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A Flyover Collapsed, People Died, But In Kolkata It Is Politics As Usual:...
By Tanushree Bhasin for Youth Ki Awaaz: There are few things as political as bridges and flyovers in India. Operating as metaphors for the all-encompassing electoral chant of ‘development’, these...
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Ground Report: Students At NIT Srinagar Explain What Exactly Went Down On Campus
By Daanish Bin Nabi for Youth Ki Awaaz: Cheering for any side that defeated India in cricket was a routine at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, like in the rest of the valley, till the...
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As The Scorching Heat Wave In India Kills Many, Is The Govt. Prepared For...
By Shreeshan Venkatesh: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. Image credit: DTE/Sunil Kumar Singh. For the first time in its 140 year history, the India Meteorological Department...
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What Is Assam Thinking: A Look At The Word On The Streets, This Election
By Minakshi Bujarbaruah for Youth Ki Awaaz: Image source: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi The current air in Assam is such that the election vibe is affecting even those who think themselves to be apolitical. If...
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Odd-Even Is Back, And Delhi CM Kejriwal Is “Seriously Considering” Making It...
By DTE Staff: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. The second phase of the much-hyped odd-even scheme will start from April 15 and continue for a fortnight, Delhi Chief Minister...
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Who Says Girls Can’t Be Kickass Gamers? Aunty Feminist On ‘Boy Things’ That...
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan for Youth Ki Awaaz: Hi everyone, I may have to do an edition of why-do-you-hate-feminism soon judging by the comments on the last column, but lucky for you, this is not...
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You Know The Country Is #InDeepShit When People Who Clean It, Live Like This
By Abhimanyu Singh: Mohammad Hashinoor Islam. Photo credit: Abhimanyu Singh Mohammad Hashinoor Islam, 15, has never been to school. Noor, as he likes to be known, works as a rag picker. He came to...
View ArticleWatch: In 3 Minutes, 5 Solid Reasons To Convince You That Delhi Needs The...
By Down To Earth: Note: This video has been republished from Down To Earth. The Delhi Government launches Round 2 of the Odd-Even scheme from 15th of April, 2016. After completing the first phase in...
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What We Need Is ‘Environmentalism Of The Poor’: Sunita Narain On Earth Day
By Down To Earth: “As the world closes down on another Earth Day today, it is time we asked ourselves whether these ritualistic displays really mean anything. What is the kind of environmentalism that...
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Dear Aunty Feminist, What Exactly Is Patriarchy?
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan: Hello everybody! Hope your first few weeks of summer have been filled with iced tea, good books and letting people know your stand on sexism in the workplace. Let’s begin....
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Do You Know How The British Acquired Land For The Rashtrapati Bhavan And...
By Rajat Ghai: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. Rashtrapati Bhavan under construction. Jeet Singh (right). Credit: ‘New Delhi: Making Of A Capital’ (Roli Books). The...
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#JusticeForJisha – Why Her Being Dalit Matters
By Karthik Shankar: Image posted by Justice For Jisha on Facebook 22 months before Nirbhaya jolted our collective consciousness, the tragic tale of Soumya who was raped and murdered, and thrown from a...
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Kailash Satyarthi Writes To PM About The Horrors Faced By Children In...
By Jitendra: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has drawn the former’s attention towards the...
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A Den Of Sex Rackets And Anti-Nationals: What This ‘Mystery’ Dossier Says...
By Abhimanyu and Abhimanyu Singh: JNUTA Secretary Vikramaditya at the meeting. Credit: Abhimanyu Recently, on May 2, the Jawaharlal Nehru Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) held a press conference. Among...
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Youth And The City: The Point About India’s ‘Urban Poor’ That Everyone Missed
By Titas De Sarkar: It all started with a few anecdotes. Bear with me while I bite the dust. So, this friend of mine comes to Delhi, with an adequately paid job. However what she really likes to do is...
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Leopards In This Village Boosted Its Tourism, But Then Things Went Horribly Bad
By Yogendra Singh Mertiya: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. The leopard is the most elusive of all big cats Credit:Mitchell Fitzsimmons/Flickr About 130 kilometres south of...
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No Room For Dalits In India’s Newsrooms, Reporter Finds Only 3 In All Of...
By Maitreyee Boruah for Youth Ki Awaaz: Image posted by Divya Trivedi on Facebook. Had it not been for Rohith Vemula’s heart-rending account of his early life as a Dalit in the note he left behind, it...
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A Transgender Woman In Delhi Pens A Powerful Letter To CM Kejriwal. Will He...
Submitted anonymously: Dear Mr. Kejriwal, I have been living as a woman in Delhi for the past 5 years. Cisgender people often fail to understand what this might mean. To a transgender person who is...
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Dear Aunty Feminist, Is It Fair That Single Women Face The Brunt Of Maternity...
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan for Youth Ki Awaaz: Greetings of the day, as the PR emails that still come into my inbox, put it. I’m in Bangalore, on a sort of vacation, but never too busy to talk...
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Income Tax Data Shows Shocking Levels Of Tax Evasion And Fraud In India
By Nissim Mannathukkaren: Thrasymachus: When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income… I tell you, Socrates, injustice— when practised on a...
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