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A Massive Human Rights Violation Is Denying Justice To 67% Of India’s Prisoners
Bansi, who worked as a daily-wage labourer, was clueless about his rights or the legal recourse he could take when he was arrested in Delhi on charges of theft on January 3, 2016. It was only on the...
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The Guidelines Of Censorship Explain Why Films Have A Tough Time In India
By Kumar Abhishek and Arjun Natarajan: Late last month, filmmakers Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla ran into trouble with CBFC, over a documentary called “An Insignificant Man”. Recently, “Lipstick...
View Article5 Visually Impaired Comedians Who Are Shattering Disability Myths
“Comedy opens your heart, releases tension, and gives you different ways to think of things.” – Anonymous There are plenty of people with visual impairments making waves in the world of stand-up...
View ArticleMeira Kumar vs Ram Nath Kovind: India’s Presidential Election Marks A...
By Sajjan Kumar: Such is the preponderance of identity politics that even the election of next President of India has been subsumed under the acrimonious debate on ‘authentic vs. spurious’...
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The Tragic Reason This Remote Rajasthan Village Is Called The ‘Village Of...
Fifty kilometres off the Taj Mahal, on the border that separates Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan, a steep, rocky path off the highway leads one to thorny ravines. Inside these precipitous gorges of...
View Article‘Fandry’– The Lived Experience Of Caste
Pigs are a controversial species to humankind. Muslims don’t eat pork and neither do most upper caste Hindus. Personally speaking, I haven’t made peace yet with the idea of eating a dead pig or a dead...
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Why I Think This Andhra Museum’s Depiction Of Tribals Is Utterly Regressive
If you’ve been to Santiniketan, you might have noticed how Santhal settlements are scattered around the town. There is a Santhal village located just across the main road from my own neighbourhood as...
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महिलाओं के घूंघट करने से बढ़ता है हरियाणा सरकार का सम्मान
हरियाणा सरकार कि पत्रिका कृषि संवाद में छपे एक फोटो से विवाद खड़ा हो गया है। इस फोटो में घूंघट में एक महिला को सर पर टोकरी रखे दिखाया गया है। और तस्वीर के साथ जो कैप्शन लिखा गया है वो है ‘घूंघट की आन...
View Articleमुबारक हो भाई, हम भी पाकिस्तान हो गए!
कश्मीर में बीते अप्रैल के महीने में एक युवा फारुक अहमद डार को जीप पर बांधकर घुमाने के बाद देश का कथित मानवाधिकार खतरे का निशान पार कर शर्मिंदा हो गया था। ज्ञात हो कि उसे बांध रखा था ताकि गिरे ना! लेकिन...
View ArticleBest Of June: 10 YKA Users Who Spoke Up For What Matters
In the month of June, Youth Ki Awaaz saw thousands of new users joining the community, and with them came hundreds of stories. From powerful opinion pieces on the growing violence in India, to touching...
View Articleजून में YKA हिंदी के वो 10 लेखक जिन्होंने आवाज़ उठाई उसपर जो ज़रूरी है
जून के महीने में हमारे देश ने बहुत कुछ देखा और बहुत सारे मुद्दे हम सब से होकर गुज़रें। इन तमाम ज़रूरी मुद्दों पर देशभर से Youth Ki Awaaz हिंदी के लेखकों और पाठकों ने जमकर लिखा और अपनी बात कही। हमारे...
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तुम्हें चीखना नहीं चाहिए था जुनैद!
जुनैद, मुझे नहीं पता मैं तुम्हें यह पत्र क्यों लिख रहा हूँ क्योंकि तुम इसे कभी पढ़ नहीं पाओगे। मुझे नहीं पता तुम कौन थे और न ही मैंने तुम्हारे बारे में और जानने की कोशिश की। मैंने बस तुम्हारे बारे में...
View ArticleBeware Of Uncle Sam: Advice To India As It Pushes To Develop Better Ties With...
On Monday 26, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer released a statement claiming the US had evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was preparing again to use chemical weapons against...
View ArticleRamjas College Student Reveals How A Racket In DU Is Leaking Personal...
I have been studying at Ramjas College for the past two years. I respect my college and cannot tolerate anything being said or done against its pride. The incidents which I am going to mention in the...
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Tag Every Rahul/Ankit/Sameer You Know. They Need To Read This.
One of the most baffling trends has taken over Facebook in recent times. The not-so-funny, insensitive or downright nasty memes asking people to tag the ‘Rahuls’, ‘Ankits’, ‘Sameers’ (among others) in...
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Caring For My Dying Dog Taught Me A Crucial Lesson In Environmental...
By Bharati Chaturvedi: Last week, the air-conditioner in my room caught fire. We could sense there was a fire, because of the smell emitted when plastic coated wires burn. We couldn’t find a singular...
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How Women Tea Pluckers In Assam Are Being Exploited By Being Tagged ‘Unskilled’
The Sivasagar district of Assam is dominated by tea gardens, which are locally known as bagans. Historically, this district has always had tea gardens and tea garden companies. My interest in Sivasagar...
View ArticleIn The Name Of Cow: How Many Should Be Killed For Us To Break Our Silence?
What is happening in the country today, is one question that goes back to the creation of a strong, Hindu Rashtra post the 1947 moment of violence, bursting open on the border between India and...
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I Was Openly Threatened With Lynching For Speaking Out Against Lynching
Ad hominem attacks are nothing new these days. I am the girl, “who should be shoved in Pakistan because she’s Sindhi and they’re traitors”, “who was molested by a Padre on a sickular visit”, “who is a...
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Banished As ‘Witches’, How 75 Families Are Struggling To Survive In This...
By Syeda Ambia Zahan for Youth Ki Awaaz: If you take the muddy, potholed Agiya-Lakhipur road to Tikirkilla Block on the Assam-Meghalaya border, you are bound to come across Khasipara, which houses...
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