Migrant Workers Are Returning To Cities, But Will They Get Their Due?
A few days ago, I went for grocery shopping at my regular local shop and to my surprise, I saw Kripal Bhai. He was there in his usual self, managing the customers, telling them the right price without...
View ArticleWhy Do Paliyar Tribals Leave Their Homes And Build New Ones During Termite...
Translated from Tamil by Nisha Felicita Did you know that the Paliyar tribe living in the Anamalai range in the Western Ghats leave or vacate their homes and move to new homes when the houses have a...
View Articleमध्य प्रदेश: मुख्यमंत्री के झूठे वादे से नाराज़ 5 गाँवों के लोगों ने की इच्छा...
जब से देश आज़ाद हुआ, गाँव आबाद हुआ तब से रास्ता नहीं दिखा। साल दर साल गुज़रते रहे उम्मीद बनी रही। इसी बीच सूबे के मुखिया वोट के जुगाड़ में ही सही लेकिन रास्ता भटक कर पड़ोस के गाँव से होकर गुज़रने वाले...
View Article“What’s The Point Of Having A ‘Bahu’ If We Have To Hire A Maid To Cook And...
In Indian society, in-laws who LET their daughter-in-law work are considered understanding, modern and the perfect in-laws in every way. Her right to do what she wants is basically portrayed as a...
View Article“इमामबाड़े में पुलिस ने दी रेप और एनकाउंटर करने की धमकी”
जब उन्होंने मुझे और मेरे साथी को काले लिबास में देखा, तो उन्होंने डंडे से हमारा रास्ता रोकने की कोशिश की। मैंने कहा क्या हुआ सर? तो बोले कहां जाना है? मैंने कहा मजलिस में जा रहे हैं शाहे मरदां...
View Articleदेश को पहला दलित मुख्यमंत्री देने वाले बिहार में दलितों का प्रतिनिधित्व इतना...
बिहार वह राज्य है जिसने देश को ना सिर्फ पहला राष्ट्रपति दिया, बल्कि देश के पहले दलित उप-प्रधानमंत्री से लेकर पहले मुख्यमंत्री के साथ-साथ पहली दलित महिला लोकसभा स्पीकर भी बिहार से ही रही हैं। आज बिहार...
View ArticleDid You Know That Men Suffer From Breast Cancer Too?
While breast cancer usually occurs in women, though rarer, it can also occur in men. When it does, breast cancer in men is deadlier than it is for women. Fei Wang’s 2019 study “Overall Mortality After...
View ArticleInsulting Sex Determination Tests, Blatant Disregard For LGBTQ+: A Lot Is...
We are the best in the world, have three World Cup championships and four Olympic championships… men’s players get paid more to just show up than we get paid to win major championships,” said Hope...
View ArticleThe Painful Story Of The Seasonal Migrant Workers In Madhya Pradesh
Every year after Diwali, Sunita Singh (name changed) along with her family members, which includes 6 male members, 4 young boys, 6 adolescents girls and 6 women, travel all the way from Raipur,...
View Article“भाषा आधारित भेदभाव ने कई बार मेरे आत्मविश्वास को तोड़ा”
कहते हैं, बच्चे ईश्वर का रूप होते हैं। उनके मन में किसी भी प्रकार का कोई बैर नहीं होता है। फिर यही बच्चे जब बड़े हो जाते हैं, तो वह सहज भाव को क्यों त्याग देते हैं? क्यों हम बड़े होने पर धर्म, जाति, भाषा...
View ArticleWhere Does India Stand In Economic Security And Infrastructure Development?
India is a democracy with a population of 131 crores. The key to the country’s economic growth is the long-term sustainable development of infrastructure. It is the moral responsibility of the...
View ArticleDear Congress, When Will You Learn That ‘Change Is The Only Constant’?
A letter of dissent was recently addressed to interim Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi by 23 senior members of the party including sitting MPs, chief ministers and former union ministers. It...
View ArticleBoisterous, Boundless And Bold: Dear Women, Live Life The Way You Want
A few weeks back, I watched this movie named ‘Shakuntala Devi’. With this, I remember in my school Kendriya Vidyalaya, we had four cultural houses and one among them was ‘Shakuntala Devi House’. That’s...
View ArticleAre You Terrified Of Your College Senior More Than Your College Dean?
One of the first and most vivid pieces of advice we receive on entering college is to keep our head down, avoid eye contact with absolutely anyone, and make ourselves as small and inconspicuous as...
View ArticleI Spent My Lockdown Reading Elif Shafak And I’m So Glad I Did
Elif Shafak is an experience. I had read The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak a few months before the lockdown. I remember being blown away by how personal her story felt. I wanted to read and...
View ArticleLeo Tolstoy’s Books Calm My Mind And Inspire Me
Leo Tolstoy was a renowned writer of the nineteenth century, yet only three of his works are discussed. He had written more than forty short stories, including novellas. His works like ‘War and Peace,’...
View ArticleError 404: Democracies Throughout The World Are In Danger!
The world order crippling every passing day during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised several questions. Nothing can indeed withstand the eternity of time. Everything that has glory today will fade...
View ArticleSadak 2 Review: This ‘Sadak’ Doesn’t Have a Destination In Sight
Yes, the growing prominence of ‘dharam gurus’ (Godmen) is a pressing concern. Dharam gurus have been selling baseless (and idiotic) spiritual ‘healing’ techniques for quite a while. Their power keeps...
View ArticleThe Great Role Reversal: When Journalists Became Entertainers
Digital media, breaking news culture, competition, and commercialization have yielded one significant change – role reversal among journalists and entertainers. Flashy and catchy titles, emotional...
View ArticleCan ‘Culture’ At A Company Prevent Sexual Harassment?
By Poorvi Gupta Culture is integral to our society and every section of society has a distinct culture, sometimes similar to others and sometimes different but always unique. One can think of culture...
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