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A 43 Year Long Wait: The Case Of Chhattisgarh’s Rice Farmers

By Hemant Gairola & Hitesh Sharma for Youth Ki Awaaz: If justice delayed is justice denied, does compensation delayed amount to compensation denied? Having waited a good 43 years for compensation...

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A Noida Resident Shares How It Turned From A Dusty Town Into A Buzzing Mega City

By Gita Negi: My parents shifted to Noida in the year 1985, from Delhi. Noida or New Okhla Industrial Development Authority – this full form was a very popular question in general knowledge tests in...

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Despite Everything, Why Kashmir Should Be A Part Of India (But Only After A...

By Tabish Rafiq Mir: Maharaja Hari Singh, during the time of India’s Independence, chose to keep Kashmir independent. That, for him, backfired when Pakistan allegedly sent tribals to annex Kashmir....

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On Kashmir, JNU And Everything Else, Why Embracing Differences Is The Only...

By Prahaas Oldman: Long before Twitterati and its social cousins went berzerk over JNU and its offspring, long before they butchered the words and methods of Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid, long before...

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A Young Woman Shares The Joy And Pain Of Running A Home For Terminally Ill...

By Mansi Shah: My life was going really well. For eight years, I was with a non-profit working towards educating children from weaker economic backgrounds. Highly satisfying work, awesome people,...

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Parents, Your Expectations Might Be Crushing A ‘Million Dreams And A Billion...

By Suhani Rampal: “You’re a disappointment,” his father said. He had promised to study well and score better than before but he failed. He was good at basketball and felt elated playing it but his dad...

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Our ‘Nationalist’ Reaction To Kashmir Seems Eerily Similar To Nazi Germany

By Sarah Ather Kashmiri: An interesting story from history would be that of Nazi Germany. Now, when we hear the stories of Nazi Germany, we feel outraged, sad and disgusted not just by the dictator but...

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Watch: Safe Haven Or Hell, This Is The Only Place These Women Can Call Home

By 101India: Some sections of the Indian society consider widows to be inauspicious. When a woman becomes a widow, many families just abandon them at old age homes or shelters, sometimes on the pretext...

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Why These 5 Politicians Need To Mind Their (Abusive) Language

By Badrul Duja: At a time when India is considered the next big thing in the world, divisive and unethical politics has started in India. This happened especially after the BJP formed its government at...

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कैसे स्वच्छ भारत अभियान के बाद भी शौचालय बनाने में नहीं मिल रही है इस गाँव को...

सिद्धार्थ भट्ट: स्वच्छ भारत अभियान में भारत के विभिन्न ग्रामीण और शहरी इलाकों में शौचालयों के निर्माण में जहाँ काफी बड़ी मात्रा में पैसा खर्च किया जा रहा है। वहीं कई ग्रामीण क्षेत्र ऐसे भी हैं जहाँ...

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From An Outsider In Kashmir: ‘The Unbearable Agony Of The People Is Awaiting...

By Gitanjoli Dasgupta: “Sweet love of youth, forgive if I forget thee, while the world’s tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee...

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Why The New Child Labour Amendment Bill Fails India’s Children (Again)

By Saud Amin Khan: The Bill which amends the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, was first tabled in the Rajya Sabha in December 2012, and then sent to the Standing Committee on Labour...

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UP BJP Ex-VP’s Offensive Remark Against Mayawati Reeks Of Casteism And Sexism

By Rohini Banerjee: Dayashankar Singh, the BJP’s Vice President in Uttar Pradesh, stirred up controversy on Wednesday (and was later sacked) after he used a derogatory term for ‘prostitute’ or ‘sex...

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What The Assam Govt. Must Deliver To Its People In This Budget Session

By Abhimanyu Hazarika and Subhrangshu Pratim Sarmah: It is a welcome initiative from the state finance ministry headed by Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma to invite public suggestions for the budget and further...

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When Learning Is The Main Aim, Why Does Age, Gender, Caste, Calibre Matter?

By Radhika Jhaveri: My husband makes a lot of furniture around the house. We dislike store bought furniture since it is made of poor quality materials and is much overpriced. My husband hasn’t learnt...

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Failure Of Justice In Gujarat: 95 Out Of 100 Suspects In Crimes Against...

By Nikhil M Babu, IndiaSpend.com: As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu vigilantes, an IndiaSpend analysis...

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Interacting With Doctors, I Realised How Medical Science Limits Dialogue On...

By Karil Soral: A couple of weeks back, I had the opportunity to attend a ‘dialogue’ on adolescent sexual rights and health. The workshop was held in one of the most reputed medical institutions of the...

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भारतीय शिक्षा व्यवस्था के लिए कितनी जरूरी है नो डिटेंशन पॉलिसी?

सुजीत कुमार: नो डिटेंशन पॉलिसी शिक्षा के अधिकार अधिनियम (2009) का अहम् हिस्सा है। शिक्षा का अधिकार अधिनियम 2009, जो 6 से 14 वर्ष की उम्र के बच्चो के लिए मुफ्त और अनिवार्य शिक्षा की बात करता है। एक...

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Remembering A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The ‘People’s President’

By Taenaz Shakir: To an entire generation of young Indians, Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was not just the President of India. He was the man who made them dream and encouraged them to chase...

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This 12 Minute Heartbreaking Story About Kashmir Is What The Media Won’t Show...

By YKA Staff: The mainstream narrative on Kashmir has for long largely focused on the issues of militancy, Islamic radicalism, and belligerent northern neighbours, one in particular. What often slips...

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