बीवी को शादी के गिफ्ट में टॉयलेट कौन देता है भई!
एक फिलिम आ रही है, टॉयलेट-एक प्रेम कथा। हैं!! ई कइसन नाम हुआ बे? अब फिलमे अइसन है, त नाम का रहेगा? अच्छा! एक जोक सुना होगा- विश्व का सबसे बड़ा शौचालय कौन-सा, जवाब- रेलवे लाईन। दरअसल, यह केवल एक चुटकुला...
View ArticleWarning: Why You Need To Be Careful Of The News You Consume
What do you want when you open the newspaper? What is the intended purpose of tuning into a news channel? Why do you want news? These are some fundamental questions that you should ask yourself before...
View ArticleBrought Up Abroad, I Was Taught That Caste Doesn’t Exist. Then I Moved To India
Last month, my grandma recited a story to me that she had heard on the news: “Boy and girl love each other – but boy is from a lower caste. The families disapprove but they elope anyway. A few weeks...
View ArticleSexist Bollywood Comedies Have A Lot To Learn From This Hilarious Telugu Film!
Recently, I read an interview of Mohan Krishna Indraganti, who is one of the most promising directors in Telugu cinema today. He talked about his latest screwball comedy movie, “Ami Thumi“, which was...
View ArticleIt Took Me Minutes To Hack Into These Sites To Access Lakhs Of Students’...
A few days back, I was searching for some info about the ISC (class 12) marks distribution to support my argument with a friend that some boards are more liberal than others when it comes to grading....
View Articleपुलिस पूछती है इसमें रेप करने के लिए है क्या? सोनागाछी के ट्रांसजेंडर सेक्स...
“आपको मेरा नाम बदलने की ज़रूरत नहीं है। मैंने जो कहा मैं उस पर कायम हूं।” ये कहना है कोलकाता के सोनागाछी में पार्ट टाइम सेक्स वर्कर का काम करने वाली ट्रांसजेंडर महिला सिंटू बागुई का। सिंटू जब 21 साल की...
View ArticleIn The Name Of Ram
It has been a couple of weeks since my grandmother passed away amid the chants of “Ram naam satya hai” which still reverberate in all the corners of our house. This slogan, bearing the name of Ram,...
View Articleयादों की पिच पर भारत पाकिस्तान के क्रिकेट मुकाबले
बड़े-बड़े लोग कह गए हैं कि इतिहास अक्सर खुद को दुहराता है। कभी-कभी तारीख तो बदल जाती है लेकिन वक्त वहीं ला खड़ा करता है जहां से हम कभी होकर गुज़रे थे। घड़ी की सुई एकबार फिर उसी जगह आकर अटक गई है जहां...
View ArticleWhat It Is Like To Be A Virat Kohli Fan In Kashmir
There is no scope for sports-based idealism in war-torn areas and conflict zones. Though many scholars have suggested that politics should be separate from sports, there are enough examples in sports...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About This Issue That Dia Mirza And MP Kalikesh Deo Are...
Recently, I found out that the cup of chai that I drink every morning could be a product of slave-like labour. Worse still, slave-like labour of little children, thousands of whom, for instance, are...
View Articleमैं तब 12 साल की थी जब एक अंकल मुझे देख हस्तमैथुन करने लगें
“If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it “a discussion” -Simone de Beauvoir सभी पुरुष एक जैसे नहीं होते। बिलकुल ठीक। लेकिन सभी स्त्रियों के अनुभव जाने क्यों एक जैसे...
View Article21.1% Girls Married Before They’re 18: How India Is Unsafe For Children
14-year-old Kamal still remembers the time he worked 24-hour shifts in a roadside restaurant. Now back in school, and excelling as an athlete, he even managed to win a trophy for his district in a 400...
View ArticleLiving With Trauma: The Invisible Horrors Of War Reporting
Journalism can be a dangerous profession. There have been studies, by organisations such as Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which show the number of journalists that have died since the year...
View ArticleHow My Grandma And MS Subbulakshmi’s Raging Conviction Taught Me Courage
The alarm rings at its usual time – 7 am, waking me up from a lucid and dreamless night. The soft smell of jasmine flowers wafts through the air, just as I hear amma hum a tune in the kitchen, brewing...
View ArticleI Peeked Into India’s Secret World Of BDSM, And This Is What I Found
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me,” croons Rihanna on her 2011 single, “S&M”. The song alludes to a variety of practices like bondage, discipline, dominance,...
View ArticleWhat Really Happened In Kashmir When Pakistan Won The Champions Trophy
By Safeena Wani for Youth Ki Awaaz: The tone was set right when the match began. Excitement surfaced the moment the Pakistani national anthem was played; many rose up in respect and some had their eyes...
View Articleक्या भारत अब कश्मीरी पंडितों का पलायन भूल चुका है?
1986, सिख समुदाय के लिये हालात बहुत सामान्य नहीं थे, इसलिए परिवार के साथ हमेशा के लिए पंजाब जाना तय हुआ। उस दौरान हुई तकलीफों से समझ आया कि पलायन एक दौड़ रही ज़िंदगी को रोकने के साथ-साथ और भी बहुत सी...
View ArticleMaoist Killing Of 25 Personnel Is Not A Human Rights Violation, Says CRPF
In what can be a major source of embarrassment for the union government, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has stated in an RTI reply that “there appears to be no violations of Human Rights” in...
View ArticleWhy Is The Media Ignoring This Worker Protest In Haryana That’s Been Going On...
On May 31, 2017, approximately 600 workers were lathicharged outside the gates of Aisin Automotive Haryana Private Limited. Subsequently, 390 men and 35 women were arrested and sent to jail. Their...
View ArticleThe Journalist Who Asked Salman’s Co-Star A ‘Racist’ Question Is...
The internet is abuzz with a video of Salman Khan’s child co-star from “Tubelight”, in which the co-star, Matin Rey Tangu, responds to a reporter who mistook him for belonging to another country. In...
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