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‘For The Longest Time, I Saw Delhi Commission For Women As An Oppressor’

By Sonali Sapna: The day started with a scream from within me as I was getting late for field work. Talking about work, let me brief you a little about what I do before I write about my experiences on...

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Writing Stories Every Day Helped Me Cope With Depression

By DaMuRiq: For a while I didn’t see the point anymore. I was stuck in a job stacking grocery shelves. Every night, I returned to an empty apartment that stank. I didn’t like the people I hung out...

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Why We Need To Revive The Good Old Public Phone Booths

By Martand Jha: It was not long ago when people used to call each other at a particular time of a day to save their money and this used to result in long queues in front of certain shops which had...

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Behind The Pulse Candy Success Story Is Vulnerable Contract Labour

By Abhishek Jha for Youth Ki Awaaz: In February last year, the Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group)- a multi-diversified conglomerate with brands such as Catch Spices, Rajnigandha, Pass Pass, etc-...

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4 Faults Prospective In-Laws Found In Me When I Was ‘Shown’ For Marriage

By Vaishali E: “Marriages are made in heaven.” Ah! Such a wonderful quote, ever wondered who coined it? Perhaps some happy chap who had a wonderful and satisfying love marriage. But many poor souls who...

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शुक्रिया मां, तुमने ‘अच्छी बेटी’का कोई पैमाना नहीं तय किया

रिचा बाजपेई: मम्मी, तुमसे कुछ कहना चाहती हूं, दरअसल तुम्हारा शुक्रिया अदा करना चाहती हूं। मुझे मेरे जैसा बनने देने के लिए। मां याद है मुझे , तुम बचपन में सिखाती थी कि किसी की तरह बनने की ज़रूरत नहीं है...

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Bengaluru Is About To Spend ₹1800 Cr On A Bad Solution To Its Traffic Problem

By Varun Hemachandran: Bengaluru went from being the Garden City of India to India’s answer to Silicon Valley virtually overnight. The city’s pensioners made way for code-spanking techies who thronged...

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Why Ending Triple Talaq Is Not As Simple As People Would Like To Think

By Tanzeel Ahmed: In Islam, ‘talaq’, means “I divorce you.”  Many people view that a Muslim man (who is married) can dissolve his marriage at any time by telling his wife: “talaq, talaq, talaq” on his...

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This Recent Tragedy At A Hospital In Odisha Shows How Public Healthcare Is...

By Sanjay K Bissoyi: On October 17, 2016, a dreadful fire tragedy brought a horrific end to 19 people’s lives in a private hospital in the capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar. They did not breathe...

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Patna Uni’s Library Has Been Shut For 2 Years Because Students Asked For 24×7...

Video via Video Volunteers: Founded in 1917, Patna University in Bihar is the seventh oldest university in India. For a good century, hundreds and thousands of students have through the hallowed halls...

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Problems Become Opportunities When We Embrace Our Failures

By Pallavi Saha:  It all began after I started working. I grew up in a liberal middle-class family and was privileged enough to have access to good schools. Throughout school, I scored well and fared...

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I Became My Biggest Bully Because Of My Skin Colour

By Sanjana Suresh: I’m 19, and I’m dark skinned. And to be honest, I grew up in a society where being fair (the adjective, not the adverb), is a beauty norm. It was only when I started going to school...

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‘I Won’t Boycott Chinese Products And This Doesn’t Make Me Any Less Nationalist’

By Apurva Mayank: This Diwali I will not boycott Chinese products and this does not make me any less nationalist. I want my country’s economy to grow. I want India to walk towards the path of growth...

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10 Dogs Explain Why Diwali Is A Nightmare For Them

By Trisha Bose: Diwali comes straight after a very fragile period for new mothers in the animal kingdom – the mating season. While many remain blissfully unaware of all the new life cropping up in...

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Meet The 24-Year-Old Who Has Invented 23 Forms Of Yoga

By Sarvesh Shashi: As a kid, getting into trouble was my only purpose in life. But purpose, however, was a tall order to think about for little old me back in the days. My father ran a few successful...

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Disturbed By Period Shaming, I Found A Way To Fight The Taboos

By Meghan Norean:  One day, back in grade VI, I arrived in the classroom to find that all the boys had disappeared. Was it that evolution had finally decided that females were the superior sex and rid...

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India’s First Wheelchair Basketball Team Needs Your Help To Compete...

By Madhavi Latha: I was 37 when I first experienced the magical feeling of walking in water. Having been in a wheelchair since I was affected by poliomyelitis when I was seven months old, the first few...

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When A Religion Gets Lost In Its Radicalisation

By Goutam Bhaskar: The story goes like this: “When Maharshi Bhrigu held the ceremony of Maha Yagna, the congregation of sages were confounded towards the end that who is supreme? Who should be honored...

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5 Ways Workplaces Can Shatter The Glass Ceiling, And Close The Gender Pay Gap

By Shambhavi Saxena: When PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi was named one of the highest paid CEOs in the world, it quickly turned our attention to the thunderous successes of many women in the corporate world....

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“Not Athletes Boycotting Iran, But Iran Boycotting Athletes Who Refuse...

By Masih Alinejad: Editor’s note: On October 29, Heena Sidhu, India’s first pistol shooter to win a gold medal at the World Cup in 2013, declared that she will not be participating in the Asian Air...

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