It’s Time We Revived The Debate On The Domestic Workers’ Bill
Domestic workers lead a difficult life in India, and their working condition is seldom discussed unless there is some really major story worth the coverage. They represent marginalized communities in...
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इन लड़कियों ने पढ़ने की ज़िद की और अपनी ज़िंदगी बदल ली
चलिये आज मिलते है हुड़ों की ढाणी मे गुड्डी से जो हमें बताएगी कैसा सफर रहा उसका और उसके दोस्तों का कक्षा 10वीं की पढ़ाई का! नमस्ते “मेरा नाम गुड्डी है, मैं कक्षा 10वीं में पढ़ती हूं और मैं एसएस नगर की एक...
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Meet The 12-Year-Old Who Gave Up Smoking And Violence To Become A Child...
Meet 12-year-old Faheem. Born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to a single mother who worked as a domestic worker, Faheem had a difficult childhood. Smoking, violence, abusive language – Faheem was involved...
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A 15-Yr-Old Girl’s Epic Response When Her Brother’s Education Was Prioritised...
It’s no secret or news that girls’ education and wellbeing are often de-prioritised in India, as compared to that of boys. So too, was the case of Soni Khatoon. Living with her family in an urban slum...
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Free Sanitary Napkins, Separate Toilets: What Girls In Telangana Want From...
Born to a fisherman father and a mother who’s a homemaker, Kumari Madhuri hails from a small village in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. Young, bright and enthusiastic, you might think she’s like...
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“प्राइवेट कंपनियों में शिफ्ट के नाम पर कर्मचारियों का शोषण क्यों होता है?”
हिंदुस्तान में पिछले लंबे वक्त से सरकारी नौकरियों के अभाव के कारण लोग स्वयं को असुरक्षित महसूस कर रहे हैं। जिसके बाद प्राइवेट नौकरियों ने लोगों का ध्यान अपनी ओर आकर्षित किया है। इसके साथ ही प्राइवेट...
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तमाम कठिनाइयों के बीच मैंने अपनी पढ़ाई जारी रखी और एक दिन वकील बनूंगी
मेरा नाम रेशू है मैंने अभी कक्षा 11वीं की परीक्षा दी है। अब मुझे परीक्षा परिणाम का इंतज़ार है ताकि मैं अब नई कक्षा 12 में प्रवेश ले सकूं। मेरे विद्यालय का नाम आर.एन.आई कॉलेज भगवानपुर है। मेरा पंसदीदा...
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बिहार की अमीना खातून जिन्होंने भीख मांगकर बनवाया शौचालय
यह ज़रूरी नहीं है कि किसी और की कहानियां सुनने के बाद ही हमें प्रेरणा मिलेगी, बल्कि कई दफा हमें खुद से भी प्रेरणा मिलती है। इस बात को बल देती हैं बिहार की 45 वर्षीय अमीना खातून, जो पढ़ी-लिखी ना होकर भी...
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Teaching Math Or Science To Girls Is Useless If They Lack The Confidence To...
When Savitribai Phule opened the first school for girls in the year 1848, little did she think that 100+ years later, girls of this country would still be struggling to get this basic right without...
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My Journey From Dropping Out Of School To Becoming The CEO Of A Marketing...
10 years ago, I was asked whether I had the strength to be a Psychologist during my interview for the Clinical Psychology Master’s programme at Christ University. At the time, I had prepared myself for...
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My Tailor’s 10-Year-Old Daughter Taught Me The Importance Of Thinking For Myself
“Let’s be friends”, Bhupi looked at Zara and extended his hand. Zara, a young kid of 10 years, is the daughter of our tailor master and was selling handmade necklaces to people coming in for the...
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As A Gender Non-Confirming Child, I Wasn’t ‘Holy’ Enough For My Convent School
One of the things school taught me was to be competitive. All of this was to secure top marks in class. This meant I had to see all my peers as competition and constantly find ways to defeat them....
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How I Turned My Speech Disability Into My Greatest Strength
I simply love talking to people. Whether it’s to discuss a trend in pop culture or politics or to have a midnight heart-to-heart talk – there’s something immensely fulfilling about engaging in a...
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I Wish My School Had Taught Me To Have An Opinion And Hold My Ground
I wish someone had taught me to make a fool of myself at school. By that, I mean I wish they had told me that it’s okay to opine. That it’s okay if my opinions, when finally out of my mouth, were not...
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Papa Made Friends With People From All Backgrounds, And It Taught Me A Life...
By Pranaadhika Sinha Devburman: I believe that learning begins at home, and that the lessons we learn from our family and close ones are more longer-lasting than school-based lessons (you can’t really...
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I Quit My Job To Be With My Husband, And I Am Glad I Made That Choice
“Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.”—Doris Lessing. As a young girl, I was never quite sure of myself. I lacked confidence, even though I was studious in class, and had...
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संघर्षों के बीच कामयाबी की राह तलाशने वाली आदिवासी युवती पुनीता की कहानी
झारखंड की राजधानी रांची एक आधुनिक शहर है। आदिवासी बहुल क्षेत्र होने की वजह से जनजातियों के जनजीवन की झलक आपको अनायास ही दिख जाएगी लेकिन इस आधुनिक शहर मे यहां के आदिवासियों के आर्थिक और सामाजिक जीवन के...
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My Tutor Was Supposed To Guide My Career, Instead He Cost Me Years Of Therapy
My family has always been quite serious about mine and my sibling’s education. Ironically, my education was one of the worst experiences of my life. Akshara Bharat, Media Professional When I was in the...
View ArticleThe Right To Ignore Your Boss Is The Choice That India Should Make
You return to your home exhausted from work. You think of spending some quality time with your family and getting a sound sleep… and suddenly your phone beeps with a mail flashing on your mobile screen...
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मिलिए भारत की पहली संताली महिला RJ शिखा मंडी से
शिखा मंडी, एक संताल युवती, भारत की पहली आदिवासी रेडियो जॉकी है। रेडियो मिलन 90.4 FM पर संताली में अपना प्रोग्राम प्रस्तुत करती हैं। शिखा ने अपने करियर की शुरुआत वर्ष 2017 में की थी। वह अपने इस प्रोफेशन...
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