Are You A Real Student Or A Student Made By Karan Johar?
College life is anticipated as the most fun, carefree, and chilled-out phase. The one stage where we are believed to be just having a good time throughout. We are just partying or planning out mass...
View ArticleWe Were 4 Best Friends From Kolkata Who Ended Up Taking Different Paths
Humanity had entered the last year of the first decade of the second millennium. Four boys; friends, also entered the movie hall of their favorite single screen in the bustling city of Kolkata. Each...
View ArticleWhy Heterosexual Relationships Are Messed Up – A Queer Feminist Take
In the twenty-odd years that I have been alive, never have I seen a true compassionate marriage. A ‘healthy’ relationship – let alone marriage – is one of the most sought after ideals in our...
View ArticleDo Students’ Lives Matter? Let’s Take A Look At What’s Been Happening In India
Co-authored by Prithvi Vatsalya and Anuska Roy Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide, institutional death, attempted suicide, mental health conditions “I think the strangest thing of all is how there...
View ArticleMy Insurance Was Discontinued Because Of My Congenital Disability
In April 2022, I got Covid and was hospitalised. When we claimed the insurance, the policy for the entire family was discontinued. Why? Because of my congenital disability. Here's what happened. On...
View Article5 Graphic Novels You Need To Get Your Hands On ASAP!
What I love about graphic novels is that not only do most of them tend to be autobiographical, but they also do an awesome job at commenting on the problems of the world in which the lead lives. I...
View ArticleWhy Am I Male? The Sad Affairs Of My Masculinity
I identify myself as a cis male, but something has made me questioned that. This article is all about my story, my identity but as we know, this society don't allow you to decide your gender identity,...
View Article“मेरे घरवालों का मानना है कि लड़की तभी सुरक्षित है जब उसकी शादी हो जाए”
आज पहली बार लिख रही हूं। सोचा कि अपनी ज़िन्दगी के कौन से पहलू के बारे में लिखूं क्योंकि अब तक ज़िंदगी में कई किस्से और कहानियाँ बन गए है। इसलिए सोचा कि जो बीत गया है, पहली बार में ही उसके बारे में...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The G.O.A.T., Lionel Messi, From A Fangirl
Dear Leo, It was on a fine afternoon of 2010 World Cup, I saw you playing for the first time on television, you were just a boy of twenty three back then and since that day, football for me has never...
View ArticleMilind Soman Promotes Vim Black For Men: Don’t Nag, Just Brag!
Vim Black for men is too good to be true. Not that men don't involve themselves in the household chores, but watching desi ads like this is unbelievable! Especially when we are still in an era where...
View ArticleRagging – An Open Secret of Universities in Assam
The last few weeks in Assam has stirred up media outcry around the incident of ragging in Dibrugarh University. Most of the newspapers and TV channels have been reporting about the incident that took...
View Article2022 Top YKA Voices: 51 Stories That Stood Out
Yep, 2022 is over. I'm still getting over it. Even though the year went by in a blink of an eye, we had some amazing writers on Youth Ki Awaaz, use their voice and stand out while doing so! We have...
View Articleअसम का यह ज़िला जो साल के आठ महीने बाढ़ में डूबा रहता है
भारत के असम राज्य के उत्तर पूर्वी हिस्से में स्थित है धेमाजी जिला। इसका मुख्यालय धेमाजी में स्थित है। इसके उत्तर में अरुणाचल प्रदेश, पूर्व में तिन्सुकीआ जिला, दक्षिण में डिब्रूगढ़ जिला तथा पश्चिम में...
View ArticleHow I Ended Up Taking A Drop Year – The Story Before The Story
Prologue If I were to divide my life into two phases, then the 9th of January 2020 would be a fitting day to divide the two. It was on this day that I had seen and realized things, things that I had...
View ArticleWhen I Was 7, I Wore Lipstick With A Tie And All Hell Broke Loose
One fine evening in June 1998, it was my uncle's wedding reception. I was a seven years old boy. Everyone was getting ready in the best clothes they had. So was I. I wore a checked shirt, brown pants,...
View Article“Ariyippu” Is An Unadulterated Look Into The Modern Indian Society
Watching the opening sequence of Ariyippu ( English Title: Declaration) terrified me. In the first few minutes, while the titular credits roll out, you are introduced to the atmosphere majority of the...
View Article2022 Wrapped: A Year For Us To Remember At YKA (And All That’s Coming In 2023)
2022 was quite the year, and as it comes to a close, all of us at Youth Ki Awaaz want to thank you for joining us in breaking the culture of silence and encouraging one to speak up. Thanks to the YKA...
View Article2022 की इन चार फिल्मों से क्या आपने अपने पर्यावरण को बचाने का पाठ सीखा?
सिनेमा हमारे समाज का ऐसा अभिन्न हिस्सा रहा है जो हमारे साथ एक छोटे बच्चे की तरह धीरे-धीरे बड़े होते-होते ज़िन्दगी के कई सारे अनुभवों से हमें लगातार अलग-अलग ढंग से परिचित कराते रहता है। मुद्दा कोई भी...
View Article“Qala” And Fates Of Today’s Students Are Eerily Similar
Let’s picture Qala. Draped in a saree of the finest materials adorned with jewels and a golden voice. Beauty is in her hands, may it be that of the body or that of the brain. A playback singer trained...
View ArticleViolence, Torture, Sexual Assault: What It’s Like To Be Trans In An Indian...
When Shakti*, a transman, informed officials that he had undergone an upper body operation and was on a monthly dose of testosterone, he was ridiculed. “The lady doctor asked me to strip, and when I...
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