Of Desolation And Silence: Kashmir A Year After The Revocation Of Its Autonomy
India of today is an absolutist saffron monarchy in the disguise of democracy where propagandist forms of religion and nationalism, both significant to gullible and frail minds, direct the entire...
View ArticleHow Greater Youth Participation Will Bring ‘Serious’ Issues to the Political...
In India, such discussions on popular science and social questions began in 1848 with the establishment of the first Students’ Literary and Scientific Society by several educated young men including...
View ArticlePaatal Lok: An Intersectional Feminist Reading
So I binged into Paatal Lok all night, quite later than everyone else, because I often feel subtle anxiety to watch something that most of the people seem to like overwhelmingly. Well, there is no...
View ArticleJaherthan, The Sacred Grove Of Adivasis In Jadugoda, Is Drowning In Nuclear...
Jharkhand’s Jadugoda is one of India’s biggest kept secrets- it is the land of a uranium mining facility since 1967 under the Uranium Corporation of India Limited. The company has a processing mill...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The Environment Ministry On The Draft EIA
We all care about the development of our nation—be it the progress made in the economic, education, health spheres, or any other sectors. But, whatever is happening around currently, and the rise of...
View ArticleThe Off Track Sushashan: Tracing The Straying Governance In Bihar
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Image Via Getty. In 2005, people of Bihar entrusted Nitish Kumar (JD(U) allied with BJP) for CM’s position. Before the 2010 election, he gained the title of ‘Sushasan Babu’. The...
View ArticleTo Delhi, With All My Love: “Jo Dil Ka Haal Hai, Wahi Dilli Ka Haal Hai”
It’s been five months since I came back to my hometown, and as fate would have it, it was just today that I stumbled upon a video that reminded me of everything that had made me fall head over heels in...
View ArticleDiversity And Inclusion: 10 Podcasts Indian Bosses Should Be Listening To
By Rajkanya Mahapatra Business leaders across the world are prioritising on making their companies more diverse and inclusive as research shows that a diverse workforce has a competitive advantage over...
View ArticleOpinion: “The Poor Screenplay Of ‘Shakuntala Devi’ Hijacks Its Average Script”
Vidya Balan in and as Shakuntala Devi conquers the script, but the script does no justice to her acting skills. The film by Anu Menon is an absolute celebration of Devi’s life as a mathematician and...
View ArticleCan We Talk About Casteism Within Queer Spaces Please?
By Jatin Pawar Every year, in pride marches across the country, the LGBTQIA+ community is seen at its best with rainbow props exhibited everywhere. From wearing lavish outfits to dancing, playing...
View ArticleNo, We Are Not ‘Stuck’ In The ‘Maze’ Of Caste System. We Are Its Creators.
The atrocities on Dalits are increasing at an alarming pace even after the enactment of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which got recently amended in 2015...
View Article“For Middle Class Families, Tackling The Pandemic Is More Important Than Ram...
Ayodhya welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, August 5, for the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ram Mandir. After decades of dispute on the Ayodhya matter, a five-judge Constitution...
View ArticlePart 1: The Truth Behind Integration Of Indian Princely States
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (Rajaji); The Governor-General of India. It has been said that in 1947, the British left India fragmented in hundreds of independent princely states with a supposedly...
View ArticlePart 2: The Truth Behind Integration Of Indian Princely States
Governor-General Rajaji and Prime Minister Nehru According to the narration of VP Menon, the integration of princely states into the rest of India was supervised not just by Prime Minister Jawaharlal...
View ArticleNEP 2020: Hits And Misses
By Madhukar Banuri and Siddesh Sarma The National Education Policy (NEP) was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on July 28, 2020. After a gap of 34 years, the Indian government consolidated...
View ArticleWhat Has Online Education Been Like For A Person With A Hearing Disability?
The first question I’m usually asked when I tell people I have hearing loss is, “Do you know sign language”? to which I respond with, “No. Oh, why?” and the proceeding list of questions are endless...
View ArticleIt’s High Time Education And Jobs Became An Issue In Bihar Elections
It doesn’t take rocket science to guess the issues on which elections are fought in Bihar. They are obviously the caste arithmetic, religious polarisation and personality cult of their leaders. For...
View ArticleHow Not To Offend Your Colleagues At Work
By Rajkanya Mahapatra: At work, communicating effectively with your colleagues is crucial to productive work life. The reasons why it’s important to communicate well, include but aren’t limited to...
View ArticleBreaking: Russia Becomes The First Country To Launch The Covid-19 Vaccine
In the race of vaccine development for the novel coronavirus, Russia is taking the lead. It is all set to launch Russia’s first vaccine in the world tomorrow. Successfully, this vaccine has completed...
View ArticleIn Its New Arbitrary Social Media Policy, NIFT Attacks The Freedom Of Speech...
In the midst of a pandemic, as NIFT students grappled with anxiety regarding the future, their tensions were a compounded with a fee hike notice. When some of them tried to protest against this...
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