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Laasya is The Xylom's Managing Editor, based in Chennai, India. She is a veteran of two venerable local independent news outlets, Citizen Matters and Newslaundry. As a freelancer, she has written extensively on environmental issues, women's and children's rights, and other critical social and civic issues for the BBC, Thomson Reuters, Nature, Dialogue Earth, and Mongabay India. She holds a Master's degree in Journalism from Bharathiar University.
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Jul 9, 2026 ∙ 8 min
This Doctor Is Battling Health Misinformation One Wikipedia Edit at a Time
"I think the biggest misinformation spreader in the U.S. is the President of the United States himself. When he says something, it gets echoed in different magazines, newspapers, everywhere. And given his power and privilege, his narratives are likely to influence a lot of people. Even if you don’t like him, or you don’t like what he says, even if you know that whatever he says is not true, it’s impossible to avoid seeing his content."
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Jun 6, 2026 ∙ 8 min
‘We Didn’t Name It A Better World Is Probable’: Meera Subramanian on Hope in A Climate Crisis
"Through these real-life kids, we could get to the heart of showing how much power anyone who decides to work towards climate action has. And they showed — though their backgrounds and experiences of climate change even at young ages [are different] — what is fundamentally a global story."
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Apr 17, 2026 ∙ 6 min
The White-Winged Duck’s Last Call
Conservation breeding is key to increasing the number of critically endangered white-winged ducks. Although India has the largest remaining population in the wild, funding for conservation efforts remains a challenge.
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Apr 9, 2026 ∙ 10 min
This Indian Billionaire is Trying to Get Trump to Drop His Bribery Charges. Meanwhile, His Company is Forcing Out Another Indigenous Tribe for Coal.
Billionaire Gautam Adani is accused of building a global energy empire through bribes, bypassing sanctions, violating tribal rights, and targeting journalists. While his rival has been stopped by public outcry, the Adani group has shown no signs of changing course.
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Nov 7, 2025 ∙ 8 min
MSC Is Wrecking Ocean Ecosystems And Livelihoods from India to Massachusetts
A deep dive into Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) shows that the world’s largest container shipping company has a history of accidents and was once fined for illegally dumping bilge waste into the Atlantic Ocean.
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