“स्टार्टअप के ज़रिये बिहार के युवा अपने सपनों की उड़ान को पूरा कर रहे हैं”
युवाओं को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए सरकार हमेशा नए कदम उठाती है, ताकि युवा अपना रोज़गार का सृजन स्वयं कर सकें। शहरी क्षेत्रों के साथ-साथ ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों के युवाओं के लिए भी केंद्र सरकार ने दीनदयाल...
View ArticleI Turned A Wasteland Into A Farmland And It’s Feeding Over 30 People Now
I am Subhransu Satpathy, a wildlife & nature conservation filmmaker & activist. Since 2006, I have been working with an initiative to save thirsty birds in summer. I arrange workshops in...
View ArticleQuick Byte: An Ode To All The Gorgeous Ladies Out There
Being a woman isn’t easy, and more often than not, we end up cursing our fate for being one. Like Belinda from Fleabag says, “Women are born with pain built-in. It’s our physical destiny: period pains,...
View Article₹3000 is Less, But At Least Baba Doesn’t Have To Clean Toilets For My Schooling
The National Scheme on the Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education or NSIGSE is a scheme to promote learning. It even tries to at least retain schoolgirls of SC/ST communities till the age of 18. To...
View ArticleFirst Girl To Join IT Sector From Her Village, Shobha Is Living Her Tech Dream
India is home to one of the youngest populations in the world, with more than 62% in the working-age group (15–59 years), with more than 54% of its total population below 25 years of age. This also...
View ArticleHere’s Why We Need Gender-Responsive Funding To Tackle Climate Change
To understand the socio-economic underpinnings of climate finance in intersection with gender at the global and the national level, the Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC) at IMPRI, New Delhi, recently...
View ArticleBuilding Sustainable And Inclusive Cities In A Post-Pandemic World
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world, with urban habitats being the source of an exponentially increasing number of positive cases. To understand the correlation between the...
View ArticleDo Our Environmental Regulations Encourage Environmental Justice?
Environmental justice is the aim of environmental movements. For the policymaker, regulation is the route to achieve it. Keeping this in mind, the Centre for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS)...
View Article“ग्रामीण भारत में आज भी लोग पीरियड्स के नाम पर महिलाओं को विभिन्न रिवाज़ों से...
गुजरात के एक कॉलेज की छात्राओं के पीरियड्स चेक करने के लिए कथित तौर पर अंडरवियर उतरवाने की घटना व्यथित करने वाली है। कॉलेज प्रशासन के मुताबिक यह उस कॉलेज का नियम है। इस नियम के तहत पीरियड्स के दौरान...
View ArticleThese ‘Eco-Positive’ Neo-Imperial Policies Are Ruining Himachal’s Ecology
“Jeevan ka ek aadhaar, van adhikaar.” Based on climatic conditions, the forest region of Himachal Pradesh (HP) can be classified into four different types: sub-tropical type, temperate region, alpine...
View Article“My Father Used To Take Care Of Everything”, Nishitha’s Jerky Road To Success
Nishitha was a young girl from a wholesome family of seven. She was the eldest child with two younger brothers and two younger sisters. College, home and studies, this was her little world. She didn’t...
View Article“बच्ची को भीख मांगते देख अभिषेक ने लिया झुग्गियों में पढ़ाने का निर्णय और बन...
पीरियड् (माहवारी) एक ऐसा मुद्दा है, जिस पर महिलाएं भी खुलकर बात करने से झिझकती हैं। हालांकि, बदलते परिवेश ने महिलाओं को पीरियड्स के दौरान होने वाली समस्याओं के खिलाफ बोलने की बुलंदी प्रदान की है, मगर...
View Article‘The Fight For Period Leave Is Going To Be Like The One For Maternity Leave’
Even today the word “menstruation” alone is enough to make a room full of people uncomfortable, especially in a country like India. Over the past few years, feminists and activists have repeatedly...
View ArticleHow Neo-Imperialism Sugarcoats Road Projects As Developmental Activities
Early imperialism was characterised by ecological colonialism; that is to say, the ecology of a region was shaped by colonial interventions. While the interventions themselves were acts committed in...
View Article“गाँवों में आधारभूत सुविधाओं के अभाव में लड़कियों के लिए कितना मुश्किल होता...
हाल ही में टोक्यो ओलंपिक पूरा हुआ है, जिसमें भारत ने जेवेलिन खेल में गोल्ड मेडल जीतकर इतिहास के एक पन्ने को स्वर्णिम कर दिया है। वहीं पूरे देश में हॉकी से गोल्फ जैसे कठिन खेलों में खेलने वाली महिला...
View ArticleIf Textbooks And Teachers Are Sexist, How Will Students Learn About Equality?
“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world,” said Malala Yousufzai. Gender stereotypes is no more an alien term. It prevails in almost every sphere of our life. Gender...
View ArticleSay No To “Development” That Threatens The Environment’s Existence
At least 10 people were killed in a landslide when a bus and other vehicles got stuck at Nigulsari in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. This is no longer an unusual case, as HP has already seen...
View ArticleUrban Development And Environmental Risks In Eastern Himalayas
India is urbanising and currently, a large share of its population resides in small and medium towns. Therefore, in 2011, 312 million people were living in urban settlements with a population between...
View ArticleHere’s How Imperial Policies Continue To Shape The Way We Use Water
People’s consciousness in oppressed nations does not readily recognise natural resources as commodities with an exchange and use value; rather, they retain mystical ties with resources. But in the...
View ArticleBin Mausam Barsaat Might Wash Away Our Chana Dal
Mokama “Taal” is situated 90 kilometers away from Bihar’s capital city Patna, which is part of central Bihar. It is ephemeral in nature and comprises a group of seven continuous “taal”. The seven taal...
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