(1/6) Navin and Abhi have been living together for two years, and they have faced countless challenges starting from obnoxious kids to micro-agressions from judgmental neighbours.

(1/7) In New Delhi's largest crematorium, some workers no longer wear protective gear, and are forced to find alternative spots to burn bodies.
vice.com/en/article/y3d… (2/7) India’s overworked and underpaid crematorium workers, are mostly Dalit and they are the invisible warriors of India’s COVID-19 crisis.

(1/5) In the absence of an effective government response, hundreds of thousands of Indians resort to social media to find hospital beds, oxygen, and COVID-19 drugs. It also became a space for people to criticise the government. vice.com/en/article/akg… (2/5) Over the weekend, social media platforms started receiving takedown requests from the Indian government. Twitter admits it complied with these requests.

1/4: On March 17, a man doused acid on a 21-year-old Pakistani-American college student in her driveway on Long Island, New York. He ran off, never to be seen again. The woman, identified as Nafiah Ikram, suffered burns on her face, eyes, neck and hands. 2/4: Over a month later, the assailant remains at large. Now, Ikram’s family has gone public with their plea to mobilise people to help with medical costs and catch the attacker. Various activists are linking it to the rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the US.