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Jats Are Demanding Quota For A Simple Reason. And It’s Not ‘Backwardness’
By Suvarna Bhattacharya: Image Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi. “Jat aarakshan do, desh bachao” “Jat aarakshan lekar rahenge” “Jai jawan jai kisan, jat balwan” This is not the first time that the Jat...
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Why Jats Are Setting The Wrong Example For Other Communities Demanding...
By Biranchi Narayan Acharya: Shared on Jat Reservation’s Facebook timeline. It’s always said that if you misuse something for your petty self-interest, someday, it will come back to haunt you....
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The ‘Purpose’ Behind Why This Doctor Does Free Heart Surgeries Is Really Moving
By Alvin Ung and Nur Hamurcu: “Spending time with Dr Shetty is like spending time with God.” That’s according to half the people we spoke to in the waiting rooms. Dr Devi Shetty is one of India’s most...
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Where’s The Nationalism In Govt. Crackdown, Media Playing God And Goons...
By Arunima Singh: In relation to what is currently happening in Jawaharlal Nehru University, a lot of people have said a lot of things. From demonising the institution to calling university politics “a...
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Why Making Universities Hoist The National Flag Is Not Going To Make Everyone...
By Akshay Tarfe: Image Credit: Reuters/B. Mathur. On June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court of the United States made flag desecration legal in the country. All laws criminalising flag burning were declared...
View ArticleWatch The Full Speech Of Rohith Vemula’s Mother Who Spoke Up For...
Text by YKA Staff, video by Tarun Bisht: On 23rd February, the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, University of Hyderabad, organised the #JusticeForRohith Solidarity March in the heart of the...
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Romantic Movies Can Be So Sexist! Thankfully These 8 Aren’t
By Amrita Singh: Red roses, candlelight dinners and elaborate proposals are a few of the many romantic clichés that are time and again used in pop culture, especially movies. From Bridget Jones’ Diary...
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In Photos: Capturing The Capital’s Fierce Stand On Right To Free Speech And...
By Mayuri Ghosh: Dissent seems to be the new sedition in our country. In the last 50 days, as a result of some media houses allegedly running doctored videos and facts about the sloganeering at a...
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First Ever Female Prez Of Allahabad Univ. Student Union Alleges Harassment By...
By Abhimanyu Singh for Youth Ki Awaaz: Source: Richa Singh’s timeline, Facebook. Allahabad University might probe alleged irregularities in the admission of Richa Singh, the Students’ Union president,...
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‘Aligarh’– A Film On Love, Loneliness And Struggle That Will Haunt Our...
By Atiya Anis: SPOILER ALERT Source: YouTube. ‘Aligarh’, a movie based on events from the life of Mr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, reader and chairman of Modern Indian Languages at Aligarh Muslim...
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Every Time I Step Out Of The House At Night, I Am Constantly Haunted By This...
By Navanita Das: Source: Flickr. Last year I got to know about a corporate fest. That made me excited. I was living under the impression that the fest I had attended two years back at college was the...
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What Disappointed Me More Than Police Oppression At The Protest For Soni Sori
By Nikita Agarwal: Source: YouTube. “Soni Sori ke waastey, khaali karo raastey!” This is the slogan that was raised when a little more than a handful of protesters came together in front of the...
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This Is The Reason Behind The “Systematic And Planned” Defamation Of JNU
By Yamini Maggo: Image Credit: Reuters/Mukesh Gupta. Discrimination and prejudice have always been a part of our society. Universities in India are hegemonised by dominant-caste student groups. The...
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Movie Review: ‘Aligarh’ Reveals A ‘Ghost’ That Indian Society Has Decided Not...
By Smita Ruth: SPOILER ALERT Still from ‘Aligarh’. Source: YouTube. The film releases when the country seems to have been taken over by ghosts of past injustices. Rohith Vemula, a Dalit research...
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Why Did The Media Obsess So Much Over JNU When Other Important Issues Needed...
By Akanksha Narain: Image Credit: V. Arun Kumar/M.Phil. JNU. The controversy-ridden Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protests have captured our imagination for the past couple of days now. Whether...
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Why Is The Modi Govt. Keen On Hiding Vital Information Revealed By The Caste...
By Gayatri Raghunandan: In 2011, while commissioning the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC), the United Progressive Alliance government had claimed that it would ensure that every state government...
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How The Sedition Law Is A “Heinous Onslaught On The Noble Idea Of Freedom Of...
By Irfan Yousf: A premier institute of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, is under severe attack by the ‘pseudo-nationalists’ of India. It all started on 9th February when, under the guise of a...
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The Reason I Refuse To Jump To Conclusions About The Events That Took Place...
By Harshal Kale: Image Credit: V. Arun Kumar/M.Phil. JNU. Every newspaper, news channel or social media website has one major topic trending these days – JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’...
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क्या सरकार जे एन यू के ज़रिये देश को असल समस्याओं से भटका रही है?
अविनाश कुमार च़चल: मंगलवार 23 फरवरी की सुबह जब मैं यह ब्लॉग लिखना शुरु किया तो जवाहरलाल नेहरु विश्वविद्यालय में पाँच छात्र प्रशासनिक भवन (एड ब्लॉक) पर बैठे थे। लेकिन वो सिर्फ पाँच नहीं थे। कैंपस में...
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“Is India’s Democracy So Weak That It Will Fall Apart By Some Sloganeering?”
By Manu Mukundan Adhigarathil: Image Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi. There is a public debate going on in the country on patriotism and its definitions. Anyone who does not agree with the views of the...
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