The Period Project: Why Teachers Need To Be At The Forefront To Talk About MHM
While the world is dealing with COVID -19, it’s the marginalised people who have been affected the most. COVID-19 has led to a decrease in access to sexual and reproductive health services, and the...
View ArticleYouth Skills Day: Reimagining The Future Of Work Post COVID
Millions of students in India have been affected by the closure of schools and colleges due to the COVID lockdown. We are all figuring out ways to understand and find our place in this new normal....
View ArticleA Step-By-Step Guide On Boosting Your Immune System Naturally
As the world experiences unprecedented times with healthcare, strengthening your immune system is your biggest responsibility as an individual. This is an unfamiliar situation around the world in terms...
View ArticleIDR Interviews: “Our Cities Urgently Need A Water Literacy Movement”
By Saahil Kejriwal and Smarinita Shetty: Rajendra Singh is a water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar, Rajasthan. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2001 and the Stockholm Water Prize,...
View ArticleDon’t Miss These Nine Postcard Stories About Young Girls’ Periods
When we talk about periods and menstruation, we often talk about breaking taboos, and breaking silence. But what if we could move on to talking about periods as just another part of our lives — as...
View Article#ChildrenCopingInACrisis: 7 Youth Activists Talk About Their Mental Health...
TW: This article talks about suicide. Mental health, as we know it, is still viewed as a taboo in our society. This deeply entrenched culture has meant that the new generation of children and youth,...
View ArticleI Wasn’t Born Yesterday, I Understand All That’s Happening In India
In an era of infodemic, it is easy to get deceived by purported objectives of any move that is made public. However, to crack the code, you do not always need to be an expert. In an attempt to be head...
View Article“Is Losing Oneself In The Process Of Becoming A Mother Worth It?”
The other day, my grandma was telling us about her childhood. She was the sixth sibling among the seven kids. Her mother had borne five daughter and two brothers, before succumbing to death during the...
View ArticleMedication And Counselling Might Not Be The Ultimate Answer To Mental Health....
Trigger warning: Suicide, acute mental conditions The pandemic has brought the concern of mental health and its severe manifestations (suicide, domestic violence) to the forefront. It’s about time, so...
View Article“This Lockdown Has Been A Period Full Of Revelations For Me”
Image provided by the author. I have vivid memories of the day I decided to let go of my four differently sized, hard-bound diaries that were fully scribbled through. After all, my high-school self was...
View Articleझारखंड में अब तक 1200 से ज़्यादा महिलाओं को डायन बताकर मार दिया गया है
ओझा-गुनी, झाड़-फूंक और जादू-टोना के अंधविश्वास में आकर झारखंड के ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में महिलाओं के साथ शोषण-उत्पीड़न, सामूहिक बलात्कार, अत्याचार व उनकी हत्या का सिलसिला बदस्तूर जारी है। आदिवासी, दलित,...
View Article‘Indian Matchmaking’ And The Tradition Of Caste Endogamy
Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there’s no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die,”- True Love, Wislawa Szymborska. In the Netflix Series Indian...
View ArticleWorsening State Finances During COVID-19 Require Course Correction
The Union government recently announced a special economic stimulus package of ₹20 lakh crore under the Atmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Union government recently...
View Article“आउटसाइडर्स को कार्यस्थल पर तंग करना सिर्फ बॉलीवुड नहीं, हर जगह होता है”
सुशांत सिंह राजपूत के जाने के बाद ऐसा लग रहा है जैसे अपने बीच का कोई चला गया हो। जैसे कि वह हम में से ही कोई एक था, हमारे जैसा ही था। ‘छोटे शहर’ वालों की तरह ही सपने देखा करता था। बंद आंखों वाले सपने...
View ArticleLess Likely To Return To Schools Post Lockdown, The Pandemic Has Hit Girls...
The most vulnerable are destined to pay the heaviest price for their existence in what is an exploitative, bourgeois world exercising its unbridled hegemony over them. It is a jagged pill to swallow,...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Art Of Ramayana Ballet Will Surely Mesmerize You!
The trend of events in the past one year involving Lord Ram has been very interesting starting from the verdict on Ram Mandir to the very recent statement given out by the Nepalese Prime Minister K. P....
View Article“The amount of dirt I have to see; I skip my meals on most days.”
The Adi Ganga running down South Kolkata’s Tollygunge area, an essential water channel, has now turned into a toxic sewer due to untreated waste discharge. The air around it is unbreathable. People...
View Article“I Am A Feminist With Or Without A Bra”
Fake feminism is the raging new trend. Feminism is the belief that women should have equal rights as men, and adding the word ‘fake‘ to it makes it a bit complex and nonsensical. To me, it’s just...
View ArticleI Tested Positive For COVID-19 And This Is What The Road To Recovery Was Like!
I write this today with the hope that it ends up helping some readers on how to navigate the uncertainty that comes with being tested positive for COVID-19. “Your results are back, and you have been...
View Article‘Rasbhari’ Is An Attempt To Reason With The Pride And Prejudices Of Gender...
I was impressed and swayed by the artwork and performance of Swara Bhaskar in Anarkali of Arrah (2017) when I watched it in August 2017. I still reminisce on her beautiful and bold expression, artwork,...
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