This Republic Day, Let Population Data Tell You Where The Hindu Rashtra Truly...
Growing up, I remember being very excited for Republic Day each year. While I always struggled with getting up early, but that one particular day I woke up before the alarm rang. The feeling of pride...
View ArticleOpinion: Is This The India We Wanted When We Elected This Govt?
It is really appalling to see a new issue spring up every other day in our country. Especially at a time when every issue out there, is an agenda item for major political parties to politicise for...
View ArticleThe Queer Community And The Fear Of Statelessness
We are a country governed by the Rule of Law. Our Constitution confers certain rights on every human being and certain other rights on citizens. Every person is entitled to equality before the law and...
View ArticleWondering Why India Ranks As A ‘Flawed Democracy’? Here Are 22 Possible Reasons
What Leads To The Fall Of Democracies? Recently, the Democracy Index Report was released by the EIU and a countrywide debate started, on the fall of India by 10 odd places i.e from 51 to 41; citing the...
View ArticleBezwada Wilson On His Fight Against Manual Scavenging And Systemic...
By Smarinita Shetty, Sneha Philip: Bezwada Wilson is a crusader against manual scavenging and the systemic discrimination that it perpetrates against the Dalit community. Born into a Dalit family that...
View Article“Gandhi and Godse Are Ideologies. We Have To Adopt Gandhi And Reject Godse”
We are going through an era, where I believe, every day a Godse is brought before us. A couple of days ago, we all saw how a “Gopal” (FB profile name) came and shot at a student outside Jamia Milia...
View Article“आंगनबाड़ी सेविकाओं को स्मार्ट फोन के बजाए सही मानदेय देते तो उनका ही पोषण हो...
जहां एक और बसंत की आहट है, वहीं बजट की सुगबुगाहट भी बढ़ गई है और इस सुगबुगाहट के बढ़ने की एक खास वजह गिरती इकोनॉमी और बेरोज़गारी है। जिसे 40 साल की सबसे खराब स्थिति माना जा रहा है। वहीं अर्थशास्त्र...
View ArticleAnti-CAA Movement: Relentless Solidarity And Fraternity In The Time Of Protests
When Chandrashekhar Azad emerged from the crowd holding Babasaheb Ambedkar’s portrait in one hand and India’s Constitution in the other, at Delhi’s Jama Masjid amidst anti-CAA protesting crowd, while...
View ArticleA Love Letter To Myself: “I Am Done Living Life With An Instagram Filter.”
I have been diagnosed with PTSD and suffer from depression and anxiety. Last year in November, I found myself in the ICU because I had reached the end of my rope. So yes, I had a mental breakdown and...
View ArticleMy Brother, Sharjeel Imam
Sharjeel Imam, my brother Sharjeel Imam. Being his only sibling, I can assure you that no other person on this earth has seen him from closer quarters than I have. Who Is Sharjeel Imam? I am writing...
View ArticleHow Climate Change Is Making It Harder For People To Prove Their Identities
How restless do you feel when you don’t find an important document that proves your identity? Just imagine losing your driving license or academic mark sheet or passport! Losing documents can be a...
View ArticleWhy Were 51 Queer Youth Charged With Sedition At Mumbai Pride?
There is a deliberate rift being created within the queer community in India,” says Rachana, a founding member of the Telangana Hijra Intersex Trans Samiti. She shares a panel with four other trans and...
View Article“Why Should Society Ever Get To Decide Who You Fall In Love With?”
Let love, irrespective of all social borders, be celebrated. Representational image. We have grown up with stories about love and romance. Each and every person around us is probably wishing for that...
View Article“The Supreme Court May Or May Not Save The Constitution, But People Of India...
By Abhyudaya Tyagi On November 25, 1949, as he addressed the Constituent Assembly of India for the final time, B.R. Ambedkar did not hesitate in acknowledging the limits of the constitution that he had...
View ArticleIf You Score 3/10 On This Quiz, You Often Get Fooled By Fake News
Separating fact from fiction used to be a pretty straightforward process. Not in the last few years, though. The advent of fake news in our social media feeds has meant that, now more than ever, it has...
View Articleमहिलाओं के इस आंदोलन से उनकी सामाजिक स्थिति किस हद तक बदलने वाली है?
तेरे गुरूर को जलाएगी, वो आग हूं, आकर देख मुझे, मैं शाहीन बाग हूं। नागरिकता संशोधन कानून और NRC को लेकर महिलाओं के अहिंसक प्रतिरोध की यह आग अब शाहीन बाग से निकलकर देश के कई हिस्सों में फैल चुकी है। इस...
View ArticleA ‘Republic Of Inequality’ Or PM Modi’s 5 Trillion Dollar Economy?
Soon after assuming office for the second term in May 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi aimed for a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024. Earlier, speaking at the release of BJP election manifesto in...
View Articleपंजाब में हज़ारों लोगों को गुलाम बनाकर करवाई जा रही है मज़दूरी
आपने रोमन साम्राज्य में दास प्रथा के बारे में सुना होगा, आपने एक समय में अमेरिका में अश्वेत लोगों को दास बनाने के बारे में पढ़ा होगा, आपने आज की लीबिया में चल रही दास प्रथा की खबर न्यूज़ चैनलों पर...
View ArticleOpinion: “The Institution Of Marriage Is An Instrument Of Brahminical...
In the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting, the protagonist, Will Hunting (played by Matt Damon) is a 20-year-old mathematical autodidact, and an undiscovered genius with a neurological philosopher’s stone –...
View ArticleWhy Is Valentine’s Day, And The Love That It Celebrates, Such A Threat?
Would you spend a romantic evening with your date over a day of worshipping your parents? By the end of the article, you will have a clear answer, regardless of your political/religious stand. This...
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