“PunjAAP”: Bhagwant Mann To Be Sworn In As Punjab’s CM
Bhagwant Mann who will be sworn as Punjab’s 17th chief minister on 16 March will have a huge burden of expectations on his shoulders living upto those ambitions and aspirations will be a huge task that...
View ArticleA 3-Step Guide To Beating Patriarchy In The Legal Profession
Sometime in February at the Delhi High Court, Justice Rekha Palli was constantly referred to as ‘Sir’ by an advocate. Justice Palli objected to the lawyer calling her ‘Sir’ and remarked, “I am not Sir....
View ArticleWhen Will UGC’s Guidelines On Campus Safety Truly Include Queer Folks?
Following the rise of sexual violence against women, the University Grants Commission (UGC) set up a task force to recommend enhancing women’s safety and gender sensitisation on university campuses. It...
View ArticleAIMIM Politician Takes Aim At SP Following UP Election Results
Castigating Akhilesh Yadav for his lopsided attitude towards Muslims, Farhan Ahmad, AIMIM politician, said that the SP’s love for the Muslims was a hoax, adding that all Yadav in Uttar Pradesh did not...
View ArticleIf You Score 7/10 On This Quiz, You’re A #JagrukVoter!
India just completed an intense round of Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. But election fever isn’t over just yet! Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh hit the polling...
View ArticleClick, Click, BOOM: The Price We Pay For WhatsApp Forwards
What would you do, if a gang of angry bikers started chasing you as you were driving through a region foreign to you? You’d panic, and so did Tanaji, a 50-year-old auto-driver on his way back after...
View ArticlePursuing Litigation Is A Luxury I Can’t Afford: Low Numbers Of Women Judges...
What? Really? How is this even possible? It’s 1 AM. I am compiling the names of the judges of the Odisha High Court. There have been only 4 female judges. Out of 94. Since the 1950s. My first instinct...
View ArticleBy Not Including Sex Ed In Schools; Who Are We “Protecting”?
Trigger warning: Mentions of queerphobia and misogyny I remember telling my aunt that I wanted to be an LGBTQ+ rights activist as a teen, and her responding with, “LGBT people are gaining more rights...
View Article“My Generation Of Adivasi People Don’t Have The Cultural Knowledge Our...
Trigger warning: death by suicide, discrimination against Adivasi people and culture On a long road journey, while fighting to play my favourite Bollywood songs, my uncle interrupted and remarked:...
View ArticleThe Sixth Mass Extinction: The Impact Humans Have Had On Biodiversity
The world is passing through “ Sixth Mass Extinction” or “Anthropocene Extinction”, a biodiversity crisis. The current rate of extinction of species is estimated at 100 to 1,000 times higher than...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Are Political Prisoners From Tribal Communities Seen As Soft...
Trigger warning: police brutality, discrimination against political prisoners from tribal communities T N Gnanavel, in the Tamil film “Jai Bhim”, aptly captures the oppression of the tribals in the...
View ArticleThe Hijab Doesn’t Hurt Anyone, So Why Deny Muslim Girls Their Right To...
Recently, a group of Muslim girl students were not allowed to enter an educational institution’s campus solely because they wearing a hijab, which is considered a normal part of their attire by most...
View ArticleGroundwater Is Our Most Critical Resource, And It’s Depleting Fast
“The world needs to get water-smart. Everyone has a role to play, and we cannot afford to wait.” – UNICEF. World Water Day raises awareness about the 2.2 billion people who are living without access to...
View ArticleWe Have Educational Policies In Place, But Are They Being Implemented...
Belonging to the legal field, my personal experience is that when I learn or read about a law, I automatically become curious to find out more about related laws and policies. In this piece, I want to...
View ArticleNavjot Singh Sidhu Calls AAP’s Rajya Sabha Nominees “Batteries”
The extremely dejected and talkative Navjot Singh Sidhu termed all of the Aam Aadmi Party’s nominees to the Rajya Sabha (barring former cricketer Harbhajan Singh) as “batteries” for Delhi’s remote...
View ArticleSwachhta Will Be A Dream If We Don’t Flush Out The Inequality In India’s...
You’ve been running errands for the last two hours in your city’s local market area, and now feel the need to pee. Home is a 45-minute metro ride away, and you can’t wait for that long. But you see the...
View Articleक्या आप टीबी और उससे जुड़ी मानसिक स्वास्थ्य चुनौतियों को समझते हैं?
आकृति भारत के एक मशहूर एमबीए स्कूल से पढ़ाई कर रही थी। पिछले कुछ सालों से वो डिप्रेस्ड महसूस कर रही थी, उसके भी कुछ सपने थे, जो टीबी की वजह से टूट गए। भारत की दो गंभीर महामारी टीबी और मानसिक स्वास्थ्य...
View ArticleGirls’ Education In Sheikhpura: What’s The Point Of Studying If They Aren’t...
“ Whom did you vote for in the election?” I asked her a cliché question with a broad smile. “ Nitish Kumar,” she replied. “ Why?” I asked her. “ Because he gave me a cycle, uniform and money to buy...
View ArticleBreak The Silence: Domestic Abuse Harms Children’s Safety
Trigger warning: domestic violence ‘Home is where the heart is!’ This famous quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson reflects the comfort and immense affection we seek to find among our loved ones in the familiar...
View ArticleOpinion: “Writing Off Yogi Adityanath’s Popularity Would Be Naivety”
Senior ranking bureaucrats are in a huddle in Uttar Pradesh (UP), with a fierce electoral fight testing the waters of incumbent Yogi Adityanath government. Can the state if can tide over it? From...
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