Laws Won’t Stop Rapes, Unless We Bring A Change At The Grassroots Level
Recently, the parliament passed Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which prescribes stringent punishment for sexual offenders including the death penalty. It prescribes death penalty for a person who...
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ये बड़ी ही अजीब बात है कि हम अपने आप को मनुष्य पीढ़ी की सबसे सफल और सबसे बुद्धिमान पीढ़ी मानते हैं लेकिन, क्या सच में ऐसा है? क्या हमसे पहले बुद्धिजीवी नहीं हुए, अगर हुए तो क्यों उनके विचारों को हम तक...
View Article21 Reasons Why You Should Watch ‘Mulk’ Today!
“The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.” I’m not sure how many of you will be able to think of the word that is defined as the...
View ArticleArmed With A Degree But Nowhere To Work: The Unfortunate Case Of India’s...
Suppose you study for six-seven years of your life, spend a fortune and face lots of hardship in finishing a course. After its completion, you try to get a government job as a professional who has the...
View Articleइस स्वतंत्रता दिवस से पहले ज़रा देश के इन मुद्दों पर भी ध्यान दीजिए
कुछ लिखने से पहले कुछ देर शांत होकर सोचता हूं तो डर जाता हूं, उसका कारण मेरी बढ़ती हुई चिंता है। ना जाने लोग किस तरह के देश प्रेम में पागल हैं, जहां ना ही देश प्रेम है और ना ही इंसान प्रेम। कल रात शिव...
View Article‘A World Of No Poverty Starts With Young People’: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
By Devanshi Vaid and Smarinita Shetty: Banker, economist, and humanitarian, Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, fueled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right....
View ArticleMoving On From ‘Brain Drain’, Colleges Are Now Leveraging The Success Of The...
Britain, and to a lesser extent the United States of America, began attracting Indian students for higher studies from the late 19th century. Almost all the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement...
View ArticleWho Gives Kanwariyas The Power To Vandalise?
The whole country must have seen the video of Kanwariyas demolishing a car when they got into some kind of scuffle with a car driver in the Moti Nagar area of Delhi. In a similar incident, the...
View ArticleMy Only Dream For The Future Is To Live Life On My Own Terms
It is said that the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Growing up in a remote village of Arunachal Pradesh with an occasional access to modern comforts like electricity...
View ArticleWhy Schools Need To Help In The Social Integration Of Children With Clefts
People often create a demeaning image of children with clefts. Especially, a child with a cleft lip seems to be more vulnerable as the cleft can easily be identified at first sight. Lack of awareness...
View ArticleRumours, Religious Beliefs And Fake News Are Fuelling Violence Against...
We often hear about cases of atrocities on people due to varieties of reasons. However, instances of mob lynching in the past few years have mostly stemmed out of the spread of rumours, suspicion, or...
View Articleमेरी आज़ादी का मतलब हिंसामुक्त और प्यार वाला भारत है
हम 15 अगस्त, 2018 को आज़ादी या स्वतंत्रता दिवस की 72वीं सालगिरह मनाने जा रहें हैं। इन 72 सालों में हमारे देश में काफी चीज़ें घटित हुई। कुछ अच्छी, कुछ बुरी, कुछ बहुत अच्छी, तो कुछ बहुत बुरी। इन अच्छी-...
View Articleअखबार का भविष्यफल कभी गलत नहीं होता, लगी शर्त?
रोज़ाना उठकर अखबार वाला बिना पढ़े अखबार फोंगली बना कर फेंक जाता है। खेल का पन्ना काफी पीछे होता है, उससे पहले मुख्य पृष्ठ पर जाने के लिए तीन पेज के विज्ञापन देखना जरूरी होता है। ठीक उसके बाद पिछले...
View ArticleAfter 72 Years, What Does Freedom Even Mean To Us?
Are we really free? What does freedom mean to us? What have we got from the notion of freedom? What are our rights and duties as a citizen of a free nation? These questions come repetitively in my mind...
View ArticleA Village In Chhattisgarh Has Become Cashless Without Mobile Phones Or Internet
By Jayant Singhal: For more than a decade, the Palnar village in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh has been infamous for being the hotbed for Maoist activities. Even a simple chore like a visit to a...
View ArticleDear PM Modi, Will You Do A ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ About Chai Mazdoors?
Tea labours in Assam and North Bengal have long been struggling for the minimum wage which has been denied to them for decades even after seventy years of independence. In 2014, when Darjeeling voted...
View Articleकभी नगरवधु, कभी हरम और अब शेल्टर होम, आज़ाद भारत में भी महिलाएं कितनी...
कल जब हम लाल किले की प्राचीर से आज़ादी की 72 वीं वर्षगांठ मना रहे होंगे, तब हमारे सामने ये सवाल खड़ा ज़रूर होगा कि इस आज़ाद देश में हमारी आधी-आबादी यानी महिलाएं कितनी स्वतंत्र हुई हैं? हो सकता है मेरे...
View ArticleWomen’s Fashion Is ‘SEW’ Impractical!
Women’s fashion is known to be stylish and have a great variety, but it is also infamous for being highly impractical. We have come out of the dark ages of outrageous fashion techniques like...
View ArticleThe Great Divide: Communal Forces And The Partition Of 1947
At midnight of August 15, 1947, independent India was born. A day which was a result of countless lives sacrificed for a dream to live in an independent nation, to find utterance and be the master of...
View ArticleOn Independence Day, 5 Polls To Check How Free You Feel As An Indian
1. YOUTH KI AWAAZ POLL Created by Lipi Mehta Do you feel free to step out at night without worrying about your safety? Yes No 2. YOUTH KI AWAAZ POLL Created by Lipi Mehta Are you scared of sharing...
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