“मुझे तीन साल से अपने ही घर में कैद कर दिया गया है”
घर परिवार के लोग कुछ ऐसी हिंसा करेंगे तो ही वो घरेलू हिंसा कहलाएंगे, ऐसा बिल्कुल नहीं है। बाहर के लोग जो आपको किसी भी तरह डॉमिनेट कर रहे हैं, ये भी आपके साथ होने वाली एक घरेलू हिंसा है। जीवन में इस तरह...
View ArticleHow Does One Stay Authentic In The Age Of Social Media?
We live in the era of social media, where we are desperate to show ourselves off on the “gram”, our “fits” and “whereabouts” too. We put ourselves out there, roll in with the Gen Z trends, do all these...
View ArticleMy Dad Signed A Consent Form Saying There Was A “Theoretical Risk Of Death”
Trigger warning: descriptions of medical procedures and symptoms, cancer I’m lying there, staring at the smoke alarm. The two, blinking, red lights are the only indication that time is, in fact,...
View ArticleWhy I Think Women Need To Be Richer Than Men
No-one would believe that an adult woman can burst into tears as soon as she jumped a signal and was fined ₹500 on the busiest lanes of an Indian city. Believe me when I say this is true. Because, that...
View ArticleAli Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ Asks Us To Transcend Borders And Binaries
A song that is probably tainting all playlists since the past month is “Pasoori”. I say “taint” because the melting sound of this song liquidates the divide of like-dislike and rigid understanding of...
View ArticleBeing Gender Non-Conforming Meant Having A Family With Conditions
I belong to the ‘city of joy where anything and everything revolves around cultures and family. The essence of belonging to a community is superior to all other aspects of living, and this principle is...
View ArticleMy Dad Disowned Me When I Chose To Walk Out Of My Marriage
“Bhaiya, station chalo,” I asked the auto driver to take me to the railway station. It was 9:25 p.m. “I better not get late. I hope I find the right platform,” I thought to myself, as Dadar station is...
View ArticleHave You Ever Heard Of Gujarati Africans? Let Me Tell You About The Siddis
Trigger warning: racial and ethnic discrimination Being born and brought up in the concrete jungle of cosmopolitan Gujarat, I only saw forests and tribes on TV. Moreover, I was a student of science and...
View Article“Rape Is Rape, Even If The Husband Is The Perpetrator”
Trigger warning: marital rape, sexual violence Shalu Sahni* from Bihar, wakes up every morning and starts her day by making breakfast for her husband, before he leaves to go to work. Her day begins and...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Writing On YKA
YKA recently launched a new website that’s faster, savvier and specially curated, keeping your user journey in mind. It’s an exciting new way to share your stories! Here’s a quick starter pack to get...
View Article“सड़क पर चलते हुए एक बाइकवाला मेरे सीने को टच कर निकल गया”
ट्रिंगर वॉर्निंग- आर्टिकल में सेक्शुअल वायलेंस का ज़िक्र है। आज मैं एक ऐसे मुद्दे की बात करने जा रही हूं, जो मुझे और मेरे आसपास की युवतियों, स्त्रियों और LGBTQ समुदाय के जुबान पर ना सही मगर दिल में एक...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons Why You Should ‘Not’ Be A Feminist
Nothing unites the world more than the mutual hatred for feminists. Let’s dig in to the top five reasons everyone hates feminists and why you should never ever make the cardinal sin of being one. Let...
View ArticleDear Maa, This May Never Reach You But Should Reach Every Woman
Trigger warning: death My forehead was throbbing with pain last night, quite a usual occurrence. As I lay motionless, feeling the nerves banging against my skull, I was transported back to those...
View ArticleHow Did My First Bungee Jumping Experience In Rishikesh Go?
It was my first visit to Rishikesh and I was looking for some adventure, which could be hard to find in the city. So, I looked up adventurous activities and came across this website which offered...
View ArticleHere’s What It Was Like To Spend My First Mother’s Day Without Her
It was more or less anticlimactic and mostly consisted of me immersing myself in work in the first half, and indulging in some The Dodo, odd, friendship videos, in the second. The loud notifications...
View Articleवर्षों बाद यौन शोषण पर बात करने वाली लड़की को लोग झूठा क्यों मान लेते हैं?
एक महिला कितनी वजहों से चुप रहती है? लोग वजह नहीं तलाशते और उसके चुप रहने के कारणों की तलाश ना कर उसके विरोध में खड़े हो जाते हैं। एक समूह कहता है कि दस साल तक क्यों चुप रही? दूसरा समूह कहता है कि चुप...
View ArticleHow My Video On Youth Ki Awaaz Got Our Road Fixed
I am perpetually hopeless when it comes to politics in India. Remember the scene from Rang De Basanti where the gang is eating at a dhaba? I’d totally be Karan from that film saying things like,...
View Article“Does The Husband Have A Right To Sex Within The Marriage?”
Marital rape —the come-and-go issue that never quite goes away, yet never becomes problematic enough for the Indian society to lose sleep over. Well, maybe that is so as there’s no such thing. As per...
View ArticleI Am A Scheduled Caste Person And I Am Not Impure
I belong to the majestic mountains of North India that are famous all over the world as the mighty Himalayas. People from far-flung places come to witness the colossal hills of Himachal Pradesh. These...
View ArticleWhat Do Gandhi Ji, Bhagat Singh And Umar Khalid Have In Common?
Do you know what is common between Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar, Bhagat Singh and Gandhi ji? All of them have faced charges of sedition! The colonial sedition law, Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code...
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