Courtesy Amazon, Cardboard Became The New Plastic During The Lockdown
While Amazon sales hit records high, the pile of its cardboard boxes is getting taller day by day. The e-commerce company saw a gain of 47% year on year for the second quarter of 2020. The demand for...
View ArticleWhere Are The ‘Dalit’ Struggles In Textbooks?
When I asked “How many leaders, icons, public personalities from ‘Dalit’ communities have you got to learn in your school history classes and books?,” Shramana Karmakar, a student of St. Xavier’s...
View ArticleA Conversation That Requires Our Attention: Menstruation In Prisons In India
By Joyoti Chowdhury The lack of proper menstrual hygiene management (MHM) facilities is a huge concern in the country. The conversation around MHM amongst menstruating prisoners in India has received...
View Article‘I Couldn’t Take The Taunts Anymore’: Indian Men Open Up About Oppressive...
By Kiran Rai: From playthings to grown-up stuff, the lines of what men can and cannot do are very clearly drawn. And the social pressure to conform has burst many a young dreams. If you thought...
View Article“We Will Continue To Sit For Our Demands, We Women Will Continue To Lead It”
“We are sitting here for our rights and will peacefully continue our movement,” said Gurbhej Rohiwala, a farmer from Chak Roranwala. He is sitting near the stage at Pakoda Chowk in Tikri, on the border...
View ArticleOpinion: Farmer Protest Is A Lesson In How Dissent Should NOT Be Treated In A...
“ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness…”, so wrote Charles Dickens...
View ArticleWhy Nutrition Levels In Children Are Declining Even As Harvest Is Increasing
Introduction Food security refers to availability, affordability and accessibility of food. However, the latest NFHS shows a different story. One can infer disproportionality in affordability and...
View ArticleOpinion: The Left’s Stand In Bengal Is BJP’s Win, More Than Mamata’s Loss.
West Bengal is seeped in left history, from revolutionary movements such as Naxalbadi and Tebhaga to cultural icons such as Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen (among others) delving into class and Marxist...
View ArticleA Matrimony Website For Matchmaking BITSian Pride And Prejudice
Lo and behold! To you, I bring a groundbreaking invention in the field of “business bias,” this time from the luminaries of my alma mater, BITS Pilani. In a recent post on one of the student...
View ArticleOpinion: The One Message That India Sent Out To The World With Disha Ravi’s...
Disha Ravi and all variations of her names have been the highlight of every news and social media channel in the country. Now that angry young woman Greta Thunberg has tweeted in support of the young...
View ArticleDrishyam Is A Well-Written Series, With A Brilliant Climax, But One BIG Letdown
TW: Sexual violence Spoiler alert! However, the movie is not without loopholes. The movie has come under fire from certain sections amidst the huge praise pouring in for the sequel. Especially the...
View ArticleFor Sale: Why Is Smuggling Of Exotic Birds And Animals Not A Crime Yet?
The article titled ‘Need for Laws to Prevent Smuggling of Exotic Animal Species in India’ dated August 13, 2018, talks about the illegal presence of a wide variety of animal species at different...
View Article“Of Course Chacha Ji, You’re Entitled To Comment On The Length Of My Shorts”
“Can you at least wear a three fourth pair of pants instead of those shorts? Your hair was so long and beautiful, why did you cut it? Why do you have so much make-up on at home? Lost a little weight...
View ArticleHow Prepared Are We REALLY To Smash Patriarchy, Daily?
That time of the year is here when the internet is flooded with advertisements ahead of ‘Women’s day’. From clothing line to bath essentials, each and every brand is affixed on the idea of selling...
View ArticleOne Doesn’t Stand Up To Patriarchy By Newspaper Headline-Worthy Acts ONLY
“But I’ve never stood up to patriarchy!” This was the first thought in my head when I sat down to write an article on how I stood up to patriarchy. Striving for some inspiration, I asked my small...
View ArticleChallenging The Brahmanical Patriarchy Isn’t A One-Woman Job
TW: Domestic violence The tradition of denying women their agency is an ancient one in our country. Women are viewed as ‘objects’ or ‘property’ to be handed down from one male relation to another. The...
View Article5 Posts By YKA Users That Reinforced My Faith In The Fight Against The...
The last year has not been kind to us. The pandemic, in arms with the patriarchy, has made life difficult for women and girls across the world in more ways than one. This Women’s Day, we asked the YKA...
View ArticleWater, Forest, Agriculture: What Is Maharashtra’s Action Plan For Climate...
Ecology. Development. Disasters. Climate Change. These buzzwords have become a part of our everyday discourse. With frequent occurrences of floods, droughts, cyclones, hailstorms, untimely rains and...
View ArticleWhat The Privacy Policy Of WhatsApp Actually Means And Why We Aren’t...
Pompeii is a city of legend and myth whose story got frozen in time by ash and dust in a catastrophe that could have been avoided to an extent had its inhabitants listened to Mount Vesuvius’ warnings....
View ArticleWe NEED To Change How We Report Crimes Against Women
By Havovi Wadia, Jyoti Nale-Tajane An increase in the number of recorded crimes is often cited as evidence of an increase in violence, particularly against women and children. However, as activists and...
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