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Bring The Parents Closer: Digital Inclusion Is A Gender Equality Case
“How can they even talk about giving smartphones to our teenage daughters? Will they come to our rescue when the girls run away from home with somebody they met on the internet?” That was the...
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Indian Matchmaking 3: A Cis Club Of Classism, Casteism & Hypocrisy!
In one of her diaries Reborn Journals & Notebook 1947-1963, Susan Sontag wrote, "In marriage, every desire becomes a decision..." This quote particularly haunted me as I watched the clients in the...
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Wrestlers Protest – The Why And The What Next
This week, going through my routine and scrolling, I came across a couple of things worth writing about. One was a post from Take the Lead (a women’s organization) pointing out how in the US,...
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हिन्दी कविता: हॉं मैं भी आदिवासी हूँ!
हाँ मैं भी आदिवासी हूँ दुनिया की चमक और चकाचौंध से दूर सुंदर नदियों, पहाड़, झरनों, घने जंगलों में खुद को प्रकृति की हरी चादर में लपेटे हाँ मैं भी आदिवासी हूँ ना किसी से बैर, ना किसी से द्वंद्व, सबको...
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हिन्दी कविता: क्यों हमारे प्यार की चर्चा संसद में!
हमने प्यार किया, तब किया जब कोई नहीं था कोई नहीं था हम जैसा, या हमें समझने वाला हमारी भावनाओं को उजागर करने वाला, ना साथ देने वाला हमारे आँखों का मिलना और मुसकुराना सिर्फ हमारे बीच में था , पता...
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From A Straw Hut To A School: My Education, My Story
Our family was made up of four - Aai, my father, my elder brother Sachin and me. Morkhadi, a village in Beed (Maharashtra) is where we’re originally from, we have four acres of land. Since Beed is a...
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Navigating The Intersection Of Art And Routine In ‘Paterson’
In Jim Jarmusch's outstanding film Paterson, a poet named Paterson who drives a New Jersey Transit bus in Paterson, New Jersey, spends his days in the same stationery rhythm of work and home. But he...
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An Ode To My Mother, A Could-Be-Crorepatni #MothersDaySpecial
My Ma is similar to many mothers in this country – once a bright, highly educated and successful woman, who then got married, and gave up her career and life to raise my sister and me and take care of...
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“My Education Is A Gambling Game For This Patriarchal Society”
The Indian Culture kept growing day by day. The riots fought for our voices to be heard loud enough to reach the people's ears. But they chose to hear it once and in the name of “ what will the...
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The Politics Of History
Winston Churchill once said that history is always written by the victor – In India’s centuries-old history, right from the times of the Harrapan Civilization to the present, history has always been...
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Digital Gender-Based Violence: Sexualisation Of Girls’ School Uniform
Trigger warning: pedophilia, sexual violence, cybercrime, suicide When you go to Google and type 'girls’ school dress', some of the images that you will see might make you uncomfortable. Before...
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Cinema And Its Influence On My Connection With My Hometown
The world of cinema has continued to fascinate a chunk of today's pop-culture lovers, so much so, that it has greatly impacted their perception of the world, and for me, my perception of my hometown,...
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The Big Lie And The True Kerala Story
Recently a film called The Kerala Story was released, which is being talked about a lot. In this film, it is shown how a secret plot is underway in Kerala, to forcefully convert innocent women to...
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The Trial Of Chicago 7: Remembering Political Prisoners
“You can’t help but think about whether those who knew us, those who fought alongside us, are starting to forget that we are still inside”, Apeksha Priyadarshini wrote on her social media after her...
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Reality Of Girls’ Education In Red-Light Areas: An Interview With Ruchira Gupta
We all have rights. Being able to exercise those rights should be a right as well, not a luxury that only a few can afford. For girls and women living in red-light areas, a life devoid of...
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“My First Solo Trip Outside Kerala Was The Finest Decision I Made”
MY FIRST SOLO TRIP TO MOOKAMBIKA TEMPLE It was my first visit outside Kerala all alone in my solo set up. I was on my first leg of travelling northward beyond Payyannur by train. Proud to say, I...
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“अंतरधार्मिक शादियों में एक-दूसरे के धर्म को अपनाने का खुलापन होना चाहिए”
कई बार ऐसी घटनाएं देखने सुनने में आती है कि कोई मुसलमान लड़का या लड़की किसी शख़्स से मुहब्बत करके शादी करने के लिए पहली शर्त ये रख देते हैं कि सामने वाले शख़्स को अपना मज़हब बदल कर मुसलमान होना होगा। ऐसा...
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Classrooms Made Of ‘Ticky Tacky’: The NEP Model Of Multidisciplinarity
It is quite alarming to think about how a song conceived by a Jewish Socialist Immigrant in Daly City almost sixty years ago can evoke such a fitting image of what the Indian academic landscape might...
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Why Legal Action Alone Can’t Help Combat Child Marriage In India
In many rural areas in Rajasthan, the birth of a daughter is still considered bad luck and an economic liability. To reduce the family’s economic burden, girls are married off young. While child...
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“Climate Change Is Making Farming Difficult:” Kashmiri Farmers Say
Srinagar, May 17: The heat wave scorching across the valley has increased the climate crises to the optimum level. Extreme temperatures, low rainfall, and scarcity of snow have caused widespread...
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