Productivity At What Cost?
By Lavanya Garg, Mansi Kabra Back in May 2019, we were visiting a large garment factory in Arsikere, Karnataka, when we asked some of the workers, “What would you do if you got Saturdays off?” Their...
View ArticleExplained: What India’s New Labour Codes Mean For Women And Persons With...
Written by: Megha Chandra On September 19, 2020, the new Labour Codes were passed which are fated to be brought into force by the end of 2020. These Labour Codes seek to consolidate a myriad of labour...
View ArticleDirect To Digital: Will OTTs Replace The Theatre Experience Post Pandemic?
These are unprecedented times and the world is slowly, and somewhat reluctantly, accepting the fact that life post Covid-19 will not be the same. With most of the activities shifting to the virtual...
View Article“वाजपेयी जी, काश बीजेपी वाले आपसे सीख पाते कि कैसे किया जाता है विपक्षियों का...
कहते हैं कि अगर किसी नेता को अच्छे से समझना हो तो उसके विरोधी को भी सुन लेना चाहिए। ऐसे में मुझे भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी का वह भाषण याद आता है, जो उन्होंने संसद में पंडित जवाहरलाल...
View ArticleTruly ‘Swachh’? India’s Sanitation Strategies REALLY Need An Overhaul
Out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG 6 specifically refers to ‘ clean water and sanitation,’ wherein there are 8 targets and 11 indicators. World Toilet Day has celebrated every year...
View ArticleHow Can We Talk About Accessibility If I Can’t Even Use Food Delivery Apps?
Many people think of ramps and braille labels whenever they think of accessibility. But, is that it? Before getting into this question, let’s deal with what accessibility means. Accessibility is when...
View Article‘Anti-National, Urban Naxals’: The Target Of All Chargesheets Of The Past Year
Trigger warning: Mentions of rape, caste-based violence A charge sheet in the Delhi riots case has been filed, but contrary to our expectations, the rabble-rousers in the streets whom we all saw in our...
View ArticleOnly 78 Women Judges Out Of 1,079 Judges Is Telling Of Sexism In Our Judiciary
Written by: Sheena Verma A recent report by Smashboard, a New Delhi and Paris-based non-profit, stated that female representation in the Indian judiciary is dismal, and that’s keeping sexism alive. The...
View Article“I’ve Gone From Being A Victim Of Gender-Based Violence To A Champion Of...
“ Yaar come to Instagram” a friend texted me the other day. “You’re doing such amazing work, why aren’t you there?” I didn’t know what to say. How do you tell a friend, someone who’s unemployed, stuck...
View ArticleWill Muslims ‘Outnumber’ Hindus In India In The Near Future?
Population explosion is an age-old issue in India, but it gained traction once again after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned it in his 2019 Independence Day speech. PM Modi, known to generally...
View ArticleMy Struggle With TB Only Strengthened My Resolve To Fulfil My Dreams
TW: Mention of suicidal thoughts. Mumbai, the city of dreams- that’s where I was born and raised. Like all of those young people in the big city, I was ambitious with dreams in my eyes. I was found to...
View ArticleEducation In India Needs An Overhaul
By Sharanya Menon Over the last decade, learning outcomes for children in India have steadily declined. This is despite an increase in budgeted expenditure on education, from INR 3.6 lakh crore to INR...
View Article15 वर्षीय दलित लड़की का जलना आत्महत्या या सोची-समझी साज़िश?
हम एक ऐसे दौर में हैं, जब हर घटना हर खबर हर अत्याचार एक आम सी बात लगती है। जैसे यह लिखते वक्त मुझे ये घटना किसी पिछली घटना का आईना लग रही है या कहें आगे घटने वाली किसी घटना की परछाई। खैर, जब घटनाएं...
View Article“काश पुरुषों के रोने पर यह समाज उन्हें मर्दानगी के पैमाने याद ना दिलाता”
पितृसत्तात्मक सोच से जन्मी मर्दानगी के कई पैमाने होते हैं। ये पैमाने हमें परिवार और समाज द्वारा प्रत्यक्ष और अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से सिखाए जाते हैं। ये वे पैमाने हैं, जिन पर हर पुरुष को खरा उतरना पड़ता है।...
View Article“पुरुषों को पहले श्रेष्ठ बनाओ उसके बाद अंतरराष्ट्रीय पुरुष दिवस मनाओ”
19 नवम्बर 2020 को हर सोशल मीडिया पर एक तंज़ कसा जा रहा था। दरअसल 19 नवम्बर को अन्तराष्ट्रिय पुरुष दिवस मनाया जाता है। जो कि हर वर्ष पुरुष एवं बालकों के राष्ट्र, समाज, समुदाय, परिवार में उनके योगदान के...
View ArticleTen Ways To Be An Ally This Transgender Day Of Remembrance
Last month the dead body of a person was found in her home in a water drum filled with salt and covered with a cloth. That was the body of Sangeetha; a body that was different from others and hence...
View ArticleHas Our Response To Health Crises Changed: Comparing The Plague Of 1665 And...
Progress is by far the most powerful and profound of all the delusions that humans have taught themselves to make sense of an otherwise bewildering reality. Particularly in times of grave crisis such...
View ArticleIs A Chinese Boycott Possible In Presence Of The Capitalistic Indian Bonhomie...
As written on June 21, 2020 The veracity behind the travesty of Indian borders must prevail. Else, one will be lost in the labyrinth of words spoken by the Prime Minister about Indo-China’s border...
View ArticleI’m Hindu By Birth, My Partner A Muslim. The Love Jihad Bill Has No Say In My...
I, as a citizen of the nation that Dr Ambedkar strove indefatigably to build, understand the Constitution as my Bible. It is the only morality we are called to align with. It is imbued with equality,...
View ArticleWhy Has The Pandemic Led To A Rise In Domestic Violence Cases?
India, like the rest of the world today, is fighting with the COVID- 19 induced pandemic that has changed our lifestyles, work culture, habits, and introduced us to OTT platforms that we never knew...
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