Archita Raghu, Author at BehanBox

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Archita Raghu

Archita Raghu is a journalist with Behanbox, reporting from the southern states. She is based in Chennai.

Stories06 Jun 2025

Inside The Lives, Labour And Trials Of Chennai’s Women Flowersellers

Hawking flowers at almost every street corner, women are the most visible faces of the flower business in Tamil Nadu. But they occupy the last and least profitable rung of the trade even as they battle precarity, heat, exhaustion and eviction

Stories14 May 2025

From Caregivers to Data Workers: The Hidden Burden on Tamil Nadu’s Anganwadi Workers

As beneficiaries become data points on the dashboard, Anganwadi workers in Tamil Nadu grapple with an overload of digital labor, being data collectors building a state’s health repository, and being subjects of surveillance

Stories16 Apr 2025

Comfort, Control, Career: A Peek Into Tamil Nadu’s Thozhi Working Women’s Hostels

In Tamil Nadu, migrant working women struggle to find safe and affordable accommodation in cities. The state-run Thozhi hostel chain offers an alternative but there just are not enough of them

Uncategorized21 Mar 2025

Why Tamil Nadu Must Clarify Conflicting Signals About Reproductive Choices

Shortages of emergency contraceptive pills and the CM’s call for larger families – there is now a question mark over the state’s acclaimed reproductive health policies

Uncategorized04 Mar 2025

Backbone Of Its Acclaimed Health Model, Why Kerala’s ASHA Workers Are On Protest

From containing viral outbreaks to collecting data for its various projects, ASHA workers are a critical part of Kerala’s lauded public health system. But the state does not value their work enough, say the health workers now on strike