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How An Indian Wedding Tradition Exposes That Sons Are Still Preferred Over...
By Prachi Sharma: Representation only. Image credit: Reuters/Amit Dave. My sister’s wedding was around the corner. Guests were home. It was a couple of days before the Sagan ceremony when my aunt had...
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The Answer To Ending Violence Against Women Has Been In Front Of Us All Along
By Deepa: Image credit: Reuters/Amit Dave. “Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.” ― Khaled...
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Why I Hope Student Politics In India Doesn’t Follow Pakistan’s Example
By Zaboor Ahmad: Image Credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi. Hindutva, in its modern political avatar, can be postulated to be an attempt to attain a purely ‘Hindu Rashtra’. It is to be done through political...
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The State’s Ignorance Of Marital Rape Reveals How ‘Customs’ Are Valued More...
By Suvarna Bhattacharya: Image credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui. It is saddening to know that marital rape is still legal in India. The reason given for not criminalising it is even more distressing,...
View ArticleJustine’s Story Of Coming Out Should Be Every Queer Indian’s Story, Minus...
By YKA Staff: “If I find that emotional, intellectual attraction towards someone, then it doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman.” In the first of a short film series titled #ComingOut by 101 India,...
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There’s No Point In Talking About ‘Development For All’ If These Concerns Are...
By Ekam Singh: Image credit: Reuters/Parth Sanyal. I come from a non-science and non-technical background. When I think sustainable growth or development, what comes to mind instantly is the fact that...
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Manju Fights To Change The Script
By Svati Chakravarty: “The day I was born, my father tried to bury me alive,” Manju Singh tells me. “The moment he knew he’d had a daughter, he charged into the windowless room in which my mother had...
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‘Those Who Deny Me My Constitutional Rights Are Anti-National’
By Daniel Nowaj Majumder: Image credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee. What is nationalism for the Left? This is a question taken up in a series of books and essays in political science. I harbour...
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Don’t Make The Mistakes I Did By Following The Herd: From A Concerned Elder...
By Snigdha Priyadarshini: To my younger sister who is probably going to make the same blunder as me, Remember some years back, when we did not have any worries about our future and the thriving...
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Farmers From A Small Village In U.P. Share How Their Situation Is Going From...
By Anwarul Hoda: Representation only. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee. Sikandarpur Machua, a village located four kilometres away from the Harduaganj district of Uttar Pradesh was visited by the...
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Why I Refuse To Be A Part Of Holi This Year
By Pooja Salvi: Source: Flickr/Antoine Collet and Pison Jaujip. The other day, I came across this Quora post on why everyone should celebrate Holi. And I liked the walk down mythology lane quite a bit...
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To The Classmate Who Harassed Me In The Name Of “Plain Fun”
By Shrenik Mutha: Source: Flickr/Steven Roberge. I joined a law college as a student. During the last term, I faced harassment and ragging by a classmate. The ragging was based on questions and issues...
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Why I Want Everyone To Be As Angry As I Am About The Inhumanity Around Us
By Shamvabee Chakraborty: While I was sketching out the structure of this article, I thought that I will follow the traditional practice of mine, that is, to introduce the article with an appropriate...
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Politics Is As Important As Academics At Universities, And Here Are Reasons Why
By Shivangi Kaushik: Kanhaiya Kumar at JNU. Image credit: Reuters/Adnan Abidi. Since the 9th of February, I have been following the events unfolding in the JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) campus. The...
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When Govt. Agencies Backed Out, Here’s How We Took Animal Rescue In Our Own...
By Arnab Chakraborty: This is the story of a three-day-old kitten caught in a 30 ft. deep uncovered borewell in a small neighbourhood in Bangalore, India. The Fiasco My colleague at Microsoft, Ashish...
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Why Is ‘Startup India’ Not Focusing On Rural Innovation?
By Yatti Soni: Image credit: Reuters/Sivaram V. Indian entrepreneurs are ferociously foraying into hyperlocal, e-commerce, SaaS – all that sounds trendy and more often than not, has a counterpart in...
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What Differentiates A Terrorist From A Mass Murderer: The Politics Of Violence
By Rahul Menon: The Anatomy Of Terror As you read this, the full horror of the deadly attacks on Brussels that took place on March 22, already being termed as Black Tuesday, will gradually become more...
View ArticleWatch Chanchal’s Parents’ Surprising Response When He Opted For A Sex Change...
By Lipi Mehta: 25-year-old Chanchal was born female, but always wondered why he didn’t have a penis. After all, how could one look so different from how one felt? Was this how others felt too? Was this...
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A Deeper Look At Manusmriti To Understand Why Students At JNU Burned It In...
By Radhakrishnan Puthenveetil: Editor’s note: On 8th March this year, a few students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, including former and current members of ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad)...
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Abuse In A Relationship Is Not A ‘Personal Matter’, And Here’s Why We Need To...
By Snigdha Priyadarshini: Source: Flickr. “He beats her every day even though her frail body cannot take it. She cries to sleep every night.” “What a disgusting man. And why is the woman so weak? Why...
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