Company In India Gives Women A Day Off If Their Period Is Painful—NPR Goats and Soda

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Public discussion of periods is still a taboo in many parts of the world. But this week in India, everybody’s talking about the topic. The reason: an announcement by a Mumbai media firm called Culture Machine: The company has announced that its 75 women...

What’s Making These Dogs In Mumbai Turn Blue?—NPR Goats and Soda

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

Five dogs turned blue in Mumbai. That was a story that journalist Deepak Gharat broke this past week. He was following up on a story in the industrial zone of Taloja, home to about 1,000 pharmaceutical and chemical factories. Every week, there’s something going...

Do Peacocks Have Sex? Are Cows A Better National Animal Than Tigers?—NPR Goats and Soda

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Narratives & Features, Portfolio

India is having a debate about its national animals. Currently, the mighty tiger is the national beast and the peacock is the national bird. But the cow has recently been proposed as a replacement for the tiger because of its status as a holy animal. And this week,...

This Police Department Is A Smash Hit On Social Media—NPR Goats and Soda

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

One of the world’s most popular police departments on Twitter and Facebook is in Bangalore, India. And it’s all because they took the risk of partnering up with a hip outside consultant. Last September, when riots broke out in Bangalore city, the best...

India’s Supreme Court Rules That Sex With A Bride Under 18 Is Rape—NPR Goats and Soda

by Abhishek Shah | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio

India has made a significant change to its laws about rape. The Supreme Court has ruled that if a husband has sex with his wife and she is under 18, he is committing an act of rape. Up until now rape was illegal, but there was one glaring exception. A wife could not...