Here’s How NEP 2020 Is Failing Muslim And Dalit Girls
In this article, an attempt is made to analyze the policy document, which includes National Education Policy, 2020 and articles namely, Educate and empower: Because when you educate a girl, you educate...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy To Be A Working Queer Woman
By Anuska Roy Queer women are faced with multiple levels of biases that impact how their career trajectories are shaped. A lack of opportunity for queer women within prominent workplaces contributes to...
View ArticleLet These Bundelkhand Communities Be Your 101 On How To Conserve Water
It is well known that water is life and managing water is essential if the world is to achieve sustainable development. Climate change can affect the quantitative and qualitative status of water...
View Articleआखिर क्यों लड़कियों को अपने सपनों और पढ़ाई से मुंह मोड़ना पड़ता है?
कहते हैं शिक्षा पर सबका बराबर का अधिकार होता है, वो चाहे लड़का हो या लड़की लेकिन क्या वाकई समाज में ऐसा है? कोई भी लड़की जो चाहे कर सकती है, जितना पढ़ना चाहे पढ़ सकती है। इसका जवाब है नही! आज भी ग्रामीण...
View ArticleForest Fires: What Solutions Can We Explore For This Disaster?
Forest fires across the world and within India have increased intensely. Occurring with more frequency, forest fires have assumed a very essential space in disaster management. Regions earlier...
View Articleलिंग मालिकों ! सेक्स टॉय से खेलो! थोड़ा कैश अपनी ऐश पर खर्च करो
यह बात तब की है, जब मैं अमेरिका में था। सेक्स टॉयज से मेरी पहली मुलाकात वहीं हुई थी। वो मुलाकात अचानक हुई और बहुत गजब थी। गर्मी के मौसम की एक खूबसूरत सुबह, मैं अपने दोस्त बार्ट के यहां था। हम दोनों पास...
View Article“क्या हम वाकई लड़कियों को डिजिटली आज़ाद होने देना चाहते हैं?”
कनाडाई संचार सिद्धांतकार ‘Marshall McLuhan’ ने अपनी किताब Understanding Media: ‘The Extensions Of Man’ के पहले अध्याय में कहा था, ‘The Medium Is The Message’ अर्थात सूचना स्वयं एक संदेश है। सही सूचना...
View ArticleThis Himachal Village Is Proof Of The Brahmanical Hegemony In Rural Areas
The opinions and findings mentioned in the article are based on the author’s observations and analysis. The place I am concerned with is located at the confluence of Shivaliks and Dhaula Dhar mountain...
View ArticleHow The Prakrati Mitra Campaign Is Making Schools Carbon Neutral
Recently, the “Prakrati Mitra” campaign concluded, in which teachers taken ecofriendly steps in thousands of schools and finally transformed more than 500 schools into ‘carbon neutral’ schools....
View Articleवज़ीराबाद यमुना बैराज: ज़हरीली यमुना का खामियाज़ा मौत से भर रहे हैं लोग
लोगों के द्वारा ही नदियां अपवित्र और गन्दी होती हैं और इससे होने वाली परेशानी भी लोगों के लिए ही होती है। हमने गंगा नदी को बचाने के लिए अनगिनत अभियान चलाए हैं। हाल ही में दिल्ली में बहती यमुना का हाल...
View Articleसेक्स के बाद वो हर बार मेरी ज़रूरत को ‘मैं थक गया हूं’कहकर टाल देता है
हुबली, कर्नाटक की रहने वाली 26 साल की रीता एक फ्रीलांसर हैं, जो घर से ही काम करती हैं। सेक्स के बाद चेतन बेड के दूसरी तरफ मुंह करके सो जाता है। रीता उससे थोड़ी सी रोमांटिक बातें करने के लिए तरस जाती...
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...
View ArticleMamata Hai, Toh Mumkin Hai: Girls Outnumber Boys in Schools in West Bengal
“I will wear my favourite pair of jeans and this new pink kurti on my first day of college,” said an 18-year-old Diya from Hooghly, Kolkata, who cannot wait for cut-offs to be out and colleges to begin...
View ArticleWhy Is The Government Adamant About An Impractical Waste Energy Plant?
The government’s plan to set up a waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerator plant at the city’s Bandhwari landfill has brought into debate the effectiveness of such plants in managing solid waste. Setting up...
View ArticleFor Diya, Calling The Police To Stop Child Marriage Was The Only Option
What good does education do for a girl child? A girl convinces her parents to let her study. She stops child marriage from happening. Another girl stops the same happening to herself. She continues her...
View ArticleAn Open Letter: “Educating The Girl-Child Can Uplift An Entire Village”
To, The Women and Child Development Department, 3rd floor, New administrative building Madam Cama road, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk, Mumbai – 400032, Maharashtra, India. Dear Sir or Madam, I’m a child rights...
View ArticleI See A Phone In My Brother’s hands & Wonder If I’ll Get To Use One
“Why do our girls need access to digital devices?”, “Cooking, cleaning, and looking after the house is all they have to do after all!”, “Why does she need a mobile phone? She will be getting married...
View ArticleWe’ll ‘Allow’ Our Daughters To Complete Class 12, That’s More Than Our Relatives
Payal, a fourteen-year-old girl, lives in a shelter home in Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan area with her five family members. Every day, she goes out to attend a Zoom class online and returns to help with...
View ArticleIs Your Choice Of Clothing Leading To Environmental Degradation?
It is transparent to all that fashion is an eminent form of expression. It occupies a humongous space in our culture wherein folks willingly spend substantial amounts on clothes to follow the seasonal...
View ArticleAlong With Political Unrest, Kashmiris Are Also Battling Rapid Climate Change
I woke up to bone-chilling temperatures on a cold January morning this year and looked outside the window, to realise that Srinagar was covered by a thick blanket of snow. There was no electricity for...
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