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What India Has Gained And Lost In The 3 Years Of The Modi Govt.
May 16, 2014, was a day of celebration. After the highly unsuccessful regime of years of the UPA-2 government, the NDA government came to power as a ‘rescuer’, under the leadership of Narendra Modi....
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In Tamil Nadu, These Kickass Kids Are Fighting Disasters And Improving...
13-year-old Anitha, points to the bushes swaying at a distance from her house, and confesses, “Earlier I used to go behind those bushes, but since they built a toilet here behind my home, I don’t have...
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The Great Indian National Anthem, And How We’ve Messed Everything Up
I’m a huge fan of the National Anthem – probably the biggest fan. I’ve heard bootlegs, remixes and rare versions, which you wouldn’t believe are real. However, I also like movies and I’m a little bit...
View ArticleWhy Is The Govt. So Reluctant To Take Responsibility Of Street Children?
By Pratishtha Arora: We see, read and live with things in our reality that routinely make us go, “Thank God it is not my child!” The situation of the majority of India’s street children is...
View Articleलड़का किडनैप कर लिए हैं सर, बियाह का तैयारी कीजिए
बिहार में दहेज की समस्या को लेकर जनमानस में एक आम सहमति है। लोग दहेज का विरोध भी करते हैं फिर भी सामाजिक प्रचलन के नाम पर दहेज ले लेते हैं। जब हर व्यक्ति इसे बुरा मानता है तो फिर ये समाज कौन है जिसके...
View ArticleWith Half A Million Deaths Due To Indoor Air Pollution, This Is What We Can Do
The role of modern energy services and its benefits has been recognised and included in mainstream discussions around the development agenda for over a decade and a half. Though this was a recognition...
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डरने लगा हूं साहब बोलने से, भारत की इस भीड़ से
हमारा लोकतंत्र सिकुड़ता हुआ लोकतंत्र बनता जा रहा है, हर जगह एक भीड़ नज़र आने लगी है जो एक विशेष धर्म और जाति के लोगों को टारगेट कर रही है। ऐसा नहीं है कि पहले नहीं हुआ, बस ये नफरत बहुसंख्यक समाज के मन में...
View ArticleWhy Celebrities Like Sachin And Rajinikanth Shouldn’t Be Voted As MPs And MLAs
It has been more than a month since we came to know about the stunning attendance records of Members of Parliament like Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha. Now superstar Rajinikanth is doing his bit of...
View Article5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Ignore The Tweets By Paresh Rawal And Abhijeet
Recently, a tweet by BJP MP Paresh Rawal against the author Arundhati Roy sparked a row. At the same time, a tweet by singer Abhijeet against JNU student Shehla Rashid also sparked a controversy....
View ArticleWalking Might Get You Killed: The Dangers Of Being A Pedestrian In India
In the past few years, a dangerous kind of classism has emerged on the Indian roads. While pedestrians form a good percentage of the road traffic, they are an oppressed lot. They are forced to bear the...
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How Women In India Are Able To Help Each Other Through Self-Help Groups
In a country of over 121 crore people, where 83.3 crore live in rural areas and the rest stay in urban areas, only about 22% of the population is considered to be below the poverty line. The continuing...
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How Bangalore Went From A Honeymoon Destination To Urban Dump
The growth and development of humanity in the modern age was kickstarted from the time of the Renaissance. The hub of all new thoughts and ideas was Europe and it was the Silicon Valley of sorts, back...
View Articleउत्तर प्रदेश से पहली नज़र वाले इश्क की एक खूबसूरत कहानी
नफरतों का दौर भी आता है कोई लेकिन मुहब्बत तो इंसान की फितरत है। जिस दौर में एंटी रोमियो स्क्वॉड के उत्पात की खबरें भीतर के मुहब्बत के कोने को खौफज़दा कर जाती है उसी दौर में इश्क में डूबे कुछ बेफिक्र...
View ArticleWhy A Huge Number Of People In These 2 Villages Have Jan 1 As Their Birthday
A surprisingly large number of people are registered with January 1 as their date of birth (DoB) in a village each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The reason for this? A technical error with the Unique...
View Articleजलियांवाला जैसे हत्याकांड आज़ाद भारत में भी दोहराए जाते हैं
ब्रिगेडियर जनरल रेजिनाल्ड एडवर्ड हैरी डायर ने अमृतसर शहर आने के बाद 13 अप्रैल 1919 की सुबह इस बात का ऐलान कर दिया कि यहां किसी भी तरह की जनसभा को सरकारी मंजूरी नहीं है। अगर किसी भी तरह से कोई सभा होगी...
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Why ‘Bharat’, ‘India’ And ‘Hindustan’ Evoke Different Emotions
On September 18, 1949, the Constituent Assembly deliberated upon various names for the yet to be born Indian nation – ‘Bharat’, ‘Hindustan’, ‘Hind’, ‘Bharatbhumi’, ‘Bharatvarsh’. Ultimately, Article...
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सिलेंडर के बोझ से दबी साइकिल और उम्मीदों से भरी ज़िन्दगी
किसका है ये शहर? इस सवाल के सही जवाब के लिए हमें पैसे, रुतबे या ज़मीन जायदाद से ऊपर उठकर इस शहर में एक घर को तलाश करना होगा जिससे हम खुद को जोड़कर देख सकें। दिल्ली के ये कुछ युवा हैं जो अपनी कहानियां इस...
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Why These Millennials Chose To Work For Development Instead Of Money And Comfort
While studying English literature at a Delhi University college, Priyanka Gupta lived in a posh locality. However, right next to the university, she would also see makeshift shelters that stood in...
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शादी बियाह वाली नचनिया और इज्जतदार समाज
बॉलीवुड में हम माधुरी दीक्षित के डांस की सराहना करते नहीं थकते और इन अभिनेत्रियों के डांस को कला की श्रेणी में रख उन्हें उनकी कला के लिए अवार्डस से भी सम्मानित करते हैं। लेकिन इसी देश के पूर्वी उतर...
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I’m An Indian Muslim And Here’s Why I’m Scared Of Living In India
Welcome to India – the land of lynchers. The land where there is a mob ever ready to kill people of a particular sect and religion. The land where a singer can insult a JNU student and another singer...
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