भैय्या की मौत के बाद समझ आया कि जातिवाद का ज़हर समाज के कण-कण में है
मेरे बड़े भैय्या बिजली विभाग में दिहाड़ी मजदूरी पर हेल्पर का काम करते थे जाहिर है उनको बिजली से सम्बंधित अधिकांश कामों में महारत हासिल था, हर किसी का मदद करने की उनकी प्रवृत्ति उन्हें लोकप्रिय बना दिया...
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200 Years Of Marx: Is Marxism Still Relevant In The 21st Century?
May 5, 2018, marked the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx, the German philosopher, economist and revolutionary. So, is Marxism relevant today, even in the 21st century ? Well, the very fact that a...
View ArticleWhy Is India So Obsessed With The English Language?
I am a part of the privileged class in India, who got the opportunity to study in an ‘elite’ English-medium school. We, as a society are so obsessed with English, we look down upon those who cannot...
View Articleदलितों को पीटना और वीडियो वायरल करना हमारी सामाजिक नीचता का प्रमाण है
मोदी सरकार के सत्ता में आने के बाद से ही पिछले दो-तीन सालों में एक नई वहसी किस्म का ट्रेंड सामने आया है। दलित, आदिवासी, अल्पसंख्यक एवं गरीब तबके के लोगों के साथ बर्बर हिंसा करते हुए वीडियो बनाकर उसे...
View Articleमहाराष्ट्र: रेलवे को मज़दूरों से काम नहीं रहा तो अब उजाड़ी जा रही उनकी बस्ती
केंद्र-राज्य की सरकारों ने इस वक्त सफाई की मुहिम छेड़ रखी है। उसी मुहिम के तहत शहरों को भी साफ किया जा रहा। यह सफाई कूड़े-कचरे के ढेर मात्र की कम, बल्कि इंसानों की ज़्यादा चल रही है। ऐसे इंसान जो...
View ArticleWhy All’s Not Well With Delhi’s ‘Smart’ Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Last month, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a six-lane expressway – the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. This first-of-its-kind smart and green, 135-kilometre long expressway between Kundli...
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Assam Mob Lynching: What We Need To Do Next
Like humanity is the naturally adorned attire of humans regardless of any community or creed; inhumanity too follows the same trend regardless of community, creed or racial distribution. In the era of...
View ArticleAn Appeal To India’s Youth To Make Their Votes Count In The 2019 Election
By Shreya Sood: According to a recent report, an estimated 1o crore first-time voters may well cast their votes in the 2019 election. But it’s sad to note that young people aren’t much bothered about...
View ArticleHow Much Does Your Life Cost?
I know it sounds weird and mortifying but seriously, how much do you think your life is worth? How much do you think your life costs? Are you angry because I’m demeaning the sanctity of human life by...
View ArticleShould Aadhaar Be Made Mandatory?
Aadhaar is being seeded with more than 80 services – from banks accounts to phone numbers. Should Aadhaar be made mandatory? I think that Aadhaar should be made mandatory only after the problems...
View ArticleWatch: Cycles Are Giving Tribal Kids An Easier Access To Education In...
Sumitra is a class 10 student living in Bordi, a coastal village in western India. She had to quit school in order to look after her paralysed father, but a bicycle changed all that. “When I got my new...
View Articleसरकारी अनदेखी ने भूमि विवाद में जलाए गए दलित परिवार के आखिरी सदस्य की भी जान...
बिहार में पिछले दिनों एक दलित परिवार को ज़िंदा जलाने की घटना सामने आई थी। परिवार के तीन सदस्यों की मौत तो तत्काल ही हो गई थी। जबकि बज्जन दास नामक एक सदस्य, जो उस परिवार का मुखिया था, उसे बिहार के ही...
View Article‘योग’फिटनेस और पॉज़िटीव एनर्जी का सबसे अच्छा ज़रिया है
आज की भाग-दौड़ की ज़िंदगी में ऐसे कई पल होते हैं, जो हमारी लाइफ में स्पीड ब्रेक लगा देते हैं। जिनके विभिन्न प्रकार के कारण होते हैं, जैसे तनाव, थकान, चिड़चिड़ापन आदि। जिससे ज़िन्दगी अस्त-व्यस्त हो जाती...
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Why There Won’t Be Another World War
Over the past 30 odd months, the world has been in a kind of ‘geopolitical war-matrix-ticker’, where every move has been scrutinised as a potential death-cry. The wave of populism and the riseof...
View ArticleEveryone Gets Easily Offended In India
India is a paradise for people who get offended. Every other day, there is a group of people who get offended by anything and everything. It goes well with the line from a popular post, “I may not...
View Article‘I Was Not Allowed To Stay In A Delhi Hostel Because My Work Hours Went...
As one of the finest and most-developed metro cities, Delhi has been encouraging people from small towns and villages to move in and work. I am also one of those who are trying to make their dreams...
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Why The Indian Govt. Needs To Invest More In Immunization Programmes
“Can we afford this?” “What are we getting in return?” “Is there a better alternative out there?” These are some of the questions that instinctively pop up in our heads in our individual and national...
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Assam Govt. Wants To Generate Tourism Through The Ambubachi Mela, But At What...
Since time immemorial, the mythological land of India has always been a storehouse of many religious theories or credences that have preoccupied the minds of its dwellers with mystical sentiments....
View ArticleDelhi Needs A Healing Touch, Not A Poison Pill
What can be done to people suffering from serious respiratory problems? You increase the level of oxygen given to them. What if they are made to live in a no-oxygen surrounding? Will they survive?...
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Public Displays Of Bigotry Is India’s New Hobby
You may have seen, heard about, got involved or moral policed public displays of affection. You know, when a couple holds hands, kisses or cuddles in public. (And somewhere in India a sanskari uncle,...
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