What Stops The State Police From Entering A University Campus?
There is a road commemorating Muhammad Ali Jauhar which runs right through the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia, bisecting it into two nearly equal halves. MMAJ Marg, as it is officially known, connects...
View ArticleFocussed Efforts From Govt And Civil Society Will Reduce India’s High...
“My husband died of cancer this month. We did our best to treat him. But, we could only manage a loan of Rs 80,000 from the local moneylender. It wasn’t enough to keep him alive,” shares 32-year-old...
View Articleमुज़फ्फरपुर में बाकी सब है, नहीं है तो बस बालिका आश्रय में हुए शोषण के प्रति...
मुज़फ्फरपुर में मोतीझील जैसा बड़ा बाज़ार है, देवघर के समान प्रसिद्ध बाबा गरीबनाथ हैं और हर सोमवार उन पर जल ढारते लाखों लोग भी हैं। नहीं है तो एक चीज़- बालिका आश्रय में लड़कियों के हुए शोषण के प्रति...
View ArticlePower To The People — The Journey Of Panchayati Raj Institutions
By Jitendra Rath and Sameet Panda It was in 1993 that institutions of self-government, known as Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), were first institutionalised in India. 2018 marks 25 years since they...
View Articleमहिलाओं का ऑर्गैज़्म, ना बाबा ना!
पिछले हफ्ते की बात है मैं इंस्टाग्राम चेक कर रही थी, तभी मेरी नज़र एक पोस्ट पर गयी और उस पोस्ट में मेंशन हैशटैग पर। नेशनल औरगैस्म डे। हां यही था। मैंने थोड़ा हैशटैग पर जाकर एक्सप्लोर किया। नैशनल...
View Article‘I’m 22 And I Don’t Know What Electricity Looks Like’: 71 Years, No Freedom...
Seven decades after independence, thousands are yet to see what electricity looks like, while others are waiting for their defunct poles and wires to be more than ornamental. “It has been 70 years...
View ArticleNot ‘Honour’ Killings, But Murders To Exert Power
Honour’ killings aren’t about honour at all – they are murders carried out by the apparently powerful to maintain status quo of caste, power, and property. Community Correspondent Reena, reported an...
View ArticleAccording To Author Seema Anand, The World Desperately Needs The ‘Kama...
As adolescents, my friends and I referred to ‘sex’ as the ‘three-letter bad word’. In an all-girls missionary school, we learned about intercourse with a clinical precision. Our Biology teacher’s body...
View ArticleWe All Need To Do Our Bit For Kerala. And No Act Of Kindness Is Small Or...
The scale of any tragedy can only be estimated. One could never possibly imagine the colossal scale of impact. Therefore, it is useless to pretend that one is able to. The situation in Kerala is no...
View ArticleGorkhaland Movement: The Fault Line In India’s Longest Statehood Demand
It’s been 100 years and more; the longest statehood demand in India’s history, the one for Gorkhaland has reached its peak many times. Yet, it has always come tumbling down. Time and again, the...
View Articleदहेज में बुलेट बाइक नहीं देने पर बिहार के रंजना की हत्या, पति ने बनाई फिल्मी...
नोट– मामले की जानकारी के लिए YKA ने DSP सदर से बात की, और उन्होंने फोन पर जानकारी दी है कि आरोपी जेल भेज दिया गया है, यह पूछने पर कि क्या उसने मान लिया है कि हत्या उस ने की है, उन्होंने बताया है कि जेल...
View Article“My Refusal Meant Nothing To Him”: A Survivor Opens Up About 10 Years Of...
52 countries have criminalised marital rape. But in India, lawmakers supposedly fear ‘destabilising’ the institution of marriage. It’s not fear; it’s misogyny. “Yes, he is my husband but does that mean...
View ArticleI Heard Rahul Gandhi Speak At LSE; Is He Ready To Lead India?
(This article is based on my views on someone who is projected as a future Prime Minister of India, in sections, that have been put devoid of satire, while certain other sections of this article are...
View ArticleThe Paternity Benefits Bill Needs To Be Passed To Keep Women From Leaving The...
The share of women in the workforce has been steadily declining for more than a decade now in India. It is a curious thing to happen since the number of girls receiving education, even post-secondary...
View Articleरक्षाबंधन: सरकारें हमें हमारे अधिकार दें, एक दिन की बोगस फ्री की यात्राएं नहीं!
यूपी, बिहार, पंजाब, हरियाणा और दिल्ली की सरकारों ने रक्षाबंधन के अवसर पर महिलाओं के लिए बसों में फ्री यात्रा का इंतज़ाम किया है। शनिवार की रात बारह बजे से लेकर रविवार की रात बारह बजे तक। अगर रविवार की...
View ArticleRe-branding Rahul: My Takeaway From The Congress President’s Townhall Event...
“Thank you for this unscripted Mann Ki Baat!”, a delighted person in the audience shouted with a great amount of fervour. This final intervention may well have been the cry of an ardent supporter, but...
View ArticleWhy ‘You Were Never Really Here’ Is One Of The Most Life-Affirming Films I’ve...
(Disclaimer: This review is bound to contain spoilers, but not in a way that matters when it comes to the overall viewing experience, should the reader decide to watch this film.) “You Were Never...
View Articleइन वजहों से भारत के ग्रामीणों तक नहीं पहुंच पाती स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं
झारखंड के दुमका के करन कुमार मंडल चिकित्सा से जुड़े अपनी दास्तानों को बयान करते हुए काफी भावुक हो जाते हैं। वे कहते हैं “गांव में कोई ज़िन्दगी नहीं है। देर रात यदि हमारे घर पर किसी को कुछ हो जाए तब...
View ArticleA Month After GST: The Other ‘Bloody’ Battles To Be Won For Menstrual Health
A month ago, India removed its ‘tampon tax’, a move welcomed by activists worldwide. But the struggle for safeguarding menstrual health of all people who menstruate has other fronts which need our...
View Article“क्या सच में बिहार की मजबूरी है और तेजस्वी ज़रूरी है”
पिछले दिनों बिहार में बी.पी.मंडल की जयंती मनाई गई। कई पार्टियों ने उनकी जयंती के बहाने बिहार के दलितों और पिछड़ों की राजनीती में अपनी पहचान मज़बूत करने की जद्दोजहद की। एक ओर जहां राजद से तेजस्वी यादव ने...
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