Bad News: Here’s Why The Debate Around The Hijab And Burqa Can Never Be Resolved
By Masarat Daud: In 2014, when I was asked to speak at TED, I was trying to explain to my parents how great an opportunity this was. After a few minutes, my mother asks, “So what are you talking...
View ArticleFilmmakers Explain Why Art In Kashmir Is Inseparable From Resistance
By Abhishek Jha: Editor’s Note: As part of our coverage of PSBT’s Open Frame Film Festival And Forum 2016 that is going on in Delhi (13th – 20th September), Youth Ki Awaaz will be featuring reviews of...
View ArticleA Fascinating 30 Minutes Film On Stamps That’s Nothing Like A Boring History...
By Rajkanya Mahapatra for Youth Ki Awaaz: Editor’s Note: As part of our coverage of PSBT’s Open Frame Film Festival And Forum 2016 that is going on in Delhi (13th – 20th September), Youth Ki Awaaz...
View ArticleHey Fat Shamers, Tanmay Bhat Has A Powerful Message For You
By YKA Staff: Fat shaming is uncool and no one puts it better than Tanmay Bhat. As the funny man behind AIB and one of the most recognisable faces on the emerging Indian stand-up comedy scene, he’s no...
View Articleहर रोज़ दबाया जाता है ‘अनचाहे टच’ के विरोध में कहा गया ‘No’
इति: एक दोस्त ने अपना अनुभव शेयर करते हुए लिखा था “एक और डरा देने वाला अनुभव, आज ‘दस्तक’ कार्यक्रम के तहत जिस स्कूल में गई वहां एक लड़की ने बताया कि वो रात भर सो नहीं पाती है। उसका सगा भाई इंतज़ार करता...
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Is It True: That Men Can Have Multiple Orgasms?
By Edwin Thomas: “Yes, yes, yes!” she exclaimed. Another five minutes had past and then once again, “Yes, yes, yes, YES” which was followed by even more of that ten minutes later. This was the scene...
View ArticleCyrus Broacha’s New Book Calls Out The Male Stalker, With Razor-Sharp Wit
By Rohini Banerjee: Before I had even picked up Cyrus Broacha’s book, the title had made me cringe. Whenever somebody (especially a man) claims to have “figured out women”, or claims to know “how to...
View Articleपढ़िए बाल गंगाधर तिलक का वो भाषण जब उन्होंने कहा “स्वराज मेरा जन्मसिद्ध...
प्रशांत झा: नासिक, 17 मई 1917 1908 में विद्रोही लेखों की वजह से लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक को देशद्रोह का चार्ज लगाते हुएे बर्मा के मंडालय के जेल भेज दिया गया था। 1914 में भारत वापस आने पर तिलक, राजनीति...
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What Is It Like To Be A Female Cop In India? (Hint: Not That Great)
By Elizabeth Mani and Himadri Ghosh for Youth Ki Awaaz: If you thought kicking down doors and nabbing robbers was the difficult part of the job for female cops in India, you’d be way off the mark. That...
View ArticleOur Paralympians Won Two Gold Medals, But We Still Failed Them
By Nakul Gupta: India’s Rio sojourn, has finally come to an end, which will be for reasons well-substantiated, a track and field event wherein the very hollow crux of the Indian society and it’s...
View ArticleHow Society Fails To Understand Stalking (And What To Do If It Happens To You)
By Samparna Tripathy: Karuna, a 21-year-old schoolteacher was stabbed 27 times to death in North Delhi’s busy Burari area. Her assailant had been stalking her for over a year. As the crime goes...
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Indian Teens Can’t Leave The Internet, And It’s A Bigger Problem Than You Think
By Avanish Tiwary for Youth Ki Awaaz: For Delhi-based child psychiatrist Dr. Ankur Sachdeva, ‘Internet addiction’ is no new word. He mentions the case of two brothers, aged 19 and 22 years, who were so...
View ArticleDear Women, It’s Time To Be Done With #NotAllMen
By Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan for Youth Ki Awaaz: Hello everyone! Hope you’re having a lovely, gender-equal day. T asked: I tried explaining feminism to my male friend, but he felt like he was being...
View Article‘To The People Of Pakistan And India, It Is Evident That We Stand And Fall...
By Nandini Mazumder: Once upon a time, as a lonely little kid, I imagined a best friend for myself. My first crush happened to be a character from my favourite detective series, “Tintin”. This was...
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Breaking Down The Reality Of PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission
By Abhishek Jha: Earlier this year, Kunwar Bai, a 105-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh, reportedly sold off several goats to build toilets in her house. She was felicitated by the Prime Minister and...
View ArticleAt The Army School I Went To, War Was Never Glorified
By Simin Akhter Naqvi: We are told military operations are on at the India-Pakistan border and this news perturbs me for more than one reasons, as multiple dimensions of my identity respond to it, as a...
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34.5 Million Students Are Losing In The War Between Private And Govt. Schools
By Rama Kant Rai: In 2002, the right to elementary education became a fundamental right as follows: “21A. The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to 14...
View Article‘There Is No Wisdom In Calling For War And Fanning Hatred In Public Opinion’
By Arnav Deshpande: There is much anger in the air. Our hearts bleed for the men in uniform, who fell at the border in service to the nation. We stand united in sharing the grief of their families....
View ArticleWhat Varun Grover Has To Say After He Was Shut Down For ‘Talking Sex In Front...
By Rajkanya Mahapatra for Youth Ki Awaaz: Last week, the social commentary comedy collective, Aisi Taisi Democracy was performing at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad when their...
View ArticleThis Tibetan Poet’s Haunting Words Will Show You What It’s Like To Be Born In...
By Sourya Majumder: “I am born refugee. I have 3 tongues.” Tenzin Tsundue was, in his own words, born in one country but into the history and struggles of another. His parents were forced to flee their...
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