A First Hand Account Of How War Impacts Education And Every Day Life For Women
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” -Nelson Mandela There are some things, no matter how well you were raised, you tend to forget are an absolute privilege....
View ArticlePhase 2 Of Bihar Elections Records 54.80% Turnout; Results Out On Nov 10
The tussle among the candidates is on. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the efforts of voters for coming out of their house and voting during the pandemic, on the same hand, Rahul Gandhi...
View ArticleOpinion: Modi’s Misguided Fish Farming Scheme Ahead Of Bihar Elections Is NOT...
Modi Launches Fish Farming Scheme Ahead Of Bihar Elections And It’s Everything NOT ‘Atmanirbhar’ A new fish startup is born in Bihar. Ponds replace acres of once-productive farmland, housing thousands...
View ArticleBihar’s Raghopur Is Still Awaiting The ‘Bridge’ Of Development
Strangely enough, Raghopur, in Bihar’s Vaishali district and a place related to Lalu Yadav’s family, has not secured the facility of a temporary pontoon bridge to cross the river, possibly the Ganges....
View Article“सेक्स करते वक्त उग्र क्यों हो जाते हैं अधिकांश पुरुष?”
अभी हाल ही में ट्वीटर पर एक खबर पढ़ी, जिसमें 16 वर्षीय लड़की की हत्या इसलिए कर दी गई थी क्योंकि वह कुंवारी नहीं साबित हो सकी थी। काफी लोग इस वक्त चौंक गए होंगे कि ऐसे लोग भी दुनिया में पाए जाते हैं जो...
View Article“Yes, I’m A Man, And Yes, I Menstruate, What Is So Hard To Understand?”
Owing much to activism in the past decade, the topic of menstruation and menstrual hygiene has come to occupy the public stage; however, rarely the political discourse. This dialogue has included a...
View ArticleCan The New Generation Of Leaders In Bihar Turn The Political Scene Around?
Bihar is going through a major event for its social settlement to sustain the atrocities of the changing atmosphere of global development expected in the twentieth century. No wonder, this world is...
View ArticleWith Politics Different From His Father’s, Can Tejashwi Yadav Change Bihar’s...
Elections in any democratic society should be seen as a normal act wherein people elect their representatives who undertake the responsibility of governance to ensure a better standard of living and...
View Article23 Million Girls Are Dropping Out Of School Every Year For This Reason!
According to the recent CAG report, 72% of the sample toilets in schools had no running water facility and many were partially constructed or non-existent. In several schools, there are no separate...
View ArticleThese 6 Issues Are Only The Tip Of The Iceberg, ‘Bihar Is On The Brink Of...
What images come to our mind when we think of Bihar? Poverty, squalor, backwardness and people living in utterly abject conditions, running from pillar to post, in order to fulfil their basic...
View ArticleWill The Upcoming Government Fulfill The Expectations Of The People Of Bihar?
The election campaign in Bihar is at its pinnacle but what people are unable to see is that the political discourse has touched its lowest wisdom. Bihar Assembly Elections are in the pipeline and have...
View ArticleI Used To Think Period Sex Was Wrong, But It Has Changed Over Time. Here’s Why!
For a culture that raises eyebrows at every mention of sex or periods in a normal conversation, period sex is an even more controversial topic. So when I came across photographer Nolwen Cifuentes’...
View ArticleEight Hours, One Pad And A Diaper: Stories Of Doctors Who Bleed On COVID Duty
Working in a hospital for hours, wearing a PPE kit, drenched in sweat, has always been tough for healthcare workers. But, the situation is even worse for menstruating people. These exhausting work...
View Article“Abhi Bhaiya Hi School Jaaega” The Pandemic Is Robbing Young Girls Of A Future
“ Aai chaar ghar mein kaam karti thi, wahan pichle sola saal se kaam kia. April mein sab memsahib bol di kaam par nahi aaneko. Humlog theen bhai behen hain, abhi khaane ka paisa mushkil se aata hai,...
View ArticleWhat Do Paris, Los Angeles, Microsoft Have In Common? A Plan To Go Carbon...
“Forget about net-zero, we need real zero,” said environmental activist Greta Thunberg. We are now living in the ‘century of man-made (or anthropogenic) climate change’. The ecological balance is...
View ArticleAs NDA Retains Power In Bihar, Here Are 5 Things It Should Concentrate On
The election has ended. NDA retained power in Bihar, becoming the party with the maximum seats. NDA has been ruling the state for the last 15 years. Bihar achieved many goals in the first five years...
View ArticlePeriods Don’t Really Stop For A Pandemic, Do They?
This pandemic has indeed put the entire nation on a halt for a few months, but there are still a few things that can’t be excused and don’t stop just because it’s a pandemic. This calamity, combined...
View ArticleAs Nitish Kumar Gets A Historic 4th Term, This Bihar Election Will Always Be...
Bihar state election results were declared on November 11. The counting was delayed in several polling stations and extended way into the night. A close competition between RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal)...
View ArticleWho Says Period Leaves Will Impact Women Negatively?
Menstruation is a topic that is not talked about as much as it should be. The taboos and myths associated with it are uncountable, making it difficult to bring it in conversations. In August, Zomato...
View ArticleBihar Election: After Win, Will Nitish Kumar Enjoy Similar Authority In The...
The Shakespearean sentence “To be or not to be” still haunts the mature mind of incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar, a socialist by ambition and a staunch opportunist for the past years. Various...
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