Instead Of ‘Lose Weight’, Try These 7 Feminist Resolutions In 2017
Hello, everyone! This is the last time I’m writing to you this year — so final!– But I will be back again next year to dole out more advice on feminism, sexism and every other kind of “ism.” But, this...
View Article17 Powerful Voices That Stood Out On Youth Ki Awaaz This Year
2016 was a big year for Youth Ki Awaaz – for one, this was the year you truly owned the platform as yours, directly publishing your stories and sharing them ahead with thousands! Over the years, you’ve...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz हिंदी पर 2016 में आपके वो लेख जिन्हें सराहा सभी ने
हमारे सभी पाठकों को 2017 में नए साल की शुभकामनाएँ। 2016 में हम सभी बहुत सी अहम घटनाओं के गवाह बने, यूथ की आवाज़ के लिए भी ये साल काफी ख़ास रहा, खासकर कि यूथ की आवाज़ हिन्दी के लिए। बीते साल हम काफी सारे...
View ArticleA Betrayal Called Demonetisation
Demonetisation speaks volumes on the extent of populism and hysteria Indian politics has achieved. It reminds us that the weariness of the Indian ‘middle-class’ to inertial policy has evolved into a...
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How Travesty Of Justice Erodes An Old Srinagar Family
By Safeena Wani for Youth Ki Awaaz: In 1996, the Delhi Police detained Latief Ahmad Waza, a carpet seller from Old Srinagar’s Khanqah Mohalla for his alleged involvement in a series of bomb blasts....
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I Woke Up Next To A Rape Survivor
I woke up this morning next to a rape survivor. She was preparing for her first day in a new position. It was a celebratory time. I looked at her getting dressed in the new clothes she bought for this...
View ArticleWhatsApp’s Neeraj Arora Reveals How It Became The World’s Biggest Messaging App
With over a billion active monthly users, WhatsApp is currently the world’s largest messaging app. It’s far more popular than SMS, and significantly cheaper (it’s free). Most of its users are based in...
View ArticleLadies, Freedom Comes With Footnotes
As a research scholar, it has been ingrained into me that nothing is acceptable as “authentic” without citations. Without footnotes. Clarify your position. Acknowledge when you borrow someone else’s...
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The Cosmetic Industry Is Making People Pay A Dangerous Price For ‘Fair Skin’
By Tripti Nath: A couple of years back when the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based not-for-profit research and advocacy organisation, had released a detailed report on the presence...
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My Family Fears For Its Life, Because We Stood For The Truth
How can one be a law-abiding and a truthful citizen, if the laws that are there to protect the citizenry only exist on paper? My family has been staying in the Roshanara Club Staff Quarters in Delhi...
View Article‘Reject Myth That St. Stephen’s Is A Passport To Success’: Valson Thampu
By Valson Thampu: First things first. Should young people, in search for quality education, apply to St. Stephen’s? Here is my honest answer. Yes, of course! Should young people, who fail to make to...
View ArticleHow Snapdeal Went From Being A Coupon Business To A $6.5 Billion Company
“Why do we fall, Bruce? It’s so that we can learn to get up again.” An insightful statement from the hugely popular “Batman Begins”, that Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl seemed to understand very early on....
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‘Filthy Toilets, No Water, Cobwebs’: Doctor Reveals Reality About Public...
“I have seen filthy toilets, no water, shabby buildings practically falling apart, cobwebs, lab equipment and drugs strewn about [in India’s primary health centres],” shares Dr. Vandana Prasad,...
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Dabangg Cop Neha Pandey Has Launched An Attack On Desi Sharab In UP’s Unnao
By Saurabh Sharma for Youth Ki Awaaz: Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, known for its leather tanneries, is one of the most socially and economically backward districts in the country. And with elections around...
View ArticleMy Harrowing Account Of Being Bullied In School
There are many kinds of people. But today, I’m going to talk about a special kind of people. The most horrible people in this world. I don’t know what sadistic pleasure they get out of this. They have...
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“I Think I Am The Most Angry Person Right Now”: Swati Maliwal, DCW Chief
The past few months have been quite eventful for Chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Swati Maliwal. From controversies surrounding her appointment to having FIRs registered against her, the...
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Thank You For Your Feminism, Mom
By Tariqa Farrell Tandon and Suheil Farrell Tandon: In September 2015, Martha Farrell Foundation was started in the memory of our late mother, Dr Martha Farrell, a passionate civil society leader, who...
View ArticleWhy Educate Daughters If We Want To Later Domesticate Them?
My mother is a gynaecologist and my father, a BITS Pilani graduate who went on to do exceptionally well in his career. My sister and I were brought up to believe that one should always have one’s...
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Meet The Wheelchair Cricket Captain Who Eats, Sleeps And Breathes His Game!
When I worked on Youth Ki Awaaz’s campaign #Access4All to advocate for accessibility for people with disabilities, I had the pleasure of getting to interact with some very interesting people. One such...
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Sexism And 6 Other Things You Need To Give A Damn About In 2017!
By Nitya Sriram and Merril Diniz: In the year gone by, India witnessed many positives, from Gurgaon’s first Queer Pride to impressive victories by the Indian Paralympics team in Rio. 2016 also sparked...
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