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With Islamophobia On The Rise, Amazon’s New Ad Is A Heartwarming Surprise
By Saswati Chatterjee: An imam and a priest spend some time together and end up teaching us something beautiful and profound about the nature of friendship and the world around us. At a time when...
View Article3 Economic Factors That Force 1 In Every 11 Indian Children To Work
By Ankur Chhabra: Child labour is not a new practice and actually formed an intrinsic part of pre-industrial economies and societies. The working child population increased rapidly with the onset of...
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‘Make Our Existence Count’: Young Kids In Jharkhand Speak On Child Rights Day
By Tanmoy Bhaduri: A third of India’s population are children. And yet their issues remain largely invisible, de-prioritized and mostly neglected. Despite a plethora of positive and progressive laws,...
View ArticleWhen A Friend Announces Their Wedding, Why Do I Worry About Losing Weight?
Submitted anonymously: Hit your 20s and the marriage chitter chatter is as regular as a breakfast bowl of cereals in any young Indian girl’s life. It’s that radio channel you can’t change because on...
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Students Of This School In Odisha Learn Math, Science And Farming!
By Sharbani Chattoraj: It is a rather unusual chain of events that have brought me, a Bengali from Jharkhand who had so far been working in branches of the State Bank of India in various parts of...
View ArticleThese Young Girls In Rural Rajasthan Are Learning Crucial Lessons About...
By Sophie Keeling: Knowledge about menstruation is poor in rural India, and during my three-month placement with PRAVAH ICS, I’ve been struck by the lack of education that young girls receive about...
View Article6 Lessons I Learned About Feminine Clothing As A Crossdressing Straight Man
By Riya Jain: I’m a straight guy in my mid-20s who developed a love for women’s fashion around the same time when puberty struck. I’ve been extremely lucky to have some fun gal pals who share my...
View ArticleIs Social Media Making All Of Us Angry?
By Zulfikar Manto: The recent victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections is being attributed to the anger people had against the established system. A similar argument was put forward in...
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This Woman In Uttarakhand Is Beyond Conventional ‘Joys’ Of Motherhood
By Deepshi Arya: Motherhood is a bed of roses, in the lap of thorns with no prior inkling of the sleepless nights to come. The newborn ‘bundle of joy’ makes sure that you enjoy the late-night tantrums...
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This Men’s Day Ad Is Bold, But Still Ignores Many Real Issues That Affect Men
By Saswati Chatterjee: A few days back, an online service marketplace came out with an ad for International Men’s Day, with an interesting twist. A twist that some would say was genius, others would...
View Article‘You Are Married? You Don’t Look Like You Are’
By Saloni Maheshwari: I believe that truth should be spoken and uncomfortable questions should be asked. This is about one such question – Why do married people (mostly women) need to wear signs...
View ArticleHair Is What Men Think Of Women Who Don’t Wax Or Shave
By Sourodipto Sanyal for Cake: It’s the month of November. The month where people show solidarity with the ones who are suffering from cancer by foregoing shaving and grooming. The money that they save...
View Articleक्या ये ‘मानसिक आपातकाल’ है?
नासिरुद्दीन: हम सब आज जिस दौर में जी रह रहे हैं, क्या उसे सामान्य कहा जा सकता है? कहीं हम लगातार खास तरह के तनाव या डर या खौफ के साए में तो नहीं जी रहे हैं? क्या हम ‘मानसिक आपातकाल’ के दौर में जी...
View Article5 “Hardships” Men Face Because “Feminazis” Exist
By Sourya Majumder: November 19 was International Men’s Day. Sidestepping the obvious irony of such a day even existing in a patriarchal world, Times of India (ToI) – India’s leading journalistic...
View ArticleBrahmins Took Over Dalit And Adivasi Land In This Village, And This Film...
By Abhishek Jha: When the collector of Kalahandi is asked whether there is a caste angle to the land-grab in a village of the district, she denies it, offering instead that caste has vanished with...
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It Takes 2 To Have Sex, But Why Is Practising Safe Sex Only A Woman’s...
By Amrita De: It is welcome news that there is finally research being done about contraceptives for men; it is unfortunate that these male contraceptives have proved to be as harmful to men as have...
View ArticleIn A Horrible Pun, This UN Video Is Asking Us To Beat Women
By Shambhavi Saxena for Cake: A new campaign video by UN Women Pakistan boldly features several women asking the viewer over and over to beat them. Yes, beat them. And it is triggering as hell. It...
View ArticleWhat Does ‘Normalcy’ In Kashmir Mean For Its People?
By Naveed Ul Hassan: The news of deaths has stopped coming in from Kashmir. People are back to ‘normal’. Buses have started to ply again. Some schools have also opened for the first time in four...
View ArticleThese Boxers Are HIV+, And They’re Punching Discrimination In The Face
By Our Better World: Not far from Daarut Tauhid, one of the biggest Islamic boarding schools in Bandung, Indonesia, there is a house. The house, in the Gegerkalong area, has several food stalls in its...
View Articleसत्ता पक्ष के विरोध का बेहतरीन तरीका सिखाती है स्पैनिश फिल्म ‘NO’
हिमांशु पांड्या: पिछले तीन दिन रायशुमारी के नाम पर हुए नाटक को देखते हुए मुझे एक फिल्म बार-बार याद आती रही। वैसे, मुझे इस फिल्म के बारे में तब भी लिखने की इच्छा हुई थी, जब रवीश के अब इतिहास बन चुके...
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