Dalit Bahujan Rappers Are Resisting Caste, One Beat At A Time
Some time back, I mixed into celebrations of a rapper, Saurabh (100RBH) from Amravati (Maharashtra), who had rapped alongside Sid Sriram in Nagraj Manjule’s Hindi debut Jhund. On the surface level,...
View ArticlePoem: I Couldn’t Keep Up With You
I couldn’t keep up. With everything that you thought was life. Life for me was reading The Bell Jar again and again till I could imagine the sound of chatter Plath’s teeth made during her electroshock...
View ArticleWhy The Indian Women’s Cricket Team Lost Its First ODI Series In 3 Years
The Indian women’s national cricket team, who was the finalist of the T20 World Cup but lost the deciding match to Australia, has won seven out of eight ODI (one day international) series. Despite...
View Article“And The Oscar For The Worst Joke Goes To…”
Trigger warning: violence, body shaming, queerphobia, rape The Will Smith-Chris Rock controversy will never die down. It’s tragic how celebrities we’ve always looked up to fall to such depraved...
View Article‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ Teaches Us 5 Important Business Lessons
If you’ve ever Googled “best personal finance books to read,” “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is almost certainly near the top of the list. The book imparts valuable business lessons. It was written by Robert...
View ArticleFrom Matir Bhaar To Boi Para, Kolkata’s Heritage Hovers Like A Musical Verse
As I look from the edge of the glimmering ocean, I could see a city in the east, Which is adorned with a complete blend of culture and heritage. At daybreak, with the rising of the sun, When the night...
View ArticleThis World Heritage Day, Let’s Take A Trip Down Delhi’s Memory Lane
In the month of March, when the falling leaves add to the terrific beauty of Delhi’s appearance, my Instagram feed was filled with beautiful reels of Lodhi garden and Humayun’s tomb. Allured by the...
View ArticleEver Wondered How Campaigns Like #JusticeForSSR Function Online? Astroturfing!
It’s June 2020, the first wave of covid-19; it’s been three months since the lockdowns started, six months since the epidemic was a pandemic. If you are lucky, you are at home, stuck in the same...
View Article“As You Grow Up, Sundays Stop Feeling Like One”
“This house is a broken Louvre.” It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. Sunday is a prelude to the blues that Monday will bring. As you grow up, Sundays stop feeling like one. It’s a puddle of thoughts,...
View ArticleGive Young People More Than Just A Seat At The Table
by Ada Grewal and Yashi Jain 600 million Indians, about half of the country’s population, are under the age of 25. The potential of the demographic dividend and the promise of this population is widely...
View ArticleOpinion: Politics, ‘Ganda Hai Par Dhandha Hai Yeh’
Trigger warning: violence, Islamophobia, Covid-19 deaths A country like India has a familiar face in world politics, which is secular and democratic. But, the bitter truth is that the reality is...
View ArticleReview: How ‘K.G.F: Chapter 2’ Struck Gold With Its Punches And Punchlines
Some spoilers ahead! For those who haven’t seen the previous instalment, the first chapter of “K.G.F” traces the journey of Rocky bhai (“rocking star” Yash), the son of a working class woman who has...
View ArticleHave We Ever Thought Who Occupies The Gullies Hip-Hop Is Based On?
For a country that runs on the ideology of caste, India hasn’t had an official caste census since 1931; naturally, it remains the biggest elephant in the room that goes unaccounted for in every data,...
View ArticlePoem: My Father’s Gramophone
Day 24 of the #NaPoWriMo Memories of a grand gramophone, I fondly recall. Built by my father in the style of the Victorian era. It was a hand-crafted, massive, wooden box, With ornamental wood carvings...
View Article“If You Want To Encourage Women To Practice Law, Make Provisions For Them”
In India, women have been fighting for their space in the legal profession from as early as the start of the 20th century. In its initial stages, it was about having the right to be recognised as a...
View ArticleWhat Happens In Every Indian Examination Hall? Here’s An Honest Review!
The examination scene in any exam hall in my college, and in any other educational institution these days, is as intense and entertaining as it can get. People usually prefer to appear full of...
View ArticleCODA, The Film, Inspired Me To Write About Life As A ‘SODA’
Recently, a friend of mine reached out and asked if I had seen the film “CODA”. At the time, it was nominated for the Oscars. I had been living in blissful ignorance of the Oscars this year, and so, I...
View Article“मेरे मोटापे की वजह से लोग कहते हैं कि ब्रा पहनकर आया कर”
देश की रखवाली करने वाली पुलिस या कोई सिविल डिफेंस यानि आपके लिए डिफेंस का काम करने वाला सिपाही जब आपको आपके समलैंगिक होने का बोध कराता है, तो आप सन्न रह जाते हैं। जैसे मैं! नोएडा से दिल्ली की ओर आते...
View ArticleWho Can Save Democracy in the Digital World? Hint: It’s NOT Elon Musk
This is the final part of the three-part series on ‘rise of misinformation and astroturfing‘ as a part of the Justicemakers’ Writer’s Training Program, run in partnership with Agami and Ashoka’s Law...
View ArticleFor Me, To Exist Was A Battle. On Being A Queer Student In India
TW: Mentions of homophobic slurs, homophobia Growing up throughout my school years, I watched my other friends. They didn’t have to act one way inside and a different way outside. The last few months...
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