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‘I Can’t Sleep At Night, I See Their Mangled Bodies’
By Gulzar Bhat: A strange kind of quiet had fallen over the Eidgah. There was also an overwhelming sadness and an underlining restlessness. This was the special prayer meeting organised by Shakeel...
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I Took A Journey Down Ganga’s ‘Tributaries’, And What I Saw Was Horrifying
Cleaning the Ganga was a major election plank for the victorious Narendra Modi-led NDA. The same Ganga where 80% of untreated waste is dumped in from 138 open drains. So when I decided to take a...
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Marriage Equality Is Still A Pipe Dream For Most LGBTQ Indians
Much has been said about marriage in India – its inherent sexisms, its possible feminism, and its various excesses. But not enough has been said about how this social-institution-unto-itself affects...
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What’s Motivating Hundreds In Kerala To Spend Time With Dying Patients?
Hamsa lay on the bed, his arm propping up his head. His tall frame nearly filled the entire bed. His wife Jasmine stood behind him, her hand resting on his shoulder. Both smiled and nodded as they...
View ArticleHappy New Year: A Story About Childhood Trauma
“Hello, Didi?” I run into our bedroom and grab the phone that sits on the table between our beds. Didi went off to university a while ago, but her bed still has her patchwork Kantha, just like mine. Ma...
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Inside The Lives Of Perna Women, Whose Caste Supports Sex Work
Keeping the city’s dismal safety situation in mind, families in most parts of Delhi usually discourage women from stepping out of their homes at night. At Dharampura, an unauthorized colony in...
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A Walk Through PM Modi’s Constituency Will Tell You Why The Ganga Won’t Survive
It is around 40° Celsius in Varanasi. Just climbing a few weathered stairs of the ghats is enough to make one wonder whether the heart is beating or the head. The slow, monotonous drum beating inside...
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How Our Childhood Needs Freedom From Its Inherently ‘Adult’ Identity
In this article, I have attempted to explore the idea of ‘otherness’ that becomes an important organising principle of children’s social practices favouring a new agenda of analysis. I argue here that...
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For Illegal Coal Miners In Jharkhand, Death Is An Everyday Occupational Hazard
By Shahnawaz Akhtar for Youth Ki Awaaz: Dinesh Mohli, a resident of Giridih district in Jharkhand, was getting late for work when Youth Ki Awaaz caught up with him. An 80-feet-deep pit awaited Mohli....
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Is Feminist Anarchy A Solution To Botched Up Abortions And Risky Pregnancies?
I would want to apologise in advance for using the ‘F word’, which is not a very popular term if one wants to pander to the sensibilities of certain readers. However, one must know that aesthetics and...
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Women In The Indian Music Industry Call Out Sexism And Misogyny
By Dhruva Balram: Let’s get it out of the way early: the music industry, like every other in our patriarchal society, is sexist. We all know that. It’s especially prevalent in India where, within...
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These Kickass School Kids Are On A Mission To Fight Hate Against LGBTQ+ Folks
Schools and colleges in India, are largely, not inclusive of their LGBTQ students. So, it is truly heartening when students take it upon themselves to create safe spaces for their friends from the...
View ArticleDoes Talking About Men’s Issues, Trans Rights, Class Or Caste Dilute Feminist...
I hope you’re as thrilled as I am that “Moonlight” won over “La La Land” in the Oscars because while “La La Land” was great, it wasn’t exactly diverse. It puts me in the perfect frame of mind to answer...
View ArticleNationalism, Universities And Cultures Of Protest
What in essence defines a state, in practical terms of enforcement, is a monopoly on violence. It grants its agents immunity and separates it from any other class of citizens exhibiting its will...
View ArticleHow Upper Caste People Are Uniting In UP To Make The Lotus Bloom
By Sajjan Kumar: “UP mein ATM (Ahir, Thakur and Muslim) ki sarkar hai (In Uttar Pradesh, Ahir, ie, Yadav, Thakur, i.e, Rajputs and Muslims rule),” a middle-aged Thakur (Rajput) respondent at Kunda,...
View ArticleIs India Surrounded By ‘Enemies’?
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a collection of developing projects. The CPEC aims to facilitate trade along an overland route connecting Kashgar and Gwadar, through the construction of...
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पुल के लिये अनूठी जंग- उस पार है फरक दुनिया, इस पार बहरी सरकार
इसी हिंदुस्तान के नक़्शे में एक इलाका है फरकिया। यह इलाका बिहार के नक़्शे के बीच में होते हुए भी सदियों से फरक है। इसे नदियों का मायका कहते हैं, क्योंकि इस छोटे से इलाके से होकर सात छोटी बड़ी नदियां बहती...
View ArticleThe RSS Threatening To ‘Behead’ Kerala CM Reveals A Bloody Story Of Violence
In a “warning to Leftists”, an RSS leader from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh has announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head. Promising to “offer a garland of three lakh...
View ArticleWhy Saving DU Is Also About Saving India
I am a student of Delhi University. I am not a member of any union. I have never stood up for any political post. Yet, I am forced to write this article using a fake name because I am afraid that I...
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How Nepali Women Are Forced To ‘Sell’ Their Skin To Make Rich Indians Beautiful
Three years ago, when Sushila Thapa managed to flee from a brothel in Mumbai to her native village in Nepal, the big scar on her back did not matter. What mattered to her more was that she was home...
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