Akul Baiju
Akul Baiju
Senior Executive-Social Media
Akul Baiju is a social media manager with a background in geopolitical, lifestyle, and human-interest journalism, focusing on global politics, feminism, and LGBTQIA+ rights. Outside of writing, he enjoys sharing meals with loved ones and unwinding. Follow @AkulBaiju on Twitter for his latest work.
South India is being asked to have more babies. Is it sitting on a population time bomb?
Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have flagged a possible decline in the states' population. Can and should governments tell people to have more babies? Is population decline a…
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US Elections: Kamala Harris is an Indian-American. But is that enough to become the US president?
Democrat Kamala Harris has long invoked her Indian heritage in the bid to rise high in US politics. But is that enough to become the US President? WION’s Akul Baiju decodes.
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US Elections: Not just Kamala Harris’s mother; Shyamala Gopalan was a trailblazer
Shyamala Gopalan, the mother of Kamala Harris, was not just the parent of a vice president. She was a trailblazer on her own.
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US Elections: All you need to know about the Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris' rise in US politics has been historic and also fraught with some controversies. WION gets you a quick explainer on the Democratic presidential nominee.
US Elections 2024: Where do Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Tim Walz and JD Vance stand on LGBTQIA+ rights?
Here’s a guide to help you understand what Harris, Trump and their parties have said about queer rights in the country
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India's Lady Justice undergoes a makeover; lawyers react to the new SC statue
"Nyaya Devi" [Goddess of Justice] is the newest installation at the Library of the Indian Supreme Court. It replaced Lady Justice.
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India’s LGBTQIA+ community marks one year since the marriage equality verdict. Has anything changed?
It has been one year since India’s queer community was denied the right to legally marry. WION’s Akul Baiju looks at what has changed, both within and outside the community.
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Bollywood wants to be queer but without making its audience uncomfortable
By boxing queer people into hetero-normative romances, the filmmakers, though with mostly good intentions, are doing what society has done for ages, trying to make a queer person ‘straight.’
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