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India’s New Trend – #MobJustice
Our nation doesn’t just trend on social media, it’s trending in mob-lynchings too. According to physiologists, people show “herd-like behaviour” and act according to the rest of the herd (mob). They...
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The Girls With Their Backs Against History
When the unstoppable force of a girl’s voice shakes the immovable history of complicity, pages burn and new anthologies are unwritten in anthems of defiance. CNN’s town hall on gun policy in America at...
View Articleदेश के लिए आदर्श है यह गाँव, जहां अब कोई किसान आत्महत्या नहीं करता
“श्रमदान मुश्किल परिस्थितियों को भी पछाड़ सकता है।” इस कथन को सत्य साबित कर देने वाला काम लापोड़िया के गाँव के लोगों ने कर दिखाया। एक समय पर यह गाँव सूखाग्रस्त था, ऐसे ही समय में अपनी बुद्धि का इस्तेमाल...
View ArticleDear Men, Hum Bura Manenge!
Dear men, Just letting you know that it is Holi. You know that, don’t you? For you, it must be an opportune moment to dance to the rhythm of “Rang barse bheege chunar wali”, but it isn’t one for us....
View ArticleHostel Life Taught Me Things That Books Could Never Teach
Have you generally needed to flee from the ‘frenzy’ of home? Perhaps you simply needed to be alone and live how you preferred to? All things considered, I never felt that way and yet, living in the...
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आखिरकार पंजाबी गाना इतना “बदनाम”क्यों हो गया है?
क्यों पंजाबी “मुंडा” किसी “कुड़ी” को छेड़ने, नशा कर घूमने को गलत नहीं, बल्कि उसे अपनी शान और शौकत समझने लगा एक बार किसी नामी विद्वान ने कहा था कि “आप मुझे बस इतना बता दीजिये की आपके देश के युवाओं की...
View Articleअपना वजूद खोती हरियाणा की खाप पंचायतें
भारतीय न्यायालयों के समानांतर अपनी आक्रामक छवि से तो कभी अपने फतवे जारी कर अलग से सत्ता कायम करने वाली हरियाणा की खाप पंचायतें आज अपना ही वजूद बचाने को विवश हो गई हैं। मुगल काल से चली आ रही ये गोत्रीय...
View ArticleHow Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Is Using Nationalism To Power Its Business Strategy
With a population of around 1.31 billion, India is the second largest market in the world in terms of consumer purchase power after China. This has resulted in an intensely competitive FMCG space, for...
View ArticleAre We Going To Be Transformed From A Sovereign Republic To A Colonial Market?
Scandals related to Punjab National Bank (PNB) and other banks have sparked new concerns about corruption. The claims of transparency and good governance are burning up in flames. It seems that Prime...
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Demonetisation Was A Political Gimmick In The Name Of Black Money. Here’s Why.
In April 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its election manifesto. This is what it mentioned about black money. “By minimizing the scope for corruption, we will ensure minimization of the...
View Articleमम्मी-पापा! आपका होना ज़िंदगी में एक खास मुकाम हासिल करने की प्रेरणा देता है
आज मेरे पापा-मम्मी के विवाह की 40वीं वर्षगांठ है। कई हफ्तों से सोच रही थी कि उन्हें ऐसा क्या गिफ्ट दूं जो उनके लिए यादगार तोहफा बन जाए। कई दिनों तक उलझन में रहने के बाद सोचा क्यों न इस बार मैं उन लोगों...
View ArticleEnough With The Theories About Sridevi’s Death!
For a film buff, it’s shocking to hear that a celebrity you loved to watch on the big screen has passed away, especially when the celebrity is someone who was, until very recently, still alive and...
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Human Development Is The Victim In The Clash Between Government And...
“The focus should be on Minimum Government but Maximum Governance.” – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India Of late, the terms ‘governance’ and ‘good governance’ are increasingly used in the...
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Dear Media, When Will You Let Sridevi Rest In Peace?
February 25, 2018, was an unusual Sunday. Our pre-Monday blues and daily humdrum were replaced by a profound shock and gloom as we struggled hard to absorb the fact that Sridevi, one of Bollywood’s...
View Articleकैंसर की बीमारी के पूंजीवादी कनेक्शन का सच दिखाती है फिल्म ‘इरादा’
जर्मन दार्शनिक एंगेल्स ने कहा था, “किसी लेखक को अगर मारना है तो उसकी रचना पर चर्चा बन्द कर दो, एक चुप्पी बना लो। उसके पक्ष या विपक्ष में कोई चर्चा ही न करो, लेखक और उसका लिखा सब मर जायेगा।” उस दौर में...
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Whether He Married For The Third Time Or Sixth, You Have No Right To Judge...
A couple of days back Pakistan’s PTI party chief and former cricketer Imran Khan got married to Bushra Maneka. People getting in married in Pakistan is not a big deal. Celebrities and popular people...
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About Model United Nations Where Children Speak About Issues They Face Everyday
By Veronica Xavier: There’s a thing or two I’ve learnt about children while working with them at CRY – Child Rights and You – for the last three years. They have the most incredible minds. They don’t...
View Articleज़रूरी है कि होली के नाम पर होने वाली बुरी हरकतों का बुरा माना जाए!
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय की एक छात्रा ने होली की आड़ में अपने ऊपर वीर्य से भरा हुआ गुब्बारा फेंके जाने की जिस घटना को सोशल मीडिया के माध्यम से सार्वजनिक किया है, वह बेहद भयावह है और उसे बहुत ही गंभीरता से...
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India’s Unemployed Youth And The Need To Revisit Placement As A Metric Of...
By Priya Agrawal: Lata’s expression that day was a mix of delight, surprise, disbelief and pride. She had made it through the Marriott interview. She could not wait for Monday and her first day of...
View ArticleBura Na Mano, Molestation Hai?
“Bura na mano, molestation hai?” A distraught woman going through the trauma of rape on Holi – this was one of the moments in one of Bollywood’s all-time superhits, “Damini”, which released on April,...
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