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Boy Fights For Life, As Doctors Insist On Payment: My Ugly Experience With...
By Divya Human: Representation only. Source: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee Last evening, I got a call from my brother, who seemed to be in a great rush. He said that an aunty needed Rs. 5000 immediately...
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Do People Even Understand The “Trauma Of Depression” Before They Judge?
By Harsha Singh: Desperate times require desperate measures. You know that the glass you are holding on to is half full yet you are only able to look at how empty it is. You wake up one fine morning...
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Snapshots Of Inspiring Lives, The Much Loved Humans Of Bombay
By Lipi Mehta: “In this city, every deserted street corner conceals a crowd,” writes Jerry Pinto about the city of Mumbai in his book, ‘Em And The Big Hoom‘. It’s in these corners and in these crowds...
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‘A Game Of Convenience Is Being Played In The Name Of Nationalism’: NIT Protests
By Shatakshi Asthana: With the recent stir at NIT Srinagar, the nationalism debate has crossed all verbal boundaries. The brand new narrative of nationalism is serving the exact purpose that religion...
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How This Hospital In Delhi Pretty Much Killed My Grandmother And Then Just...
By Neha Sharma: About a month back on 17th March 2016, we had taken my grandma to a renowned hospital in Rohini sector 14, concerned over a minor hike in her TLC (total leukocyte count, which was 24k)....
View ArticleInteresting: A Rap Video Inspired By ‘Game Of Thrones’, For A Good Cause!
By Shaikhspeare Aamir: The idea of making this rap music video came from the uncanny resemblance between the plot of HBO series ‘Game Of Thrones‘ and the real world’s socio-political situation. The...
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Who Decides Where Freedom Of Expression Begins Or Ends (The Answer Is Close...
By Ananya Chitransh: In the wake of the debate ensuing on social media and television, a major chunk of the political class and society is asking – what should be the permissible extent of freedom of...
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Govt. Can’t Do It All: Why I Think We Need Collective Leadership From The...
By Ningreikhan Wungkhai: Image credit: Reuters/Stringer. Why were colonial nations so enthusiastic about invading India? The answer is simple. Economy! Economy! And Economy! India being a wealthy...
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I’m ‘Disgusted’ By How Social Media Is Used To Play Politics Over People’s Lives
By Pillai Vishnu: A few days ago, a major tragedy occurred in God’s own country, Kerala, where there was a mishap when there was an explosion caused by fireworks, brought to celebrate that same god....
View ArticleOn Ambedkar’s Birthday, For Dalit Women, A Step Ahead, A Step Back
By Prachi Salve: The literacy rate among Dalit women has increased by 14.6 percentage points–which is more than the increase for women in the general population (10 percentage points)–from 2001 to...
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Rohingyas Escaped Myanmar For A Better Life In India, But This Is Their Life Now
By Magdalena Rojas: India is home to a culturally diverse population and the birthplace of various religions. As such, one would expect almost anyone to be given a big-hearted welcome upon stepping...
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For All Those Calling Students Anti-National, This One’s Just For You
By Shatakshi Asthana: It has been over two months since the JNU controversy happened. It had started with the mention of Kashmir, even if it was for the right to self-determination of the Kashmiris....
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This City Is The Tourism Gateway Of Nepal, And It Is Slowly Choking To Death
By Sagarika Bhatta: Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, has been ranked as the third most polluted city in the world according to a Serbia-based research website www.Numbeo.com. It was rated average in...
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How Powerful Poems Lent Their Weight To A Movement Demanding Rights For The...
By YKA Staff: Travelling across the country – to 500 districts in 125 days – the Safai Karamchari Andolan led by Bezwada Wilson has for the past few months been running an awareness campaign on manual...
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‘You Were My First Email ID Password’: A Fan’s Letter To SRK After Having...
By Aditi Parashar: Dear SRK, I’m one among the millions of fans you have and I’m not writing this letter to seek recognition. All I claim is ‘5 minutes’ of your life. I know, I know, aapki life hai,...
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‘I Did The Crazy Thing – Registered Myself On Matrimonial Websites’
By Lalitha Priyadharshini: Somewhere towards the beginning of 2014 my parents visited an astrologer. He told them my stars apprise I will be doomed if I don’t get married before June 2015! I was...
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A Survivor Of Child Sexual Abuse On Why He Chose To Speak Up About It After...
By Abhik Mukherjee: I was three when I was sexually abused for the first time, and it continued until I was 21. One of my worst experiences was in Class 6 in a well-reputed school in Kolkata. Every...
View ArticleWest Bengal Elections 2016: What Does The Youth Want?
Sreyashi Choudhury For Youth Ki Awaaz: With Assembly elections currently on in West Bengal, Youth Ki Awaaz spoke to young voters and leaders in order to find out what the youth hopes and expects. The...
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What Your Emojis Say About You
By Linda Kaye, Helen Wall, Stephanie Malone: When you add a smiley face to the end of a message, you may be saying more than you realise. Emoticons, faces formed from punctuation symbols such as :-),...
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A Video Game Introduced A Trans Character And This Is The Shocking Response...
By Runa Chatterjee for Cake: Privilege, thy name is entitled gamer. With the gaming world coming perilously close to representing the real world with actual real people (and I’m not just talking about...
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