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View ArticleIs Rural India Truly Open Defecation Free?
The quest for Open Defecation Free (ODF) status started in districts and states across the nation soon after the launch of Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan in 2014. Turning it into a much talked public...
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By reducing Greta Thunberg to a gullible 16-year-old, being used as a pawn by the “ultra-left” to peddle their ideas to the world, critics are committing two follies at once: infantilising Thunberg by...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The PM, From A Resident Of Ambedkar Colony
To, The Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi We the people from Ambedkar colony, wish to send our belated greetings to the Prime Minister on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the fifth...
View ArticleWhile The SC Has Restricted Further Felling Of Trees, Is It Enough To Save...
Image: Metro construction in progress at Cuffe Parade, Mumbai “It is the beginning of the end,” lamented Abhay Azad, a citizen activist who has been involved with the “Save Aarey” community for the...
View ArticleFar From Normal: Kashmir’s Forgotten Students
Since 2014, Kashmiri students have lost over two school years to floods, protests, curfew and violence. Amir (name changed), one of several young people I have come to know and teach in Srinagar, is...
View Articleइतिहास के आईने से कश्मीर की राजनीति और धर्म की कहानी
लेखक अनुराग पांडेय दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी में प्रोफेसर हैं। कश्मीर के इतिहास और वर्तमान स्थिति पर उनके लेखों की शृंखला की यह पहली कड़ी है। बचपन में लगभग हम सभी को एक दाढ़ी वाले बाबा की कहानी सुनाई जाती थी।...
View ArticleI Have Been Suicidal And This Is My Message To Those Who Are Struggling
Trigger Warning* “There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.” –Albert...
View ArticleIn 2019, Writing To The PM About Saving Our Democracy Is Considered Sedition?
You wake up and discover that it’s still 2019. Which has been a crazy year. And it’s getting crazier (and there is more in store, but later). “I couldn’t channel my inner Rip Van Winkle or even...
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लेखक अनुराग पांडेय दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी में प्रोफेसर हैं। कश्मीर के इतिहास और वर्तमान स्थिति पर उनके लेखों की शृंखला की यह दूसरी कड़ी है। पिछले लेख में आपने पढ़ा कि किस तरह अशोक के अतिरिक्त कारकोटा और...
View ArticleOur Growing Water Footprint Calls For Sustainable Irrigation Practices
Local ladies gather to fill water from the only well in the area at Gorai village, Borivli. In cases of severe water shortage, women become the people in the family to travel long distances to fetch...
View ArticleBangladesh Is Evolving And This Is What India Can Learn
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina looked forward to a golden period of India-Bangladesh relations in her recent visit to India. Today, India-Bangladesh relations have matured greatly and are at...
View ArticleFrom A Child Bride To An Advocate For Child’s Rights: This Woman Will Inspire...
Dawn just broke and the skies began to turn bright. My mother, rather hurriedly, woke me up saying, “Anuradha! Wake up! You need to do a lot of chores and get ready.” While my body refused to wake up,...
View ArticleWhat I Understood From The RSS Chief’s Statement In The Context Of Human Rights
On the occasion of Vijayadashmi, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief stated that mob lynching was a western concept and had emerged from the Bible. The statement is a blatant denial of the...
View Article68 Days Of Lockdown: Let’s Not Forget Kashmir This World Mental Health Week
People around the world are celebrating World Mental Health Week to support the ones who are suffering mental ailments, with the dual objective of spreading awareness, and ending the stigma that comes...
View ArticleBank Accounts For Women Are Not Enough: Financial Education Is Equally Important
By Sonal Jaitly: In recent times, financial inclusion has received tremendous attention from policymakers as a development objective. They see it as a prime facilitator for the efficient delivery of...
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लेखक अनुराग पांडेय दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी में असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर हैं। कश्मीर के इतिहास और वर्तमान स्थिति पर उनके लेखों की शृंखला की यह चौथी कड़ी है। लेख के पिछले तीन भागों में प्राचीन कश्मीर, मध्यकालीन...
View ArticleBengal: How Could A 10-Year-Old Be Raped While The Goddess Was Worshipped?
While West Bengal indulged in exorbitant revelries during Durga Puja, a festival essentially celebrating the prowess of the almighty goddess, a ten-year-old Muslim girl was brutally gang-raped and...
View ArticleWhat Do The Ramayana, ‘Star Wars’ And ‘Joker’ have In Common?
Chiaroscuro is the artistic usage of contrasts between the dark and light, with its main principle being that of the solidity of a form, which is best achieved by the effect of light falling on it,...
View Article1 In 3 Of The World’s Child Brides Are Indian. Here’s How It Can Change.
Reena (name changed) woke up early one morning, feeling extremely excited. She was going home to see her family after a long time. More importantly, her mother had promised that she would be getting...
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