How Much Does Social Media Truly Affect Real Life Interaction?
By Anjali Gupta: How does social media affect interaction in our society? Will face-to-face communication ultimately degrade because of these new social technologies? These questions are ones that many...
View ArticleWhy Do Marxists Fail In Indian Elections? The Answer Lies In Caste
(The article has been written with that part of India in mind where communists could never make it to power.) I have grown up in a Soviet-styled town where almost everyone works for the...
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Can A Hefty GST Rate Prevent Pan Masala Consumption And Cancer In India?
Pan masala is a mixture of betel nut, lime, catechu, along with various flavouring agents and other ingredients like colouring agents and chemicals. It is consumed by millions all over India. The...
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This Chess-Loving Afghan Refugee Needs A Place To Follow His Passion In Delhi
By Aftab Shaikh and Zirak Faheem: An Afghan refugee in India has been discarded from the only place he derives happiness from. The reason? His love for chess. His humble personality and his sharp...
View ArticleAn Open Letter From The Muslim In The Classroom
It was in their eyes. The way they looked at me. It conveyed to me that I was not one of them; I was the other. I remember trying to comprehend as a child, what was so dirty and dangerous about me that...
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What Is The Youth Ki Awaaz On Breastfeeding In Public?
Earlier this month, Malayalam magazine ‘Grihalakshmi’ took a bold stand by featuring a model breastfeeding a baby on its cover. The cover sparked a nationwide debate, and led to reactions filled with...
View ArticleA Leadership Programme Is Helping India’s Youth Discover Themselves. Watch How
Young Indians are often disinterested in their jobs these days, and are exploring career paths which may or may not align with their knowledge, interest and/or skills. It takes several years for them...
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Mother-Daughter Relationships In ‘3 Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
“I want to see that movie you blogged about,” my mother says. She is referring to “The Shape of Water”. “Sure, I’ll see it again. Let’s go on Sunday.” And so Sunday arrives. “Shall I book the tickets...
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This Religious Group Could Be A Game-Changer For The Karnataka Election
The state government, on March 19, 2018, accepted suggestions of the Nagamohan Das committee to recognize Lingayats as a separate religion. The state government accepted the suggestion of Nagamohan...
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I Am A Hijabi Feminist And I Am Not ‘Oppressed’
Let me introduce myself to you, dear readers. I am a literature enthusiast, a debater, a college student, a feminist and an aspiring journalist. But what do you see when you look at me? Yes. you...
View Article7 Tips To Ensure Your Survival In The Indian Stock Market
The Indian stock market is like a roller-coaster ride where the investor has to face many ups and downs. There are many people who have their own perceptions regarding the investments in the market...
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Rural India Is Facing An Epidemic Of Non-Communicable Diseases
By Dr Yogesh Kalkonde: A 46-year-old male labourer with high blood pressure and diabetes, a 55-year-old male farmer who has recently suffered a heart attack, a 52-year-old woman with anxiety and...
View ArticleDespite India’s Meteoric Growth, It Is Still A Country With 4.13 Lakh Beggars
It is no longer an undisclosed secret that our great country has now acquired a total of 413,670 beggars and vagrants. In the huge population of about 1.25 billion people, this number might not hold...
View ArticleIs Fast Driving The Reason Behind Most Accidents?
Would you still be driving fast if you got to know that fast driving was one of the main causes behind accidents? We have various instances where fast driving has been the cause of an accident. We...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Protesters Who Block The Mumbai Local, From An Angry Commuter
First things first. Mumbai Local Trains carry on a mammoth task of transporting millions of people to work daily. Day after day, year after year. The mere scale at which it operates is commendable and...
View ArticleWhy Did Kejriwal’s Plan For Doorstep Rations Delivery Get Shot Down?
There seems to be no end to the governmental tussle between Delhi’s Chief Minister and its Lieutenant Governor. What Kejriwal proposed was disposed of by the LG. Ultimately, the people of Delhi lost...
View ArticleA 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor Was Denied Abortion And Forced To Give Birth In...
A 10-year-old who had been raped was denied abortion and ended up giving birth. Such news does not shock people anymore. It does not stir the imagination of the masses. Even the media remains silent on...
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For Street Children With No Identities, Aadhaar Can Be A Lifesaver
*Representative Picture by C.J. Clarke for Save the Children An Unsafe Place We think twice before we allow our children or loved ones to venture outside on the streets after dark. We tell our...
View ArticleJust Because I Speak Nepali Doesn’t Mean I Am Not An Indian
I’m a 19-year-old from the state of Assam, currently living in Bengaluru for my studies. I’m facing a ‘nationality crisis’ despite the fact that I’m an Indian – not because I’m from the Northeast, but...
View ArticleWhy Can’t We Dedicate A Day To The People Who Produce The Food We Eat?
Let’s go back to our primary school days. Do you remember what the teacher make you memorise before the exams? “Students, whom do we call the ‘friend of the society’?” And you, like a good student,...
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