| Dear Reader, Greetings from India! You're reading Meanwhile, Back Home, our daily newsletter specially curated for our overseas readers. Today’s edition covers protests in Australia, court battles in Delhi, Martian clues in Gujarat, a chess controversy, India’s cancer map, and a mythic descent reimagined in R F Kuang’s new novel.
💡Spotlight Let’s start today’s edition from the "Land Down Under" where the “March for Australia” protests claimed mass migration was breaking communities apart, with flyers targeting Indian expats. But the data tells another story. Indians make up just 10.3% of migrants, and are among the most educated groups. Experts say fear, housing woes, and far-right rhetoric drive the anger. Back home, former student leader Umar Khalid and nineothers were denied bail again in the 2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case. This was Khalid’s sixth failed attempt to get bail. Courts have rejected his pleas multiple times, with one withdrawn from the Supreme Court. He remains in custody under UAPA and other charges. Meanwhile, in Gujarat’s remote Matanomadh village, scientists confirmed 55-million-year-old jarosite deposits, the same mineral NASA spotted on Mars. With its Mars-like geology, the site could become a test bed for ISRO’s future missions, offering insights into the red planet’s surface, chemistry, and potential for life.
☕ Spill the Expresso Ideally, chess should be about brilliant moves, but it recently came down to boot colours. FIDE fined rising star Zhu Jiner for “inappropriate” white boots and nearly derailed her match. Even Magnus Carlsen was not spared for wearing jeans. Obsessing over attire makes chess look outdated, players, not outfits, should define professionalism, writes assistant editor sports (Amit Kamath).
🚨 Must Read Data from 43 registries shows India’s lifetime cancer risk at 11%, with 15.6 lakh new cases in 2024. Women account for more cases, men for more deaths. Oral cancer now surpasses lung cancer in men, while the Northeast bears the heaviest burden, highlighting urgent screening and prevention needs.
📚Book Nook ‘Yellowface’ author R F Kuang’s new novel borrows its title, ‘Katabasis’ from the ancient Greek word for a descent into the underworld. Found in myths from Homer’s Odyssey to Dante’s Inferno, katabasis represents crisis and confrontation, paired with anabasis, the upward return. Kuang reimagines this timeless journey for today’s readers. That’s all for now. Until next time, Aishwarya Khosla
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