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“तन के भूगोल से परे,एक स्त्री के मन की गांठें खोलकर कभी पढ़ा है तुमने, उसके भीतर का खौलता इतिहास? पढ़ा है उसकी चुप्पी की दहलीज़ पर बैठे, शब्दों की प्रतीक्षा में उसके चेहरे को? अगर नहीं तो क्या जानते हो...
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Women Support ‘Wife-Beating’ More Than Men: National Family Health Survey...
An estimated 52% of women and 42% of men agree that husbands are justified in beating their wives for ‘specific reasons’ as per the latest National Family Health Survey 2015-2016 report (NFHS-4). In...
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I Spent 6 Months Volunteering & Here’s Why I Feel Every Indian Millenial...
Early August last year, it had only been 3-4 weeks since my descend from the mountains after spending three months volunteering as a teacher at Haji Public School in Kasmir, and it was already time to...
View ArticleError: Access Denied (If You Are An Adolescent Indian Girl)!
Earlier this decade, the United Nations declared access to the internet a basic human right. However, a recent report by UNICEF showed that 71% of internet users in India are male, with only 29%...
View ArticleNo, Girls Don’t Have An ‘Expiry Date’ And You Need To Change Your Mindset
We have to change our perspective that girls have an ‘expiry date’ – that once she gets old, she will not be able to bear children or find someone to marry her. Our society needs to change this...
View ArticleIn The Wake Of The Tripura Violence, Did The Govt. Forget That Leftists Are...
“My strength is the strength of the oppressed, my courage is the courage of desperation.” – Bhagat Singh The violence that took place in Tripura after the elections is a rare glimpse of what the...
View ArticleWhy BJP Won Tripura
India had only two states where communists were in power before March 3 of this year. Kerala and Tripura. After March 3, winning for the first time, BJP allies demolished the 25-year-rule of the Left...
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This Women’s Day, Let’s Pledge To Recognise That It’s Our Time To Shine
There was a time when Indian women were known only as housewives who wore a long ghoonghat (veil), but over the years, women have not only changed their image but have also proven that they hold a...
View ArticleIn Assam, Women’s Political Participation Continues To Show A Worrying Trend
Over the past few years, many articles have been written on women’s participation in politics. But, the scenario, in my opinion, is still unchanged in Assam and the rest of the nation. Ideally, the...
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On Women’s Day, Let’s Also Talk About How Gender Norms Affect Men
By Ravi Verma and Sapna Kedia: Much of the current discourse around achieving gender equality revolves around the need to address the specific vulnerabilities of girls and women. This is for good...
View ArticleThe Numerous Paradoxes Of Women Empowerment In India
Empowerment of women in India is a bundle of paradoxes. On one hand, we see women reaching the highest echelons in almost all the fields of life, while on the other hand, there are women who continue...
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#MeToo Was Meant To Amplify Women’s Voices But Have Men Hijacked It?
I appreciate #MeToo because it’s mass healing through acknowledgement and public psychotherapy at its best. Traumatised women (literally all of them – but of course, with different intensities), given...
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योगी जी आपकी इज्ज़त इसलिए है कि आप मुख्यमंत्री हैं, इसलिए नहीं कि आप हिंदू हैं
माननीय मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ जी, मन तो नहीं करता है इतनी सारी आपराधिक धाराओं से लैस किसी शख्स को इज्ज़त देने का, लेकिन शायद ये भी एक विशेषता होगी रामराज्य की, जहां ऐसे लोगों को सम्मान दिया जाता...
View ArticleWomen’s Day Is Not Meant To Glorify Women But Recognise Their Economic &...
The life of a woman is essentially more complicated than the life of a man. Modern society, though having given more space to women, has made a woman’s life even more complex than it already was. She...
View ArticleThis International Women’s Day, Let’s Bring The Change In These Small Ways
Nobody who has access to the internet can say that they aren’t aware it’s International Women’s Day today. Articles, events, celebrations, discourses and so on abound. But what we don’t get to read or...
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Why I Founded An Initiative To Empower Children Living In Slums Through...
Jigyasa Labroo is the founder of Slam Out Loud, an initiative through the Arts for Social Change India (ASCI). She’s an Alumna of the Teach For India Fellowship and resides in Delhi. Your organisation,...
View ArticleMadhu’s Lynching Raises Disturbing Questions About The India We Live In Today
Lynching is as old as the civilisation itself. Humans have progressed and advanced continuously. However certain animalistic, retrograde instincts are still alive in them. The world stares at an...
View Article‘Live Life King Size. What About Living Life Ant Size?’
By Ravi Jaiswal, a student of PGP in Development Leadership at ISDM: Jim Carrey once said, “I wish everyone could get rich and famous and everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that’s not the...
View Articleहिंसक भारतीय समाज में महिलाओं के लिए प्रेम क्या बस एक सामाजिक बोझ है?
8 मार्च 2018 को देश के सभी महत्वपूर्ण समाचार पत्रों में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस पर महिलाओं से जुड़े मुद्दों पर लेख पढ़ने को मिले। इन लेखों में पितृसत्ता, यौनिकता, कुंठा, चेतन-अचेतन, अन्याय, असमानता,...
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A Tribute To A Few Simple And Inspiring Women From The Villages Of Bihar
In the present day, we mostly talk about women empowerment – and at the same time, we quote the examples of women like Kalpana Chawla, PV Sindhu, Mary Kom, Malala Yousafzai, Mother Teresa, Indra Nooyi....
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