<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ECHO]]></title><description><![CDATA[ECHO]]></description><link>https://echomagazinelibart.wixsite.com/echomagazine/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:37:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.echomagazine.co.in/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Every World Cup crowns a champion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Vedant Gunda Edited by: Aditi Makkanthra  Graphic Designer: Vedant Gunda Every World Cup brings with it a winner. But every World Cup does not bring about a change of heart. This one did. While headlines and history books will always remember the country that won the cup, it is what the fans will remember many years from now that truly makes this tournament unique. It is the countries that came into the tournament with nothing except hope. Whereas most countries participating in...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/every-world-cup-crowns-a-champion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6c26f32aa0dd3fa1609d30</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_e96f07d89f3f4943a92f5176173df178~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chosen Beasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Muskaan Kaushik Edited By: Jiyaa P Shah  Graphic Designer: The game has already begun long before the referee blows the whistle. Thousands of scarves rise into the air, chants echo through the stands, and everywhere you look, the same creatures stare back. A fox. A canary. An eagle. A devil. They seem like simple mascots, but they raise a question as old as civilization itself: why do humans choose symbols, and why animals in particular? The answer lies much deeper than sport. ...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/chosen-beasts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6ea9a32aa0dd3fa1667ffb</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_a85b5e91d9164d079aeb52e4f58e76e7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared planet: Shared responsibility towards justice and climate ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Niharika Singh Edited by: Ahona Graphic designer: Vedant Gunda Attending ICCJ 2026 was truly one of the most rewarding learning experiences that I have received as a student. The conference did not sound like another talk on the environment; it was a junction where science, technology, policies, law, economy, and social justice merged in efforts to solve one of the critical problems of today. Listening to all the keynote speeches, panel discussions, technical sessions, and papers...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/shared-planet-shared-responsibility-towards-justice-and-climate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6eaef13e0c16484ff75834</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_1a1966e47e354dd28d1be1b976fa4f13~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carbon Intelligence and the Question of Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Malaika Edited by: Ishaniya Graphic designer: Iniya CHRIST University’s Central and Bannerghatta campuses hosted the inaugural International Conference on Climate Justice (ICCJ) 2026, a two-day gathering of legal scholars, policy researchers, engineers and students on 23 and 24 July, under a theme that sounded, at first glance, like an engineering brief: Carbon Intelligence and the Road to a Carbon-Neutral Future. But by the end of the second day, the conference had morphed into...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/carbon-intelligence-and-the-question-of-justice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6eafeb879f0041e5068155</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_e1a2dab2268b4cfcaec19065bdcb88ed~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Goalpost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Niharika Singh Edited by: Saptarchi Biswas Graphic designer: Aditi Smolin Makkanthra "Football unites the world." It is FIFA's most abiding slogan that imagines ninety minutes on a football pitch as a sanctuary untouched by borders, ideologies, or war. Yet the 2026 FIFA World Cup tells a very different story. Hosted jointly across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the tournament has unfolded not merely as the world's largest sporting spectacle but as a geopolitical arena in...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/beyond-the-goalpost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6c249c5cf1d22b8d745c51</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_6a7b0eadb674420aa69968fd6f25f694~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Word Isn’t Tired, We Are:                                                  Opinion Piece on ICCJ 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Aleena Sebastian Edited by: Ishanya Graphic Designer: Roshini Reddy Any time someone tells me that the word "climate justice" has turned into a buzzword, I briefly feel the urge to retort with what they ‘mean’ when they say that; but I debate internally about how to ask them politely about it first without appearing as ‘nosey’, ‘nerdy’ or ‘threatening’ in any way; Buzzword as compared to what? Something like "sustainability," which gets stretched out of shape so much that it's now...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/the-word-isn-t-tired-we-are-opinion-piece-on-iccj</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a69f40fcecb33cd5ae79924</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_412a72149b7f499896269ec3409e13a9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Political Red Card: The Imposition of Political Strongmen in Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Sia Sirish Karanth Edited by: Saptarchi Biswas Graphic designer: Sagarika Raju The 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by the United States of America has been brimming with tensions and controversies. Some of them have raised questions about the future of sports and how political power plays can impact it. Historically, sports have always been a way to bring communities together and promote unity in diversity. Politics has been a part of sports for innumerable years, as hundreds of...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/the-political-red-card-the-imposition-of-political-strongmen-in-sports</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6c22a91cbb638c17420a66</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_ed880241375e4e7ab9e862fff6a12999~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goalposts and Geopolitics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by:  Saptarchi Biswas Edited by: Malaika Noorani Graphic Designer: Sagarika Raju Every four years, the planet stills.   It waits for the energy of the crowd The game is of ninety minutes and the hearts ignite Under floodlights burning bright. When the flags are raised the anthem roars The shores get the echoes People unite in hope and song The only belief that they belong Yet beneath each thunderous cheer There’s always a story that exists. For football is not merely a game of boots...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/goalposts-and-geopolitics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6c20885cf1d22b8d7452ed</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_ed880241375e4e7ab9e862fff6a12999~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Earth Speaks: Understanding Climate Change ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written by: Dhriti Jha Edited by: Ishanya Singh Rawat Graphic designer: Anjaly Mukkada The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” -Gandhi 2024 was the hottest year on record, with Earth now around 1.44°C warmer than pre-industrial times. Scientists have already warned that the world is rapidly approaching the 1.5°C threshold, beyond which the risks of extreme heat, floods, droughts and sea-level rise become even more dire. Climate change is not a...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/when-the-earth-speaks-understanding-climate-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6c285e3e0c16484ff16b92</guid><category><![CDATA[ECHO July Edition 2026]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:59:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_3b14609f36d64ebd957f65e0733a9fba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden Histories: Queer Lives Buried in the Archives ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Anjaly Mukkada Edited By: Malaika Noorani Graphic Designer: Pannaga Y P It is ironic that the people of this country, known for their diversity and acceptance, are often quick to reject anything that falls outside the norm. Society is equally quick to dismiss ideologies and identities in the name of religion or by claiming that they are ‘something invented in Western countries.’ But when will we realise that, even after decades of fighting for independence and years of building a...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/hidden-histories-queer-lives-buried-in-the-archives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44aca251416e35e7881ab6</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_f1f942f896df4ac2bb56da64f9c8ea97~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Law Itself Becomes a Source of Symptoms                                                               ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Clinical Closet | Doctor's Desk Written By: Nidhi Bhoyar Edited By: Malaika Noorani Graphic designer: Vedant Gunda For some communities, health anxiety isn't only generated by a stray headache or a search engine it is generated by policy. Since the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 came into force, several trans patients describe a new, specific kind of dread layered on top of ordinary health worries: anxiety not about what's wrong with the body, but about...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/when-the-law-itself-becomes-a-source-of-symptoms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44aa7e3c06bdad542b585f</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_579c33cf7efe491490b559b0d00dc536~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Island That Called Them Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Ahona Sur Edited By: Saptarchi Biswas Graphic designer: Ahona Sur Lesbos: A Long Summer of Belonging For more than four decades, the Greek island of Lesbos has occupied a unique place in the queer imagination. For lesbian travellers across the world, it has promised something greater than turquoise waters and Mediterranean sunsets. It has offered recognition, belonging, and a rare sense of freedom rooted in history itself. For the island's residents, however, this same influx of...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/the-island-that-called-them-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a86a51416e35e788107e</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_83b25e7a420243de97750445940271bb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_992,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that Glitters is Gay : The Fetishisation of Queer Identities in Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Makkanthra Aditi Edited By: Muskaan Kaushik Graphic Designer: Makkanthra Aditi The conversation on the paradox of visibility and commodification of queer identities in the entertainment industry has been overshadowed by the celebration of representation and the act of "finally being seen." Multiple viewpoints offer different perspectives.                                    Just a decade ago, meaningful representation of the LGBTQIA+ in the mainstream was scarce, with most of the...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/all-that-glitters-is-gay-the-fetishisation-of-queer-identities-in-media</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a9d7f5f40624272bef6e</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_72d7d97440104506b2c46ea530275c37~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out on the Field: Gay Acceptance and its Media Coverage in Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Sia Sirish Karanth Edited By: Saptarchi Biswas Graphic Designer: Vedant Gunda “There are kids… who’d rather be dead than be gay.” These were words said by former NFL player Carl Nassib, who made history by coming out as the first openly gay active sportsman for the NFL. While the institution of the NFL accepted his identity, the question remains as to why it took so long for this development and why there have been little to no openly gay men in sports.  American football, like...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/out-on-the-field-gay-acceptance-and-its-media-coverage-in-sports</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a96e69b2dfbbf12d8155</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_fc3380eda07e404ca1187a20156b3798~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost of being seen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Vedant Gunda Edited By: Saptarchi Biswas Graphic Designer: Vedant Gunda Imagine yourself stepping inside the largest library of the world. Endless shelves go on forever into the darkness. Here is every civilization, empire, revolution, love story which mankind deemed worthy enough of keeping. Now imagine that somehow someone has been ripping out pages from those shelves. No, not whole books. This would be too obvious. Just one paragraph. A name. Changing a pronoun. Referring two...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/cost-of-being-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a6eff5f40624272be911</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_42f09eed614140d4acf21e63fbe593db~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_905,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking free : A Refusal to be Subtle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Krisha Rathod Edited By: Iniya J Graphic Designer: Makkanthra Aditi As part of Pride Month, ECHO launched LONG TAKE, its student-led Film Club, with its inaugural screening, Pride on Screen: Stories of Identity, Love, and Belonging. Conceived as a space where students can engage with cinema through screenings, discussions, and critical reflection, the club began with a screening of Breaking Free (2015), a documentary that explores the lives, struggles, and resilience of queer...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/breaking-free-a-refusal-to-be-subtle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44ac483c06bdad542b5c53</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_26ac710a969143c49a99e4382b9fe08e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Streaming Pride ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Aleena Sebastian Edited By: Malaika Noorani Graphic Designer: Iniya J The COVID-19 era was a time stretch that many people term as something that passed in a ‘blur’. The whole world had to shut its doors to the outside environment, and a looming stretch of gloom and apprehension of how the world would progress clouded the minds of people.  But people were locked in not just physically, but also emotionally, especially those who were still “in the closet”. Physical intimacy and...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/streaming-pride</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a7d351416e35e7880f1f</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_377a18290f8f4509bfcfd67e2b58afa8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rights on Paper, Lives in Limbo ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Saptarchi Biswas Edited By: Malaika Noorani Graphic Designer: Iniya J They wrote our names in books of law, In ink that promised "equal for all." Bound in pages, stamped with seals, A nation signed what justice feels. The Constitution spoke with grace, Of dignity for every face. Of freedom's breath, of voices free— A dream of what this land could be. Yet paper never walked the streets, Or stood where hunger and silence meet. It never waited outside a gate, To learn that justice...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/rights-on-paper-lives-in-limbo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4492273c06bdad542b2347</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_6666c2ecc3d348f4ab8f1a38c4763657~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The colours they tried to hide: rewriting the story of freedom ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Niharika Singh Edited By: Malaika Noorani Graphic Designer: Pannaga Y P For centuries, queer communities have been pushed to the margins of society, their lives overlooked by institutions that were meant to uphold justice and equality. The struggle of the LGBTQIA+ community has never been solely about acceptance; it has been about recognition, dignity, and the right to exist as equal citizens under the law. While many nations now claim to uphold these principles, the reality...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/the-colours-they-tried-to-hide-rewriting-the-story-of-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44a8c1f5f40624272bed06</guid><category><![CDATA[1st Edition June 2026]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_83b25e7a420243de97750445940271bb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_992,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libernium 2026: Northeast India at the Crossroad of Culture, Inclusion, and Sustainable Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written By: Nihilaa V M Edited By: Parinaaz Bains Libernium 2026, an International Conference titled “Northeast India at the Crossroad: Culture, Inclusion and Sustainable Future,”  was held on 20 and 21 January 2026 at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bannerghatta Road Campus by the Department of Liberal Arts in collaboration with Department of English and Cultural Studies, Psychology, Political Science, Economics and School of Business and Management. Funded by the Indian Council of Social...]]></description><link>https://www.echomagazine.co.in/post/libernium-2026-northeast-india-at-the-crossroad-of-culture-inclusion-and-sustainable-futures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69808b97bb104146c0d283e8</guid><category><![CDATA[Edition 27: January 2026]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a93ea1_9d5a2c87e1804962989ecfe418f5d4e3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Echo Magazine</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>