The Rise And Rise Of AAP In Punjab
The Aam Aadmi Party marked history by winning 92 seats, the best-ever performance by any party in the Punjab Assembly Elections. This emphatic win has decimated the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal,...
View ArticleI Reached Out To Consumers To Understand India’s Plastic Problem
It’s the 2080s and you’re sitting in the community park as your granddaughter plays catch with her friends. You look around — the pathway is tidy with green trees and clean dustbins, the lake...
View ArticleHow India’s Forgotten Eco-Mark Scheme Can Help Raise Environmental Awareness
Over time, I have had the opportunity to speak with a lot of people from varied backgrounds and different mindset’s regarding the environment. While some of them deeply resonate with me when I say we...
View ArticleShatter The Vicious Cycle Of Domestic Violence By Amplifying Children’s Voices!
Trigger warning: domestic violence, child abuse. “It’s painful to know you thought they were there to look after you, but suddenly you realise they are not. Rather, they abused you…” These were Radhika...
View ArticleSanitary Pads And Smartphones: Nurturing Girls’ Education In Sheikhpura
There was a moment of hesitation between all of us who were present there. Overcoming it, she quickly jumped to her menstrual cycle story. Menstrual cycles are a pervasive taboo. No-one is ready to...
View ArticleFrom Deucha Pachami To Dhinkia, Adivasis Have Been Fighting For Their Rights!
In the Birbhum district of West Bengal, in the Mohammed Bazar area, lies the Deucha-Harinsingha-Dewanganj block. Deucha Pachami has been in the news for some time now. People living in and around...
View ArticleWill The AAP Benefit From Anti-Incumbency In The MCD Elections?
Can the Aam Aadmi Party benefit from the anti-incumbency sentiments against the Bharatiya Janta Party, in the elections for the Municipal Commission of Delhi (MCD), given the latter’s move towards...
View ArticleYes, Adivasis Exist!: A Tale Of Cultural Assertion
In my previous articles, I talked about the problem of assimilation of the tribal societies into the mainstream. This leaves one with the question of how do we intend to correct this cultural and...
View ArticleBy Splitting Opposition Votes, The BJP Managed To Hold On To Goa
Despite Falling short of one seat to cross the majority figure, the BJP formed the government for the third consecutive term in Goa on Monday. After a delay of 17 days, Dr Pramod Sawant took oath as...
View ArticleRepealing This Government Order Will Put Telangana’s Biodiversity At Risk
In 1912, the nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu, wrote a poem titled “The Hussain Sagar”, in which she described the river, Hussainsagar, as a “living image of her soul”. The poetess grew up in...
View ArticleThe Ladders Are Too Steep To Climb: Reality Of Women In Litigation
I kept writing ‘him’. While drafting this piece, I have had to catch myself so many times from writing ‘him’ while talking about senior lawyers, law professionals, and aspiring litigators. And that is...
View ArticleDalit Bahujan Rappers Are Resisting Caste, One Beat At A Time
Some time back, I mixed into celebrations of a rapper, Saurabh (100RBH) from Amravati (Maharashtra), who had rapped alongside Sid Sriram in Nagraj Manjule’s Hindi debut Jhund. On the surface level,...
View ArticleWhat Role Does Education Play In The Empowerment Of Muslim Women?
It is said that when a man acquires knowledge, he is empowered. But when a woman receives knowledge, an entire generation is empowered. Education is pivotal for the upliftment of any community. A...
View Articleहम पोर्न देखने में आगे मगर सेक्स एजुकेशन पर हाय तौबा
आवश्यकता ही अविष्कार की जननी है। आवश्यकता ना हो तो इस धरा का अर्थ ही नहीं है। शरीर की भी कुछ अपनी आवश्यकता या कहें ज़रूरतें हैं, जैसे सांस लेने की, भोजन करने की, वस्त्र की ,आवास की इत्यादि और ठीक उसी...
View ArticleWhy I Believe It’s Important To Talk About Enforced Disappearances In Kashmir
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” – Charles-Louis de Secondat. Kashmir, as a region so fraught with violence, and one...
View Article57% Of Kashmiris I Surveyed Know Someone Who Has “Disappeared”
It was during the Second World War that the concept of enforced disappearances first came to light. In Nazi Germany, Jews, Communists and Dissidents were often picked up by the secret police and in...
View ArticleA Policy Of Oppression: Is It Time To Rethink The Kashmir Solution?
The allegations of enforced disappearances against armed forces in Kashmir cast serious doubts on not just the legitimacy of the Indian administration of Kashmir but also on India’s status as a...
View ArticleWhy I Think The Animals Of Delhi Zoo Deserve Justice
When I was 5, I saw “The Jungle Book”. The Jungle Book was a story about a young being raised by a pack of wolves and the other animals of the jungle. He must prove himself as one of them to show that...
View ArticleDid You Know The Delhi Zoo Is Notorious For Hiding Animal Deaths?
I would like to start by quoting some statistics and facts to do with animal captivity. Did you know there are more tigers in American zoos than there are free and roaming, globally? Also, animal abuse...
View ArticleI Was Called A ‘Musahar’ Growing Up, I Didn’t Know Why Until I Met One
What makes me the person that I am? With this question, I don’t mean to imply that I am a great person. I’m not. But as the first female in my family to make it to the capital city, that too as a...
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