Should Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan Ally With Akhilesh?
Shouldn’t Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan be reciprocating towards Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance offer of three seats and one MLC? What ails Ravan from actually not doing so when at the very...
View ArticleYogi To Contest UP Assembly Elections From Gorakhpur
BJP’s decision to field Yogi Adityanath from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur assembly seat sounds safer than for the political gamble of contesting him from Ayodhya and Mathura, fraught with contestation and...
View ArticleGirls Without Birth Certificates? Sadly It’s A Common Problem
With birth certificates being the major document in acquiring rights, how does India deals with this hidden discrimination? We all have had this dream where we forget who we are. Sounds scary, right?...
View ArticleCan You Imagine Living Without A Road? This Rural Community In Madhya Pradesh...
Residents of Guna village in Madhya Pradesh live without essential services. In the Soda district, there are about 700 residents, of which 300 are eligible voters. Voters in the village voted in every...
View ArticleDo You Know Of ‘Warrior Moms’ Fighting For Clean Air For All?
Mother, a six-lettered-word that speaks volumes, is a blessing of god in a true sense. One of the ways in which a woman attains motherhood is when the seed of life is embedded in her body. Since then,...
View ArticleAn Appeal To My Fellow UPites As The Elections Reach Closer
The Assembly elections will be held soon in the country’s largest population state, Uttar Pradesh (UP). As the date approaches, every political party is engaged in a big game of political promises. In...
View ArticleDouble Engine Govt: Since When Has The Same Party At State And Centre Become...
In the recent elections, the BJP has often used the term ‘double engine government’ in its campaigns for state elections. The BJP first used the expression during the 2014 Haryana and Maharashtra...
View ArticleVideo Of Politicians Crying Over Not Getting Ticket To UP Elections Goes Viral
Tears fall from eyes and it moves one and all. There are tears in politics, too. Amid the din of the Assembly elections, the politicians are also crying either to grab tickets or to support among the...
View ArticleHow A Mother Fought To Keep Her Child’s Education Going During The Pandemic
Many young children lost out on education during the pandemic, as everything moved online, including classes. But, early childhood care and development (ECCD) is extremely important for young children....
View ArticleParty Hoppers Give A Peculiar Turn To Assembly Elections
Politics has long been the most speculated subject spurring across the nation as the Uttar Pradesh assembly takes centre stage every time elections are at the nexus of Indian polity. The legislators...
View ArticleOpinion: BSP Fails To Articulate The Values Of Ambedkar, Kanshiram
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati knows what it would take for her to take on the likes of Akhilesh Yadav — by pressing into whatever it would mean for her Dalit-Bahujan politics. Though she may...
View ArticleRoti, Kapda Aur Makaan, NOT Religion, Ought To Dictate Who We Vote For!
Is this something any religion really emphasises upon: to vote for the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) or non-BJP parties? Let’s be clear about one thing—no religion talks about elections or the...
View ArticleExpert Explainer: Is India’s Water Crisis Real or Hyped?
The average annual per capita water availability in India has declined from 1816 Cum in 2001 to 1486 Cum in 2021. The Composite Water Index report brought out by NITI Aayog has vividly stated that 600...
View ArticleWashed Dreams: I Captured Andamans & Nicobar Islands, Impacted By Climate Change
It doesn’t require data from the scientific community to predict the impacts of climate change anymore. People everywhere, feel it doesn’t rain as often as it used to in some places while leaving...
View ArticleThe Little Known Story Of How Odisha Is Becoming Slum-Free
Nestled in the eastern coast of the country, Odisha is often acknowledged as the disaster capital of India. Out of the thirty districts in the state, about thirteen touch its 480 km of coast. Making...
View ArticleThe High Cost Of Cheap Fast Fashion
While most of us are aware of terms like fast fashion, sustainability, and climate change, few of us know how intertwined they are with our daily lives and how each purchase that we make from our...
View ArticleHeritage Uncared: The Silent Degradation Of The East Kolkata Wetlands
About a mile away from Park Circus in Kolkata, Topsia lies in the intersection between the busy 7-point Crossing and Science City (a theme park) on the EM Bypass. Getting down at the bus stop, I walk...
View ArticleWhy Non-Menstruators Play A Big Role In Destigmatising Menstrual Health
One of the primary justifications for untouchability around periods is that the cycle is dismissed as unhygienic and imbalanced. Due to inequality between menstruators and non-menstruators, the voice...
View ArticleBend it Like Anandita: How Sports Can Transform Girls’ Lives
24 January is marked as National Girl Child Day every year in India to increase awareness about the inequalities girls face in all facets of society, from education, health, nutrition, and medical care...
View ArticleA-Z Of Puberty: Physical, Hormonal Behavioural Changes At Adolescence
Puberty is confusing for all of us. Our bodies start changing and so do our minds. And it becomes hard to cope with so many changes going on with our bodies, externally and internally. So, here is an...
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