sandhya @TheRestlessQuil
43K Followers 1K Following Writer. Communications. Car lover, crocheter, poetry. Legendary parking skills.
Bhavreen Kandhari @BhavreenMK
9K Followers 7K Following ‘What We Think We Become’|Copywriter to Environmentalism|#WarriorMom|OKC Climate Parent Fellow| OpEds: @down2earthindia @outlookindia @DeutscheWelle @httweets
queerbeat @queerbeat_media
2K Followers 38 Following The definitive voice of queer India Reportage I Analysis I Education ✉️ [email protected]; Founder @Ankur_pali
RejectTransBill @RejectTransBill
945 Followers 29 Following Community-led Mobilisation to Reject Trans Bill 2026. Follow us, tag us, DM if you want to get involved #NoGoingBack #RejectTransBill2026
ClimateRISE Alliance @ClimateRISE_
93 Followers 1 Following Building a Resilient, Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable India by placing people, nature and climate first
Malini Nair @TheMalini
299 Followers 27 Following Writer-editor. Love music, dance and theatre. Amateur baker. Crime fiction nut. And fiercely feminist
TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc
325K Followers 836 Following Doctor. Scientist. Author. https://t.co/vRivFzk37T https://t.co/8lHqoHPoRN
Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86
219K Followers 14K Following Senior journalist at BBC Verify | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations, extremism | [email protected]
Prakhar Misra @PrakharMisra
757 Followers 814 Following Political Economy Ph.D. @SAISHopkins | Bureaucracy & Development | How can we build effective states?
Anoop Kumar @kumarcsu
104 Followers 502 Following Professor of media and politics. As a teacher and researcher, I know, I can be wrong; but available evidence suggests this is how it is now (ouden mallon)
Cambridge Decolonisin... @CambridgeDCN
1K Followers 548 Following PhD-led initiative set up @CamCriminology to engage with decolonial thought & amplify subaltern, non-western and indigenous voices within criminology 💫
ImpactMojo @ImpactMojo
44 Followers 382 Following Explore the world of Development Social Impact with our courses!
BarsaliBhattacharyya @Barsali
338 Followers 1K Following Used to chase headlines. Now tracks economic trend. Author of ENTER PROMPT: Navigating AI in the world's largest democracy. Opinions are my own
Dr Kavita Singh @drskavita
2K Followers 550 Following A Physician in love with Translational Science #interdiscipline collaboration critical.
Ekta Chauhan @ekta2993
4K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Art and Architecture | Studies culture, cities and communities of South Asia | Sheher mein Gaon out now.
Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter
66K Followers 5K Following Journalism and education for the public good
Christianez Ratna Kir... @NezMeds
1K Followers 337 Following Internal Medicine Doctor 💊 | Freelance Health Journalist ✍🏻 | Intersectional Feminist 💪🏻 | Pansexual 🌈
Nandita Dutta @dutta_nandita
840 Followers 1K Following Researcher @IMIS_UOS. Currently: Climate change & migration. Interested in gender, migration, South Asia. Book: 'F-Rated'. https://t.co/lIeGGOBTEo
Saleha Sapra @saleha_sapra
233 Followers 704 Following Homo Urbanus / Co-Founder @City_Sabha / @LSEgeography Alum / Development Practitioner / Views are personal (She/Her)
Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal
662 Followers 835 Following He/Him, Independent Journalist, Urban Researcher |Bylines: Al Jazeera, Guardian, The Caravan, Wire, etc. For leads, feedback: [email protected]
RAHUL @RahulSeeker
28K Followers 5K Following Not bound by any 'ism'. Here since 2014, commentary since 2022. Believer of Liberty, Equality & Fraternity and JUSTICE. Reject all gods-yours, hers, theirs.
pa.ranjith @beemji
1.2M Followers 140 Following ஒரு தத்துவம் தன்னைத் தானே நிலைநிறுத்திக் கொள்ள வேண்டுமே அன்றி மனித அதிகாரத்தைச் சார்ந்து அல்ல. மனித அதிகாரத்தை சார்ந்திருந்தால் அது தத்துவமே அல்ல- புத்தர்
DIRECTORATE OF EDUCAT... @Dir_Education
42K Followers 43 Following Official handle of Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi. We celebrate stories of change and innovations across Delhi’s Government Schools.
Sadhika Tiwari @sadhika_tiwari
8K Followers 2K Following Journalist 🎥 @dwnews Show: Eco India| Climate change | @risj_oxford | Work @thequint @IndiaSpend @ndtv @mongabay @behanbox
Aman Bhargava 📊 @thedivtagguy
3K Followers 2K Following data, design, research Publishing https://t.co/wYQpRCNaao. I check emails more: [email protected] 🦋 https://t.co/vGOuHOJYHu
Priyanka Tupe @tupriya2911
499 Followers 1K Following She/Her| Independent Journalist |Politics & Governance, Gender, Culture, Human Rights| Bilingual Writer| मुंबई, Pani-Puri & Poetry
Gender at Work India @GenderatWorkInd
1K Followers 610 Following We are an Indian nonprofit working to facilitate inclusive, intersectional, institutional change.
Election Commission o... @ECISVEEP
650K Followers 66 Following ECI's handle for Voter Awareness. ECI Media Updates @SpokespersonECI General Elections 2024 - https://t.co/LKGTLTAxNR
Aman Wadud @AmanWadud
23K Followers 5K Following Lawyer! @UTexasLaw Alum, @FulbrightPrgrm Fellow,Spokesperson @INCAssam
THE EAST STREET JOURN... @ESTJASIA
7 Followers 63 Following One way ride through truth and transparency🔂
Maya John @MayaJohn14
263 Followers 0 Following Writer, Activist and Teacher. Reach out to me at maya [email protected]
Meena Dhanda @DhandaMeena
4K Followers 2K Following Here to learn and build solidarities. Not representing any institution.
Penn Thozhilalar Sang... @ptschennai
4 Followers 23 Following PTS (Women Workers Union) is an independent trade union. Our focus - women employed in domestic work, garment factories, NREGA, contract and irregular jobs.
InSAF India @IndInsaf
1K Followers 290 Following We are an international coalition of diasporic Indians supporting academic freedom in India
Praveen Kolluguri @pkolluguri
582 Followers 2K Following Disability and Neurodiversity advocate. Organise with India Labour Solidarity. Likes and Retweets are not endorsements
The India Forum @TheIndiaForum
13K Followers 225 Following If you care about the world we live in, engage with the independent journal-magazine, for thoughtful articles on contemporary issues.
Land Conflict Watch @LandConflicts
10K Followers 147 Following Land Conflict Watch is an independent network of researchers studying land conflicts, climate change and natural resource governance in India.
the reporters' collec... @reporters_co
46K Followers 38 Following a deep-dive journalism collaborative. investigative reportage in many languages and mediums. without fear. email: [email protected]
Arshdeep Arshi (Raavi... @arsh11kaur
13K Followers 2K Following Journalist, documentary filmmaker| Laadli Award ’23
Tom Vaillant @buriedsignals
2K Followers 1K Following Investigative technologist working on stories hidden in data. Building AI tools for journalists and researchers.
Bar and Bench @barandbench
682K Followers 969 Following Latest legal news from India: Supreme Court, High Courts, Law Firms, In-House Counsel, policy, landmark judgments and exclusive interviews.
orinam.net 🏳️... @chennaipride
4K Followers 450 Following Orinam: informal collective (started 2003) against sexism, queer-trans-interphobia through peer support, resources, advocacy, & the arts. Chennai, TN, India.
Soundarya Iyer @soniyer
1K Followers 1K Following tweeting about gender, development and agrarian change. Editorial board member @IAScDialogue and Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
INDIA CSR @INDIACSR
10K Followers 6K Following INDIACSR (https://t.co/FIe8GpGMEd) is the CSR Network of India.
Bridge India @BridgeIndiaOrg
12K Followers 11K Following Progressive non-profit think tank helping India-watchers better engage with India | Network of change-makers | Join us: https://t.co/xBvXoBYSCM
Aryan Trivedi @AryanTrivedi_7
10K Followers 706 Following Founder @finzie_co @ghlscaleup| Shopify | GHL | Marketing
Prosperiti @InfoProsperiti
118 Followers 19 Following Prosperiti builds state capacity to increase economic freedom in India. We are on a mission to catalyse a series of 1991-like reforms at the state level.You might like
queerbeat
@queerbeat_media
2K Followers
Criminal Justice & Po...
@CPAProjectIndia
10K Followers
Khabar Lahariya
@KhabarLahariya
24K Followers
National Foundation f...
@NFI_India
6K Followers
the reporters' collec...
@reporters_co
46K Followers
Land Conflict Watch
@LandConflicts
10K Followers
The India Forum
@TheIndiaForum
13K Followers
Shreya Raman
@shreyaraman18
5K Followers
Road Scholarz
@roadscholarz
22K Followers
Azhar
@azharamim_
2K Followers
kupwaratimes.com
@KupwaraTimes
5K Followers
Paromita Vohra
@parodevi
11K Followers
The Polis Project
@project_polis
21K Followers
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
@jsa_india
3K Followers
Ankur Paliwal
@Ankur_pali
6K Followers