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Kolkata’s First Durga Puja By Transgenders Promises To Be Amazing
By Annesha Ghosh: In an exhilarating first, members of Koti, Hijra and other transgender women communities from across Kolkata and its suburbs have come together this year to organize a one-of-a-kind...
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Which Way Will The Women Vote In This Bihar Election
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: In this cauldron of identity politics, gender has not yet made its statement forcefully. Identities have been built around caste, religion, language and of...
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In Your Face!
As a protest against the book launch by Pakistani author K.M. Kasuri in Mumbai, a band of Shiv Sainiks allegedly smeared black ink on organiser Sudheendra Kulkarni. The post In Your Face! appeared...
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The Police Is Biased Against The Muslim Youth, And This Crucial Report Proves It
By Towfeeq Wani for Youth Ki Awaaz: "After having spent fourteen years—a period usually served by murder convicts—they walked free; a freedom that they were wrongly denied for such a long time." -...
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Shocking Stats Reveal Why Thousands Have Lost Their Lives In U.P.
By Abheet Singh Sethi, IndiaSpend.com: Uttar Pradesh (UP) has a sixth of India’s population but accounts for over half of all cases registered under the Arms Act between 2010 and 2014, according to...
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What Have We Learned From 10 Years Of RTI?
By Prashant Sharma: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. There was indeed reason to celebrate. It was 2005. A new law had come into being. One which would give ordinary people...
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The FAQueer Series: 12 Things I’m Asked Because I’m A Lesbian
By Ipshita Thakur for Cake: The L in LGBTQIA+. Lesbian is a term used to refer to female homosexuals. You’ll be most likely to hear this word as part of the sentence, "I’m not a lesbian!" from...
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[Y]Watch: ‘Crimson Peak’ Movie Review – Women’s Rights, Gothic Setting, And...
By Ishan Marvel for Youth Ki Awaaz: [envoke_twitter_link]Crimson Peak, at some level, is about women and their rights—or at least it projects to be[/envoke_twitter_link]. Set in late 19th century...
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Mumbai’s Dance Bars Are Back, But Conditions Apply
In a welcome move, the Supreme Court has suspended the 2005 ban on dance bars in Maharashtra, adding however that "no performance of dance shall remotely be expressive of any kind of obscenity in any...
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In Flood Hit Assam, Food And Water Were Priority, But Thankfully So Were...
By Minakshi Bujarbaruah: In a remote village of Sakoipothar in Dibrugarh district of Assam, a mother wails while her two young daughters sit beside her trying to comfort her. They haven't eaten in...
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Should A Hindutva Revival Happen In Bihar, Social Justice Might Be Doomed...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: The [envoke_twitter_link]Chief Election Commissioner has dubbed the ongoing Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 as the mother of all elections[/envoke_twitter_link]...
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Historian Romila Thapar Breaks Down What Secularism Is And Is Not In The...
By Romila Thapar: Romila Thapar delivered the Ali Asghar Engineer Memorial Lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia on August 19, 2015. This is a transcript of her speech, which can be accessed here. In...
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The Role Of An Editor: Is This You?
By Anshul Tewari: Last week, I was reading the Times Insider column on what makes a great editor, and a line by David Carr jumped out to me: "Editors create fine stories by typing on a keyboard...
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In Under 8 Minutes, Watch What Has Happened To The Govt’s Promise Of Cleaning...
By DTE Staff: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. Editor's note: In May 2014, the newly elected NDA government launched the ‘Namami Ganga’ programme to clean up the country’s...
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The Awards Will Run Out, The Injustice Won’t
Two children of a Dalit family were burnt alive, allegedly by upper caste Rajputs, near Faridabad. The post The Awards Will Run Out, The Injustice Won’t appeared first and originally on Youth Ki Awaaz.
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How Similar Are Elephants To Humans? Prominent Writers Answer This In A New Book
Edited by Jean-Philippe Puyravaud and Priya Davidar: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. A new book Giant Hearts: Travels In The World Of Elephants, Edited by Jean-Philippe...
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Caste Violence In India – React. Don’t Act
Many things have been said post the burning of two children belonging to the Dalit community. Here's looking at the comments from Haryana Chief Minister M.L. Khattar, Union Minister V.K. Singh and...
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[Y]Watch: Review Of ‘Shaandaar’–‘A Movie I Expected To Be Shit, But It’s...
By Ishan Marvel for Youth Ki Awaaz: You know what’s better than watching a good movie? Going for one thinking it’s gonna be shit, before realizing midway that it’s actually not. That’s what happened...
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Ex-Naval Admiral’s Open Letter To The Govt: ‘The Hinduism I Knew Was Inclusive’
By L Ramdas: Editor's Note: The Lok Sabha elections of 2014 brought a new government to power and a new hope that India will finally see the change it needed, after 10 years of alleged corruption,...
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One Man Created A Forest In Assam, Now A Whole Community Is Fighting To...
By Shaheen S. Ahmed: Note: This article has been republished from Down To Earth. A half an hour drive from Jorhat town in Assam takes you to the sleepy village called Kokilamukh. Nestled on the banks...
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