Starting Small Is What Makes Big Social Change Happen
By Amira Shah Chhabra: A grave danger of living in a country known for its phenomenon of co-existence of the rich with the poor is the resultant immunity we gain to the problems that stare us in the...
View ArticleAre You A Terrorist-Sympathiser If You Question The Bhopal Encounter Killings?
By Abhishek Jha: The family members of the 8 alleged SIMI activists, who were shot and killed in an encounter recently, are about to file a complaint at the MIDC police station in Solapur, Maharashtra,...
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The Boxes We Keep Forcing Students Into In The Name Of Education
By Jophin Mathai: When I was in school, I thought I knew what I wanted to be in life. I had a few options, with the little I had seen growing up: 1. A Catholic priest 2. A rockstar 3. A doctor I...
View Articleबड़े अच्छे लगते हैं मेहंदी रचते मर्द
नासिरूद्दीन: क्या हमने कभी अपने घर में किसी भाई, पिता, पति या किसी और मर्द को बहन, बेटी, पत्नी या मां की हाथों में मेहंदी रचते देखा है? शादी-ब्याह, ईद, करवा चौथ, तीजिया, जीतिया या ऐसे ही किसी मौके...
View ArticleBeing Honest To Myself Helped Me Ditch The Fat Pay Cheque And Do What I Love
By Sambhav Khetarpal: Before I begin, I’d like to mention that this article isn’t a preachy ride telling you how you should live your life. It isn’t even one of those accounts that’ll tell you how...
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Is It True: That A Woman’s Uterus Can Fall Out Of Her Body?
By Saswati Chatterjee: Well, that’s a terrifying question, one which might have people rolling their eyes and say, ‘no, obviously not.” It sounds like something out of some bad horror film or some ’80s...
View ArticleThe Experience I Had When I Got My Period In An Uttarakhand Village
By Vedanshi Bhatia: I have been working on a project that required me to stay alone in a village in Uttarakhand. I had to adopt their ways of living because I wanted it to be an immersive experience....
View ArticleWhat Broken Toilets, No Water At These Schools Say About Bihar’s Rising...
By Anwarul Hoda: The decadal literacy difference for Bihar is second only to Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The literacy rate rose from 47 percent in the 2001 census to 61.80% in the 2011 census. However, all...
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How Women Took Charge Of Their Own Rights In Post-Independent India
By Shambhavi Saxena for Cake: By the time we’re in our teens, all of us Indian school kids have memorized by rote the names of our country’s freedom fighters. Today, these names line the streets of the...
View Articleकैसे स्थापित होगा ‘डेकोरम ऑफ़ कोर्ट’?
विवेक राय: बहुत बड़ी भूल करता आ रहा था, आज एहसास हुआ कि मैं सिर्फ उन लोगो के बारे में ही लिख रहा था जो शायद वोटर हैं या एक समुदाय हैं। इस पर भी मोदी, राहुल, स्मृति ईरानी जैसी महान शख्शियतों के...
View ArticleIn Vedic India, Even Hindus Ate Beef
By Alokananda Bisoyi: Strangely, the followers of the world’s most ancient religion Hinduism are divided into several categories. The dominant amongst them, the ‘vegetarian Hindus’ have turned to be...
View Articleमाँ मेरा धर्म क्या है?
सना खान: तकरीबन 10 साल पहले की बात है। एक पांच साल की बच्ची थी, उसने बस स्कूल जाना शुरू ही किया था। प्राइवेट वैन से सुबह-सुबह जाती थी और शाम में वैन से ही वापस आती थी। उसे स्कूल जाते हुए करीब एक हफ्ता...
View Article“आपको सवालों से गुस्सा क्यों आता है ऑथोरिटी जी?”
भावना पाठक: जनवरी में पठानकोट पर हुए आतंकी हमले की एनडीटीवी इंडिया की खबर को लेकर सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्रालय ने इस चैनल पर एक दिन का बैन लगाने का फैसला लिया है। इस फैसले की ना केवल मीडिया जगत में बल्कि...
View ArticleThe Reason Buddhist Monks Destroy Artwork That Takes Weeks Of Hard Work
By Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian: Ladakh is one of the few places humans have made habitable by their presence. It is a land of chilly winds, the scorching sun and blinding snow. There wasn’t much in...
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6 Ways You Can Protect Yourself From Delhi’s Poisonous Smog
By Sourya Majumder: It’s been nearly two weeks since Diwali, and Delhi is still suffocating under a thick, toxic layer of smog. A combination of Diwali firecrackers and crop burning in Punjab and...
View Articleनमस्कार मैं फेसबुक कुमार, ये है झगड़ों का प्राइम टाइम
सौरभ राज: कहते हैं कि जब एक कवि की कविता सत्ता का गुणगान करने लगती है तो कविता मर जाती है, जब एक लेखक की कलम सत्ता के प्रशंसा के कसीदे गढ़ने लगती है तो कलम की स्याही सूखने लगती है। ठीक वैसे ही जब एक...
View ArticleWhy Criminalising Marital Rape Is Crucial For Gender Equality
By Madhu Samarpita: Change is an inevitable process. Moving with the pace of change is necessary for survival. However, the absence of legal safeguards regarding marital rape under the Indian Penal...
View Article3 Survivors Provide Crucial Solutions To ‘India’s Most Neglected Health Crisis’
By Nandita Venkatesan, Saurabh Rane and Deepti Chavan for Survivors Against TB: Every minute that you spend reading this article, an Indian will die of TB. India has 2.8 million TB cases – a disease...
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The Story Of The Afghan Girl Who Fought The World To Become A Rapper
By Abhishek Jha for Youth Ki Awaaz: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami at DIFF 2016. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s documentary ‘Sonita’ is making waves around the...
View ArticleThe Systemic Silencing Of Muslims: The Case Of The Missing JNU Student
By Asaf Ali: Advocate Shahid Azmi was silenced in the year 2010 for standing against the lies and for fighting the cases of innocent Muslims who were falsely implicated by the State under false...
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