10 Ways To Address Lack Of Caste Diversity In Your Organisation
By Benson Neethipudi: In response to my recent article on the lack of Dalit, Bahujan, Adivasi (DBA) representation in India’s development sector – the very communities the sector seeks to serve –...
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आदिवासियों को उनका पूरा पैसा दे दीजिए मोदी जी, चप्पलें वे खुद खरीद लेंगे
गत 14 अप्रैल को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी बस्तर के बीजापुर आए थे। आदतन उन्होंने बहुत सी बातें कहीं फिर उन्होंने तेंदूपत्ता बीनने वाली एक आदिवासी महिला को अपने हाथों से चप्पल पहनाया। मोदी जी ये चप्पल...
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शायद अमूल वाली लड़की के पास रोने के अलावा और कोई विकल्प ही नहीं बचा है
कल सुबह का अखबार खोला तो अमूल की उस लड़की के विज्ञापन पर नज़र गई जिसे देखते हुए मेरी ही तरह महानगरों/कस्बों कई बच्चे बड़े हुए होगे। अमूल द टेस्ट ऑफ इंडिया के विज्ञापन वाली लाल बूटेदार फ्रॉक पहनी हुई...
View ArticleA Simple Formula To Help You Tackle The Lack Of Diversity Wherever You Are
Disclaimer: You can read the first and the second posts in this series before reading this piece. What kind of society do we want to envision? Do we want to see people from all genders, castes,...
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11 Hard-Hitting Photos That’ll Bust Your Myth About Living In Kolkata
I have worked across many parts of the country as a photographer, sometimes with NGOs and sometimes for my own projects. And I’ve photographed many children across the country. But I have always...
View ArticleThe Historical And Political Battles In Jammu And Kashmir That Eventually Led...
In January this year, several men brutally gang raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl belonging to the Muslim Nomadic Tribe, Bakarwal. I have no interest in listing down the gruesome details of how the...
View Articleआम-आवाम के हित में खड़े होने के लिए जस्टिस सच्चर हमेशा याद किये जायेंगे
मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता और दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय के पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश राजिंदर सच्चर (94) का शुक्रवार को नई दिल्ली के एक अस्पताल में निधन हो गया, जहां उन्हें कुछ दिनों पहले भर्ती कराया गया था। सच्चर...
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Mayawati Slammed The Bhim Army, Then Why Do Its Members Still Support Her?
Thousands of people from different parts of the country, particularly the Hindi heartland of Uttar Pradesh made their way to Jantar Mantar for a protest in May 2017. The protest was called by the Bhim...
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Post-Mortem Report Of Kathua Victim Contradicts Dainik Jagran’s Front Page...
“No rape of the girl in Kathua, postmortem report only talks of injuries” screamed the front page of the Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran on April 20. The article claims that the post-mortem report of the...
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दिल्ली में प्रवासी मज़दूरों की आवास समस्या पर ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट
कहां तो तय था चरागां हर एक घर के लिये कहां चराग मयस्सर नहीं शहर के लिये। हम जिस भारतवर्ष में रहते हैं और जिसकी राजधानी दिल्ली है जो खुद में कई राजे-रजवाड़ों , कई-कई सभ्यता-संस्कृतियों और न जाने किन-किन...
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Whether You Are ‘Team Hindu’ Or ‘Team Muslim’, You Must Read This Open Letter
Dear average Indian, I write this today with a heavy heart because I’m searching for you in this crowd of people who seem to hate each other so much that they allowed this hatred to rip apart an...
View ArticleDo The Recent Changes In Indian Surrogacy Laws Really Help Women?
Surrogacy is not a subject I would have ever dared to have an opinion on, let alone write about. Blessed with a child at our first year of attempting to conceive, I don’t think I can even begin to...
View Articleमित्र रमन सिंह, चलिए ना ‘विकास की चिड़िया’खोजने
माननीय रमन सिंह जी, मुख्यमंत्री, छत्तीसगढ़ मुख्यमंत्री निवास, सिविल लाइन्स, रायपुर विषय: विकास की चिड़िया की तलाश के संबंध में माननीय रमन सिंह जी, आप जानते हैं कि जब तक बहुत आवश्यक ना हो मैं आपको पत्र...
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The Language Of Politics: Is Rape About Religion?
In the past week, there has been a rise in activism and rage – both online and offline – regarding the rape case of an eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim tribe in Jammu. People are marching out...
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I Went To USA For A PhD, But Came Back With PTSD
Imagine this – an Indian student is in a University in the nether reaches of USA to earn a PhD in Physics. Instead, he gets harassed, assaulted, racially discriminated by the college and ends up with...
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The Many Problems Child Rape Survivors Face, Which Death Penalty Doesn’t Solve
“Faansi dena koi solution nahi hai. Isse crime aur hi badhega. (Hanging somebody is not the solution. This will only increase crimes.)” “Death penalty nahi honi chahiye. (There should be no death...
View Articleइस देश में एक औरत की इज्ज़त उसकी योनी में सीमित क्यों है?
भारत में औरतों के वस्तुकरण का प्रचलन रहा है, द्रौपदी से लेकर अहिल्या तक, सीता से लेकर माधवी तक। ये भारत की मैगज़ीन की नायिकाओं जैसी हैं जिनकी तस्वीर ऊपर कवर पर लगा कर मैगज़ीन को बेस्टसेलर बनाया जाता है।...
View Article‘We Have No Hopes From This Society’: A Lesbian Couple On Marriage & Section 377
“Nothing will change even if section 377 gets abolished. We will still live the same lives that we are living now; society is after us now, they’ll be after us even after the elimination of section...
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While The PM Was Silent, These 10 Writers Boldly Spoke Out Against The Kathua...
It took PM Modi quite a few days to say “…as a country we should feel ashamed” about the Kathua and Unnao rapes. His silence was deafening. At the same time, pro-rapist rallies and communal barriers...
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Asaram Or Kanhaiya Kumar – Guess Who Indians Hate The Most?
Wednesday was a big day. Asaram Bapu, the self-styled Godman was finally sentenced to life for raping a minor. I saw a live Facebook video by Quint, interviewing the journalists behind this whole...
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