Repealing 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 ArticleDelhi Zoo Has The Required Funds For Animal Welfare, But Not The Will
We have many zoos in and around India. The oldest existing zoo is in Kolkata, the Marble Palace Zoo, which was established in 1854. There are 145 recognised zoos in India as of January 31, 2020....
View ArticleEver Wondered How Campaigns Like #JusticeForSSR Function Online? Astroturfing!
It’s June 2020, the first wave of covid-19; it’s been three months since the lockdowns started, six months since the epidemic was a pandemic. If you are lucky, you are at home, stuck in the same...
View Articleजान जोखिम में डालकर पढ़ने जाने को मजबूर हैं फैज़ाबाद की लड़कियां
सहादतगंज बाईपास-फैज़ाबाद में एक दुर्घटना हुई। एक ट्रक के ड्राइवर से भिड़ने के बाद दूसरा ट्रक पलटने के कारण स्कूल से वापस आ रही तीन किशोरियां इसकी चपेट में आ गईं। एक के पैर कुचले गए, जबकि बाकी दोनों की...
View ArticleOur Netflix Accounts Are Better Protected Than The Quality Of Air!
In recent years, the term “Free-Rider” has been popping up all over the place in all manner of social sciences. Free-Rider, or the Free-Rider Problem, isn’t a bunch of motorcyclists robbing banks but...
View ArticleShatrughan Sinha Emerges Victorious In Asansol Bypoll In West Bengal
Trinamool Congress candidate and former actor, Shatrughan Sinha, has truly created history with his victory in Asansol. He is now an elated person with optimistic sentiments, emerging as a meticulous...
View ArticleSolid Data On Marital Rape Exists. Why Won’t Law Acknowledge It?
Five years have passed since the J.S. Verma panel committee recommended in favour of the criminalisation of marital rape in India. The recommendation is in tandem with Article 14 (Equality before law)...
View ArticleWhen Will Indian Men Learn They Are NOT Entitled To Sex In Marriage?
In the last few months, an unusual hashtag has been trending across Indian Twitter. The proponents of #MarriageStrike are bemoaning the petition to criminalise marital rape, and how it would erode the...
View ArticleHave We Ever Thought Who Occupies The Gullies Hip-Hop Is Based On?
For a country that runs on the ideology of caste, India hasn’t had an official caste census since 1931; naturally, it remains the biggest elephant in the room that goes unaccounted for in every data,...
View ArticleAnti Caste Hip-Hop Isn’t Just About Music, It’s About Representation Too
Anti-Caste Hip-Hop: A Tale of Culture and Representation Over the past month, I have lost the count of times I obsessively listened to the ensemble of hip-hop legends performing at the Pepsi Super Bowl...
View ArticleWhat A Tree Does To Sustain Human Life On Earth
“What an irony it is that these living beings whose shade we sit in, whose fruit we eat, whose limbs we climb, whose roots we water, to whom most of us rarely give a second thought, are so poorly...
View Articleहमारी पृथ्वी को बचाने के लिए क्या कर रही है सरकार?
महात्मा गांधी ने एक बार कहा था कि पृथ्वी हर आदमी की ज़रूरत को पूरा करने के लिए पर्याप्त प्रदान करती है, लेकिन हर आदमी के लालच को नहीं। पिछले 25 वर्षों में मनुष्यों ने पृथ्वी के दसवें भाग के जंगल को नष्ट...
View Article“Sexual Harassment Didn’t Disappear During WFH, It Took A New Form Instead”
Trigger warning: sexual harassment at the workplace Harassment—you must have come across this word or probably faced it in your life as well. This has been part of our society for centuries. People,...
View ArticleThink Courts Are Too Slow? Online Lok Adalat Might Help You
What’s the first thought which comes to mind when you think about justice? It is a typical picture of people sitting outside the court and getting old while waiting for their turn, with the days...
View Article“If You Want To Encourage Women To Practice Law, Make Provisions For Them”
In India, women have been fighting for their space in the legal profession from as early as the start of the 20th century. In its initial stages, it was about having the right to be recognised as a...
View ArticleWho Can Save Democracy in the Digital World? Hint: It’s NOT Elon Musk
This is the final part of the three-part series on ‘rise of misinformation and astroturfing‘ as a part of the Justicemakers’ Writer’s Training Program, run in partnership with Agami and Ashoka’s Law...
View ArticleFor Me, To Exist Was A Battle. On Being A Queer Student In India
TW: Mentions of homophobic slurs, homophobia Growing up throughout my school years, I watched my other friends. They didn’t have to act one way inside and a different way outside. The last few months...
View ArticleYour Stories May Differ From Mine, But The Homophobia In Schools Remain The Same
People say that school life is the most critical part of one’s life because during this period we make a lot of memories which stay with us forever even after we leave school. But people never say that...
View ArticleOpinion: On Communalism, Feminist Ethics And “Meri Umar Ke Log”
Trigger warning: riots, Islamophobia, sexual violence “Beta, tumhein Allah bohot dua dega! Aise nek kaam karne tumhari umar ke log hi aate hain. Aur toh koi nahi hai humara… (god will bless you, my...
View ArticleBeing Gender Non-Conforming Meant Having A Family With Conditions
I belong to the ‘city of joy where anything and everything revolves around cultures and family. The essence of belonging to a community is superior to all other aspects of living, and this principle is...
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