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60 Years On, What Life Is Like For India’s First National Bravery Awardee
For most people, 26th January is a national holiday, a time of the year when they sit in front of the television and watch the republic day parade. However, for 73-year-old Harish Chand Mehra, the day...
View ArticleFanaticism, Inequality, Caste Hierarchy And Just Another Republic Day
Sixty eight years ago, we chose to be a republic on 26th of January 1950. As Rajpath prepares itself for another flag hoisting on this republic day, we need to ask several questions: What is a...
View Articleसंविधान की स्थापना ही तो न्यायपूर्ण गणतंत्र की स्थापना है
भारत अपना 68वां गणतंत्र दिवस मना रहा है। आज ही के दिन हमने अपना, संविधान अंगीकृत किया था और हम दुनिया के सबसे बड़े प्रजातांत्रिक गणराज्य बने थे। भारत का संविधान, दुनिया के विभिन्न देशों के संविधान से कई...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Indian Men
Indian men, I can no more address all of you as dear. I agree that #NotAllMen have assaulted a woman physically, but the fact stands that they don’t need to physically harm me to actually oppress me....
View ArticleThis Incident In Bihar Showed Me How Men Believe They Must ‘Protect’ Women
I am a NIT Suratkal mining engineering graduate, who joined a social leadership program called India Fellow which believes in imbibing leadership skills and helping young people like me find their true...
View Articleशराबबंदी और नोटबंदी में समानता और असमानता
आज देशभर में दो शब्द जनता को खासे प्रभावित करने वाले दिख रहे हैं उनमें से एक है नोटबंदी तो दूसरा है शराबबंदी। अगर दोनों मुद्दों को बारीकी से देखें तो ये कहीं ना कहीं राजनीतिक पार्टियों के चुनावी वादों...
View ArticleKilled Because He Was Muslim, Did This Young Engineer Get Justice?
“The fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion. I consider this fact in favour of the accused. Moreover, the applicants/accused do not have any criminal records and it appears...
View ArticleThe Overlooked Sanity Of The Jallikattu Protests
I spent last Saturday at the city’s Blue Cross, while many my age, including plenty of friends and acquaintances, gathered along the shores of Marina beach, a state and two borders away from my newly...
View Articleडॉनल्ड ट्रंप के कारण 30 सेकंड पहले तबाह हो जाएगी दुनिया
अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति डॉनल्ड ट्रंप के न्यूक्लियर हथियारों और क्लाइमेट चेंज के मुद्दे पर दिए गए बयानों ने दुनिया को और ज्यादा असुरक्षित बना दिया है। संसार पर कयामत का खतरा अब पहले से ज्यादा मंडराने लगा...
View ArticleIs It Wrong To Dream?
I can’t even think of a title to address you right now, I just know, that somewhere down the endless bazaars of my childhood, hidden in midst of the electric wires I carelessly played with, which were...
View Articleपंजाब के गरीब आसमान में अमीर बादल
2017 पंजाब राज्य के चुनाव में कुछ ही दिन शेष हैं और इस चुनावी दंगल में हर कोई पार्टी बढ़-चढ़ कर हिस्सा ले रही है। कुछ इसी तर्ज़ पर हर पार्टी के चुनाव घोषणा पत्र में रोज़गार के नये अवसर, सस्ता अनाज,...
View ArticleThe Story Of An Indian Child Labourer And How She Was Rescued
Meet Kaali. The school staff members of Pai village call her – ‘Dr. Kaali’. Surprised when her headmistress ‘ma’am’ told her that she too could be a doctor once she grew up – she has been addressed as...
View ArticleSocial Skills, And Why They Should Be A Priority In Your Life
‘Social skills’ are the ‘foundation’ of every single ‘relationship’ that you have in your life – it pertains to your ‘friends’, ‘family’, your ‘boss’, ‘coworkers’, ‘acquaintances’ and ‘everyone in...
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Jallikattu And The ‘Identity’ Of The South
Many years ago, when I was around 8-years-old, my family and I were on a train from Manali to Delhi. My elders and the co passengers were all very tired of my constant chatter and no one was paying...
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In What Circumstances Should Abortion Be Permitted?
Abortion, to a few orthodox mentalities is a murder and a sin, to the more liberal, it is a practical approach if they are not in a position to take responsibility of another life. Call it murder or...
View ArticleReality: No Tech Jobs For Engineers In India
Hi. I had passed my B.E. in the year 2012. Since then, I have been struggling to get a technical job in India. I had completed an engineering degree from one of the top engineering colleges in Mumbai....
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Bhansali’s Manhandling Shows How Little It Takes For Indians To Turn...
Nationalism, religion, casteism: The more you focus on one thing, the more everything else gets blurred. Very much like his movies, seldom does Ram Gopal Varma succeed in making a fair point. Owing to...
View ArticleIs The Animal Rights Debate In India A Farce Or Of Genuine Concern?
The Jalikattu episode and its aftermath has brought up two familiar sounding issues. One is the significance of culture defining a ‘modern identity’, and the second is the increasing ‘concern’ being...
View Article3 People Who Restored My Faith In Humanity
We are still debating if India is progressing or regressing as a nation with the presence of religious radicals who use the same as a shield to justify racism and misogyny, people who ignore accident...
View Articleकश्मीर अब आज़ाद हो रहा है
कश्मीर भारत का वो अभिन्न अंग है जहां की गोली-बारी से लेकर बर्फ-बारी तक, भारत की राजनीति के मिजाज को प्रभावित करती रहती है। 90 के दशक के बाद भारत के स्विट्ज़रलैंड को अलगाववाद और आतंकवाद की नज़र लग गयी थी।...
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