Best Of September: 10 Must-Read Stories From YKA’s Top Users
After over two years at Youth Ki Awaaz, working directly with hundreds of users who use the platform every day, I’ve seen various motivations for writing. Some write to share a personal experience that...
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7 Communities Swachh Bharat Mission Gives No Shit About
“Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of an India which was not only free but also clean and developed.” These were the words with which PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) in 2014. He called...
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How Chetan Bhagat Exposed My Snobbishness As A Reader
I recently found my copy of Chetan Bhagat’s first novel, “5 Point Someone”, at my house. It was comfortably tucked between “The Hungry Tide” by Amitav Ghosh and “A Fine Balance” by Rohinton Mistry, and...
View ArticleYKA टॉप यूज़र्स की सितंबर की 10 स्टोरीज़ जो आपको ज़रूर पढ़नी चाहिए
Youth Ki Awaaz पर हर दिन हमें आपकी लिखी कई स्टोरिज़ मिलती हैं। आपमें से कुछ YKA पर अपनी निजी कहानियां साझा करते हैं, कुछ इसलिए लिखते हैं क्योंकि YKA उन्हें एक मंच देता है लगातार लिखने का और एक बेहतर...
View Articleभीड़ के बहाने मेरे हिप्स और स्तन को छूने वाला ये भारत महान नहीं हो सकता
कुछ ‘अनचाहे अनुभव’ जब तक हम किसी से बांटते नहीं हैं, तब तक हमें ऐसा लगता है कि वो सिर्फ हमारे साथ हुए हैं। फिर जब उसे हम किसी अपने के साथ बांटते है, उस पर सहजता से बात करना शुरू करते हैं, तब हमें यह...
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The Agents Of Ishq Beginner’s Guide To Kissing
When some of us were small, we thought that kissing was only done in foreign countries. Especially mouth-to-mouth. And when we were a little older, we started hearing small, tiny rumours of friends of...
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How A Former Journalist Got 900 Kids To Ditch Smartphones For Gardening
Students of Kids for Environmental Development Initiative (KEDI) grew 4500 kilograms of vegetables last year. Every day, at 7:30 am, when most students of the Sant Kabir School in Vadodara are...
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How I Dealt With Thoughts About Killing Myself
I was 18 years old when the thought of killing myself first hit me. I was in a train, on my way to a wedding that no part of me wanted to go to. It was May 28, 2012 – the day my CBSE board results were...
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When Gorakhpur Is Forgotten
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” – Charles-Louis Montesquieu (The Spirit of the Laws, 1748). It is almost...
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Rising From The Ashes: How I Rebuilt My Life After I Left My Abusive Husband
By Payal Kapoor: This is the second part of a two-part series by Payal Kapoor. Read the first post here. I was standing alone on the threshold of a new life. After my marriage of eight years looked...
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‘We Have No Law, No Police To Go To’: Panjab Uni’s 1st Trans Student On Daily...
Dhananjay Mangalmukhi has been an active voice for the trans community. In 2013, she was one of the organisers of the first Chandigarh Pride Walk. It has now expanded and is celebrated as an annual...
View ArticleA Woman With A Drug Addiction Deserves Help, Not A ‘Bigdi Hui’ Tag
Substance use and addiction can affect anyone, anytime, for any number of reasons. Addiction is also a mental health issue, but given the lack of understanding around mental health itself, addiction...
View ArticleWhat I Realised About My Privilege In The LGBTQ Community As A Cis Gay Man
Sitting amidst an eclectic bunch of people on a quiet evening in August, I realised something. In front of the people who were trans (and non-binary), my privilege accorded by being a cis gay man was...
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How I Take On Depression Everyday to Spread Awareness About Mental Health
By Suyash Kumar: June 23, 2010, Afternoon I’m lying in my bed, my head on my mom’s lap. I was home for my semester break. My mood – I’m not sure if I can even describe it. I must’ve had some weird...
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लड़कियों, तुम्हें बिगाड़ने और जीना सिखाने आ गई है ‘गज़ब वुमनिया’
“ठीक से बैठो”… “30 की हो गई और अभी तक शादी नहीं की”… “अरे जॉब करके क्या करोगी, आगे बच्चा ही तो पालना है”… “बड़ी बेशर्म हो इतने छोटे कपड़े पहनी हो”… ये वो बाते हैं जो हर लड़की को शायद लूप मोड में समाज...
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हम दलितों की मूंछें तुम्हें क्यों डराती हैं?
”मूंछ नहीं तो कुछ नहीं” ये कहावत आप सबने सुनी होगी। लेकिन क्या मूंछ रखने का एकाधिकार किसी एक जाति के पास है ? क्या किसी व्यक्ति को सिर्फ इसलिए पीटा जा सकता है क्योंकि उसने स्टाइलिश मूंछें रखी हैं ?...
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BJP IT Cell’s Attempt To Use Nobel Winner’s Name To Endorse Demonetisation...
“This is a policy I have long supported….” Desperate for positive endorsement of the controversial demonetisation experiment, the BJP IT cell must have been delighted to find this tweet of Richard...
View Article8 साल की उम्र में मुझपर सेक्शुअल असॉल्ट होने पर मुझे ही क्यों चुप करवाया पापा
ज़िन्दगी के हज़ार पहलू होते हैं जिनको लॉजिक लगाकर भी समझे तो समझा नहीं जा सकता, हर पहलू का अपना रंग होता है। वही पहलू आगे चलकर किस्से और कहानी बन जाते हैं। मैं जॉइंट फैमिली में पैदा हुई, जहां लड़के का...
View ArticleAre We Justifying Marital Rape Just To Protect The Institution Of Marriage?
Since childhood, we have been taught to perceive marriage as a pious institution. We have been taught that marriage is a beautiful and romantic bonding between two people. It’s a bond of protection,...
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The Definitive Guide To A Clean And Green Diwali
By Pitambara Somani and Rajat Rai Handa: This complex intertwining world we have built around us lays its roots in our environment. However, today the very air we breathe has become the “the world’s...
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