Why Women Need To Reclaim Their Body, Self And Spaces From Religion
By Atiya Anis: India celebrated its 70th Independence Day on August 15. Yet, a section of the population still fights for equality. More than sixty six long years after the Indian Constitution was...
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By Shreya Jakhmola: Whiling my time away on the internet waiting for the rains to stop, I came across a short-film titled “ACID”. This 6-minute film brings to light one of the very common, yet a topic...
View ArticlePhotos From My Trip To India That Shattered My Assumptions About Poverty
By Sreeja Karanam: Does the image on the right shock you? When I stepped into the “kitchen”, I immediately started sweating, due to the lack of ventilation, and I was only there for a few seconds....
View ArticleHow Volunteering At A Home For Girls With Mental Illness Taught Me Real...
By Richa Gupta: Volunteering is a lovely art. In the words of Dorothy Height, a social activist, “Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who...
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View ArticleJNU’s Gorkha Students Call Out Flipkart’s Racist Ad In Strongly Worded Open...
By Gorkha Students, JNU: To, Flipkart Dear Binny, First of all, let us clarify that you are neither hallucinating nor in your dreams. It must be deeply disturbing and astonishing for you to reconcile...
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सिद्धार्थ भट्ट: शिक्षक किसी भी समाज को बेहतर बनाने में अहम भूमिका निभाता है। आज शिक्षक दिवस के मौके पर हम ऐसे ही एक इंसान की बात कर रहें हैं, जिसनें अपने जीवन का एक बड़ा हिस्सा हॉकी के खेल की विधा को...
View ArticleWhy I Think We’re Missing Out On Real Education
By Neelam Lives Change: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires,” said William Arthur Ward. We do not see ‘good teaching’...
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गुफरान खान: देश की आर्थिक राजधानी मुंबई से सटा घाटकोपर वेस्ट एक घनी आबादी वाला इलाका है, जहाँ हर तबके के लोग रहते हैं। यहाँ के वार्ड नंबर 123 चिरागनगर में स्थित लिटिल स्टार स्कूल जाने का रास्ता काफी...
View ArticleWhy I Question Mother Teresa’s Sainthood Despite Her Important Work With The...
By Shinjini Chakraborty: I was too young when two iconic figures and bearers of peace and love passed away. While one’s death was enshrouded in veritable mystery, the other died a natural death at the...
View Article“It’s Not Like I Want To Apply Make-Up, But I Have To”
By Rituparna Patgiri: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,” said the famous poet John Keats. Not only Keats but most of us also appreciate and admire beauty, although it may be in many different forms....
View ArticleWhy Our Generation Should Be Appreciated More
By Preeti Singh: A letter to the people who criticise ‘this generation’. We belong to a generation that is almost always criticised. As part of my research, I searched ‘this generation,’ on Google and...
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View ArticleDear Society, Sexual Harassment Isn’t Something That ‘Just Happens’
By Zainab R Haque: Editor’s note: Over 92% of women in India experience some form of harassment, yet, we hesitate to speak up. To help create safe spaces for conversations around these experiences,...
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View ArticlePM Modi Endorsing Reliance Jio May Not Be Illegal, But It’s Wrong For Many...
By Abhishek Jha: What appeared to be a full page Reliance Jio advertisement was, on the face of it, only a dedication to Digital India. It is, therefore, unlikely that Reliance will invite any legal...
View ArticleHow Festivals Like Ganesh Chaturthi Create Nuisance In Public Life
By Ali Abbas: There is a power cut, Wi-Fi is down, roads have been blocked and traffic jams are everywhere. No, Hyderabad has not been hit by a natural calamity. It is just preparing to host Ganesh...
View Article4 Survivors Share Stories Of Living Through The Horror That Is Tuberculosis
By Chapal Mehra: Tuberculosis (TB ) is one of India’s severest health crises killing over a 1000 Indians every day. Over the last several years, that I have worked on TB I was struck how rarely we hear...
View ArticleHow I Was Called A ‘Western Copycat’ And ‘Uncultured Village Idiot’ At The...
By Anto Bhaskar: I was wearing a dhoti and driving my bike. I was on my way from a liquor store down the street and my girlfriend was tagging along, in her moped. And, we were coming back after getting...
View ArticleWhy Do We Look Down Upon The Job Of A Train Driver?
By Chitresh Shrivastva: We have raised our voice many times and we have fought for the rights of many. But these are the people who we never care for, although they foster the connections amongst...
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