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Postcard ‘News’: A Mega Factory Of Fake News That Continues To Spew Venom
Postcard News, synonymous with misinformation in the garb of news, continues to post with impunity content which is communal in nature, provocative in tone and mostly untrue. In 2017, Alt News had...
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With Just Sickles And Sticks, Adivasi Women Save A Forest
Hakim Sinan village, Ranibandh Block, Bankura District, West Bengal: It was getting dark in the forest. At a distance, light was gleaming from oil lamps in the village. “Did you breastfeed these Saal...
View Articleऔरतें जब भारत में SEX बोलती हैं तो वो चरित्र क्यों सुनाई देता है?
आज हमारा समाज आधुनिकता के झंडे गाड़ रहा है, भारतीय सभ्यता के और उन्नत होने की दुहाई दे रहा है, समाज में स्त्री-पुरुष के हर क्षेत्र में समान होने के कसीदे पढ़े जा रहे हैं। वहीं हमारे ही समाज में वैवाहिक...
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Rediscovering Protest Culture In Bangalore (And Coming To Terms With Its People)
When I got the Cooke Town residents’ WhatsApp forward to join a protest against the rape and murder in Kathua, I felt glad(for a whole two minutes before the scepticism set in) that someone had taken...
View Articleमोदी जी, JIO इंस्टीट्यूट को इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ एमिनेंस का दर्जा देकर क्या दोस्ती...
मौजूदा सरकार ने हमारे देश की शिक्षा व्यवस्था को खस्ताहाल करने की जैसे कसम ही खा ली है। सबसे पहले शिक्षा के बजट में कटौती करके देश की शिक्षण संस्थानों को कमज़ोर किया। 2014 में मोदी जी ने जीडीपी का 6%...
View ArticleThe Trend Of Inflated Grades And Deflated Learning
A couple of days back, Delhi University released its fourth cut-off list. One of the colleges had asked for a whopping 97.25% for admission to a B.A. (H) course (that too in the 4th list), eliciting a...
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This Man Is Tackling The Water Crisis In Bihar, And It Should Inspire Us All...
So far many leaders and columnists have expressed their grave concerns regarding the depletion and pollution of one of our most important natural resources—water. It is essential for our survival and...
View ArticleA Man Dared To Put His Hand On My Thigh In A Dark Train And I Will Not Let It Go
Editor’s Note: One thing that the #MeToo movement made impossible to ignore is the fact that nearly every single woman has faced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime. During her Netflix...
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We Have Been Systematically Led To Believe That Refugees Are National...
“We are the boat returning to dock; we are the footprints on the northern trail, We are the iron colouring the soil, We cannot be erased. ” —From “Refugee”, by Remi Kanazi Throughout the world there...
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दहेज के लिए जाह्नवी के टॉर्चर की कहानी आपको सन्न कर देगी
झारखंड के देवघर ज़िले की जाह्नवी ने अपनी शादी को लेकर तमाम तरह के सपने देखे थे, जो अमूमन हर लड़कियां अपनी शादी से पहले देखा करती हैं। लेकिन जाह्नवी के अरमानों पर दहेज प्रथा और हिंसा की क्रूर निगाह ने...
View ArticleDeath Penalty Is A Band-Aid To Pacify Mass Outrage, Not A Way To Stop Crime...
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the capital punishment for the accused in the 2012 Delhi gangrape, rejecting the review plea filed by three of the four accused. The apex court asserted that it found...
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Our Sportspersons Deserve Better Fans
Watching your favourite sports team lose a crucial match can feel like the worst kind of betrayal. Understandably, you’ll experience feelings of intense grief. In fact, in many ways, the grieving...
View Articleउस खिलाड़ी ने संन्यास ले लिया है जिसने दादा को लॉर्ड्स में जर्सी उतारने का...
ट्विटर पर स्क्रॉल करते-करते देखा कि मोहम्मद कैफ ने क्रिकेट से संन्यास ले लिया है। जी हां, वही मोहम्मद कैफ जिसकी कप्तानी में हमने पहली बार अंडर-19 वर्ल्ड कप जीता था, वही मोहम्मद कैफ जो था तो बल्लेबाज़,...
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Overcoming Privilege And Getting Grassroots Leadership Right
By Rachita Vora and Smarinita Shetty: Over the past three decades, Sujata Khandekar has led one of the country’s foremost organisations in grassroots leadership and activism: Community of Resource...
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For 25 Years I’ve Stayed Faithful To A Husband Who Refused Me Sex
By Anamika M This is my personal story about my marriage and sex and love, and it has taken me a lot of courage to put it down. I’m going to turn fifty-two, and my body craves sex, but it is ruthlessly...
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This Is The Final Chapter Against Sec 377: Here’s What Went Down In Court
There is no constitutional validity to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The Delhi High Court said as much when it read down the archaic law in its verdict in 2009. But when the Supreme Court...
View ArticleWhy And How Electoral Reservation Only Benefits Politicians And Not Voters
By Jennifer Bussell: What are the effects of affirmative action policies? To what extent do such policies sufficiently address the injustices that years of discrimination have imposed on specific...
View ArticleBihar’s ‘Anti-People’ Liquor Ban Needs More Than The Proposed Amendments
After drawing flak over the alleged misuse of the Bihar’s stringent liquor ban policy, Nitish Kumar’s government on July 11 acceded to the proposed amendments in the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,...
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From Poor Salary To Terrible Working Conditions: The Plight Of Mid-day Meal...
“We have 108 students. Till now, we haven’t received the uniforms for the students. We received only ₹5,000. It was spent on fencing the perimeter of the school. We could not even construct our...
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Meet The Fierce Lawyers Fighting To Bring Down Section 377
The Supreme Court hearings on the constitutional validity of Section 377 began on July 10, and since then, ten advocates have appeared before the five-judge Constitutional Bench, representing...
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