Why Does Youth Participation Matter In Local Government?
By Gurusaravanan M, Chairperson, Institute of Grassroots Governance & Inbarasan K G, General Secretary, Institute of Grassroots Governance According to the India Youth Development Index 2017...
View ArticleIn Photos: COVID-19 Welfare Measures In Rajasthan And Himachal Pradesh Explained
The pandemic has been a major disruptive force in India’s welfare system. But, to what extent? Explore the following two photo essays to understand the COVID-19 welfare measures that have been taken in...
View ArticleIf This Political And Media Culture Continue, Democracy Will End Up In A Coffin
When people trust each other and distrust their politicians, they get a democracy. When people distrust each other and trust their supreme leader you get fascism. The question is how do you express...
View ArticleThe Indian Language Is Politicised And So Is Instagram
Dear reader, I’m assuming you can read this. If you can, then you were probably educated in an ‘English-medium’ school on the Indian subcontinent. Most likely, you live in a big city. It’s probable...
View ArticleUmar Khalid’s Arrest Is Another Attack On Dissent In A Democracy
Umar Khalid was arrested by the Delhi Police under UAPA, in relation to the Anti-CAA protests. Umar Khalid was arrested on September 13, 2020. We might as well add this date to the growing list of...
View Articleझारखंड: बच्चों के पास नहीं था स्मार्टफोन तो टीचर ने ढूंढ निकाला यह नायाब तरीका
लॉकडाउन की भयावह स्थिति से गुज़रते हुए पिछले छह महीने से विश्व के तकरीबन सभी छोटे-बड़े देश मैराथन बंदी का अभिशाप झेलने पर मजबूर हैं। इस दौरान पूरी दुनिया में जन-जीवन पूरी तरह ठहर सा गया है। इस वैश्विक...
View ArticleSensational and Narcissistic: Why There Is Nothing Exclusive About Indian...
The launch of Hickey’s Bengal Gazette, India’s first newspaper heralded the arrival of an age defined by media. Since then, public opinion has never remained the same. It is widely acknowledged that...
View ArticleFact Check: Is Ozone Layer Healing Because Of The Covid-19 Lockdown?
Well, there’s a popular myth going on among people nowadays that the Ozone layer is healing itself because of the Covid-19 lockdown! Netizens from all over the world are claiming that healing of the...
View ArticleHas Indian Media “Crossed Over To The Dark Side”?
The fourth estate of democracy, media, has a powerful influence in the country. However, in recent years, media has been subjected to a lot of criticism for the manner in which they have disregarded...
View Article“From Being A Confident Risk-taker, I Had Become Fearful Of My Own Decisions”
By Dilip Pattubala This article is part of Failure Files, a special series conceived in partnership with Acumen Academy, where social change leaders chronicle their failures and lessons learnt. I am...
View Article#PledgeAPeriod: Myna Mahila Foundation Is Empowering Girls In Mumbai Slums
Naamra a 20-year-old, who dropped out of college during her 2nd year had attended a menstrual hygiene management session with the Myna Mahila Foundation last year, where she learned gender attitudes,...
View ArticleA Tale Of Tattered Dreams: Angry IMU Kolkata Students Share Why They Feel...
Marine Engineering graduates, from the so-called best institute of not only the country but Asia as well, are expected to land a job in the sector without many difficulties. But this isn’t the tale of...
View ArticleShould Menstruators Get Paid Leave?
According to me, menstruators should most definitely get paid menstrual leaves. Menstruation and the various symptoms of it are entirely biological and are neither in the person’s control nor to their...
View ArticleHow Can ‘Responsible’ Journalism Save And Strengthen Our Democracy?
If it were left on me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter,” said Thomas Jefferson....
View ArticleIs The Indian Media Biased? Read What Our YKA Users Had To Say!
This Day of Democracy, we asked our users if they believe our journalists are doing their jobs effectively, or completely moving focus away from critical issues like the falling GDP, loss of jobs and...
View ArticleHow Community Platforms Can Help Bolster Urban Sanitation And Urban India’s...
By Aravindan Srinivasan, Associate Director, Urban Sanitation Representational image. The COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated the importance of decentralised and localised action to be able to impact...
View ArticleWhat’s Stopping The Media From Being Inclusive And NOT Xenophobic?
Sometime in the month of March, a woman suffering from intense abdominal pain from a pre-diagnosed urinal tract infection was denied treatment in a renowned hospital at Kolkata, West Bengal. She then...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Has Taught Us The Biggest Lesson: Strengthen Your Education System
Authors: Haniya, Malika Iyer, Revathi Satish, Sharanya Maheshwary & Simran Sharma There is a common saying among Indians which roughly translates to, “Do well in life, especially with your...
View ArticleMeet ‘Royal Dinesh’, A ‘Digital Creator’ Raiding Zoom Classes For Fun
A lot has been written about the way teachers are treated or ill-treated by the students during the online class sessions. I won’t talk about the way students are behaving in those classes, but I have...
View ArticleMasaba Masaba: Seeing The New Netflix Series Through Queer Eyes
The new web series on Netflix based on the life of Masaba and Neena Gupta is like a fresh breath of air. However, the GenZ lifestyle has some Queerphobia and may pinch the queer eyes. Masaba Masaba is...
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