200 Years Later, Why Savitribai Phule May Still be India’s Most Kickass...
Savitribai Phule was a leading social reformer of her time credited with starting the first school for women. A believer in equal rights for men and women – she advocated changes in Indian society...
View Article10 Things You Might Be Doing Wrong In Your Fight Against Oppression
One time, I found myself drinking beer with a group of women who all strongly identified as feminists. In a world of “I’m not a feminist, but…” it was an affirming moment. That was until the...
View Article#WeeklyOnYKA: Do You Feel Unsafe In Your City? Share With Us
Starting this week, YKA will pick up one topic that concerns our community to highlight stories by everyday people like you, whose voices are ignored and rejected by the traditional media structures....
View ArticleBeing Able To Earn, While You Study: Things I Think The Govt. Can Do To Help...
A few days back, one of my colleagues asked me how he could help a child and whether he should join some NGO working in the field of child welfare. Different opinions came up from people involved in...
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ए.एम.यू. में छात्र प्रदर्शन पर चला पुलिस का डंडा
2016 की आख़िरी सुबह अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय छात्रसंघ’ के लिए एक ऐतिहासिक सुबह साबित होने वाली थी। जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय के छात्र ‘नजीब अहमद’ को लापता हुए दो महीने से ज़्यादा का समय हो...
View ArticleYou Can Do Anything In Life, As Long As It’s What We Want
How many times have we heard the sentence,”You can do anything you want in life”? Countless times, right? Be it in real life scenarios, reading it in books, watching it in movies or maybe even while...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Save Our Boys
This year’s first news story that went viral was the scarring footage of the mass molestation in Bangalore which once again brought forward, the one issue that has been ever constant in the Indian...
View ArticleWarnings Are Not For Decoration
A friend, while wishing me Happy New Year, said that he wishes to quit smoking this year. Like many others, he also started with an occasional drag which later turned into chain smoking. Well, he is...
View Articleउत्तर प्रदेश का राजनीतिक ऊंट किस करवट बैठेगा?
पांच साल बाद विधायक-सांसद या ऊंट के आने की खबर से गांव बावरा हो जाता है। हर तरफ खेंचम-खेंचम मच जाती है। वैसे ऊंट कोई बकरी का बच्चा तो है नहीं जिसे, जिसने चाहा गोद में उठा लिया या फिर दौड़ कर भैंस की...
View ArticleInstead Of Fighting Feminists, What India’s Men’s Rights Activists Should Be...
In August 2016, a National Conference for Men’s Issues was held in Hyderabad, drawing sizeable crowds, and Partha Sadhukhan, one of the participants in the event, told Vice that “Feminists are doing...
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The Cosmetic Industry Is Making People Pay A Dangerous Price For ‘Fair Skin’
By Tripti Nath: A couple of years back when the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based not-for-profit research and advocacy organisation, had released a detailed report on the presence...
View Article‘Disgusting’ For The Local Aunty, But Call Centers Have Helped Many Like Me
Mom returned from the market with loads of clothes and shoes. While I was excitedly trying them all, she said: “I met Neelam Aunty (name changed). We talked for quite some time. She was asking about...
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My Family Fears For Its Life, Because We Stood For The Truth
How can one be a law-abiding and a truthful citizen, if the laws that are there to protect the citizenry only exist on paper? My family has been staying in the Roshanara Club Staff Quarters in Delhi...
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10 Facts About Andhra Pradesh That’ll Completely Surprise You
By YKA Staff: It is the country’s eighth largest state, known largely for its historic forts, huge diamond mines and mouthwatering biryani. There is, however, more to Andhra Pradesh than what meets the...
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“हम त अकलेश के भोट देब, मुलायमा पगला गईल बा”
हाँ भईया, तो उत्तर परदेश में चुनाव की तारीखें घोषित हो गई हैं। तो चलिए जायजा लेने आपको गाँव ले चलती हूँ मेरे अपने गाँव ‘अहिरानी बुजुर्ग’। जान रही हूँ कुछ लोग नाम पढ़ते ही दांत चियार दिए होंगे। खैर बताती...
View Article“आदिवासी होकर तू साइंस क्या पढ़ेगा।”
एक मध्यम कद का नौजवान, उम्र यही कोई चौबीस साल, चकौर माथा, गोल चेहरा, गठीली देह, सांवला रंग। कैसला के राजेन्द्र में कुछ भी ऐसा ‘असमान्य’ नहीं था, लेकिन जब उसने अपनी आपबीती सुनाई तो उसका संघर्ष भीड़ से...
View Articleराजस्थानी फोकआर्ट कब तक रईसों के पैर की जूती बनी रहेगी?
राजस्थान अपनी वीरता, लोककला और लोक संगीत के लिए जाना जाता है। दु्र्गम किलों से जहां एक ओर संगीत बहता था, तो दूसरी ओर खून की नदियां भी साफ नज़र आती थी। बारिश का मेहमान की तरह आना और अकाल का जबरन हर...
View ArticleHow A Visit To Orphanage Changed My View Of Life
I am a working woman since 6 years and was always concerned about getting a better opportunity with better compensation. When I was studying and hunting for a job in the competitive market, I had plans...
View Articleओह्ह बैंगलोर
एक साल पहले मैं जॉब ढूंढ रही थी, मुझे साउथ इंडिया घूमना था और बैंगलोर मेरी पहली चॉइस थी। बहुत कोशिश के बाद मुझे बैंगलोर में जॉब मिल गई। एक साल हो गया, मैं पूरा शहर तो अकेले घुमी ही आस-पास के राज्य भी...
View ArticleWomen And The Problems Of Being Out In Public
Editor’s note: This story is in response to Youth Ki Awaaz’s topic for this week – #UnsafeInMyCity. It highlights how safety is a concern for all of us, living in different parts of this country. If...
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