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Before Attacking Trump, Iran’s President Should Fix Human Rights Violations...
With the election of Donald Trump, one would think that Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his ever-smiling foreign minister Javad Zarif, have their hands full trying to ensure the nuclear deal stays...
View ArticleEyewitness Account: Woman Pulls Out Axe On Delhi Metro To Attack
“I’m going to axe you,” she shouted and began to dig deep in her handbag. A few abuses later, she surprised all the passengers travelling on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro by taking out an...
View ArticleLet Us Bring Discourse Back To Democracy
Since when did the government become synonymous with the nation? Any critique of the policy of the government is today transformed into a debate on nationalism, or on being who the ‘true Indian’ is....
View ArticleHow Leaders Use Their Power In India To Trample Over Democracy
Political power is an invariable asset that accrues to the winner in democracy. A power that the people bestow upon a leader to help guide them under the aegis of an agreed upon rulebook such as the...
View Article4 Years After The December 16 Gang Rape, Do We Know Any Better?
By Arpita Raj and Indu Pandey: This December is the same as the December of 2012, the same bone-chilling winter, the same night and somewhat the same status of women. Today also women continue to be...
View ArticleTrans SchoolsIs It A Good Idea To Have Separate Schools For Trans Kids In India?
Back in September, Trans activist Vijayaraja Mallika wanted to start a residential school exclusively for a small group of trans students. The idea was to help them clear their Class 10 Board or...
View ArticleWorking With These Women Showed Me What The Struggle For Equal Rights Needs
“Mere parivar waale mujhe aur padhne nahi dete” (People in my family don’t let me study.) – an angst of an 18-year old girl, who wants to continue her studies. “Mujhe to apna kuch nahi karna hai, agle...
View ArticleAre ‘Bhakts’ Only Hurting PM Modi’s Image?
According to me, anything without data is opinion, so let’s start with just that. As per the July, 2016 Market Update released by ILO (International Labour Organisation), while labour participation was...
View ArticleIf Sona Mohapatra’s ‘Rant’ Doesn’t Expose Our Sexism, Our Response To It Does
A few days ago, Sona Mohapatra ‘ranted‘ on her Facebook wall about how the organisers of Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay’s cultural fest (which they claim is Asia’s largest) have been calling her to perform at...
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An Activist Explains What Made The Kolkata Pride Parade Truly Great This Year
There is no denying the fact that the Rainbow Pride Walk across the globe has become a signature event for the LGBT community across the world. But in India the context is quite different when it comes...
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‘दंगल’गांव की हर छोरी धाकड़ है
Translated from English to Hindi by Sidharth Bhatt. हरियाणा का बलाली गांव तब से ही चर्चा में है, जब गीता फोगाट ने कुश्ती में भारत के लिए राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों में पहला गोल्ड मैडल जीता। यह गांव एक बार फिर...
View ArticleWhy People Are Asking Indian Clubs And Bars To ‘Gay Well Soon’
As people are getting ready for New Year’s Eve shindigs, some bars, clubs and restaurants in India decided to debar gay couples. A report by DNA revealed that among those taking this clearly homophobic...
View ArticleIn Powerful Rap, Hip Hop Artists From The North East Slam The Ignorant Media
Shillong may be considered by some to be the Rock capital of India, but the Anthem for the North East, part of 101India’s series Hip Hop Homeland, has seemingly helped reclaim it as the heart of...
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ये 4 गज़ब लड़कियां चला रही हैं एक ‘ख़ास’कंपनी
कभी ऐसा लगा है कि जैसे आप देख सकते हैं दुनिया को वैसे अगर नहीं देख पातें तो मुश्किल होती चीज़ें, या जो हमारी-आपकी तरह नहीं देख पाते हैं उनके लिए दया आती है? ऐसा लगता है कि बेचारे कैसे जीते होंगे? आइये...
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Being Mediocre
We all have grown up listening to the assertion by our seniors that we are living in an imperfect world along with imperfect people, dealing with imperfect circumstances and striving to achieve...
View ArticleShould History Stop Us Giving A Certain Name To A Child?
कुछ न दिखता था अंधेरे में , पर ये आँखें तो थी, ये कैसी रोशनी आई की लोग अंधे हो गए। (It was dark, but we still had eyes, What is this light that has turned us blind.) When Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi...
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How Violence In The Valley Is Taking A Huge Toll On The Mental Health Of Its...
By Baseera Rafiqi: Zahida Bano, 62, lives with her ailing husband in a far off village in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. After mechanically going through the day’s chores she sits at the...
View Articleमोदी जी आपके बनारस आगमन पर हर बार मन घबराता है-BHU छात्र
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी, मैने अपने 20 साल के जीवन में कभी कर्फ्यु तो नहीं देखा लेकिन इतना ज़रूर कह सकता हूं कि वह स्थिति भी आपके आगमन से पैदा हुई स्थितियों से ज़्यादा भयावह नहीं होगी। मैं बीएचयू का छात्र...
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A Dalit Priest Reveals How Caste Discrimination Works In Catholic Churches
For the first time in history, in early December this year, the Indian Catholic Church officially acknowledged the fact that Dalit Christians face discrimination and untouchability, and that “their...
View ArticleSeventy Years On, Finally A Museum Of Memories
Partition was the most defining event in South Asian history, leading to the creation of India and Pakistan, and fuelling sentiments that later led to Bangladesh being a separate nation, independent of...
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