An 8-Point Guide To Improve Menstrual Health Management In Conflict Areas
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, women comprise 49% of refugees worldwide. The number increases further if we consider those who are affected but not displaced. Menstrual hygiene...
View ArticleHoly Ganga’s Unbothered Saviours Don’t Seem To Mind The Filth Afterall
The Ganges Now since the Ram mandir debate seems to be over, it’s high time we confront Ram and ask about his plans for the heavenly river Ganga. (By the way, I am happy that finally, the Ayodhya...
View ArticleLack Of Access To Menstrual Hygiene Is A Denial Of Basic Rights. Period.
A cis woman bleeds 5-7 days a month from 10-50 years of age. Approximately, we bleed for 3000 days throughout our lives. It is a normal physiological process within our body, and we don’t have a choice...
View ArticleIt Is Unfair To Blame Farmers As India’s Grain Bowl Continues To Choke
For representation only. Just when N95 masks went out of stock on Amazon, that is when I realised that I just might not be able to breathe the air that I want to. While the prices of air purifiers...
View Articleवीडियो: दिल्ली में स्मॉग के लिए अमेरिकी एजेंसी USAID कैसे ज़िम्मेदार है?
पहले पंजाब के किसान अप्रैल, मई में धान की रोपाई करते थे और अक्टूबर के पहले सप्ताह तक कटाई कर लेते थे, पराली जलाते थे लेकिन स्मॉग दिल्ली में नहीं आता था। लेकिन अमेरिकी एजेंसी USAID के सुझाने पर पंजाब...
View ArticleStubble Burning May Be Part Of The Pollution Problem: But Why Ignore Other...
That which doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger cannot be said about the growing amount of pollution in the Northern part of India. The statistics paint a rather gory image of what we inhale now....
View ArticleLosing Homes And Identities: How Assam Floods Made It Worse For Those...
I hear echoes of wailing O’ foreigner friend, ill-fated – Bhupen Hazarika, ‘Chameli Memsahib’ Environment has played an important role in human history. From the rise and fall of empires to trade, wars...
View ArticlePrivate Members’ Bills: An Underutilised And Ignored Instrument Of Indian Polity
As per a PRS Legislative Research report, no private members’ bills has been passed by the Parliament since 1970. Of the 328 odd private members’ bills introduced in the 14th Lok Sabha, only 4% were...
View ArticleCan Youth Activism Convince Governments To Address Climate Change More...
What began as a high schooler’s silent protest against ecological breakdown, has now turned into a worldwide movement. Greta Thunberg, then 15, protested by sitting outside the Swedish parliament in...
View ArticleFor A Truly Swachh Bharat, Water And Sanitation Issues Need A Renewed Focus
Globally, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) have been part of the discourse from the beginning of the millennium. The United Nations Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries including India in...
View ArticleBeach Cleaning Activities From Bombay To Brazil Are Reviving Beaches And...
Back in school, we all learnt about the classification of soil. Since I live close to the Northern Plains, and particularly the mountains, I know how useful a rich nutrient-laden soil can be! As the...
View ArticleWhile The People In Power Declared An Emergency In Delhi, Did They Take Any...
Dear Rama/Allah/Jesus/Sai baba/Buddha/Guru Nanak, We have all heard of invisible cities in poetic metaphors. We also read about cities uncovered underwater, which must have drowned when the sea either...
View ArticleWater Politics: Why ‘Big Brother’ India Must Turn To Hydro-Diplomacy
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Indian PM Narendra Modi. Source: newsdig.in The recent India-Bangladesh meeting has been hailed as being highly successful with the signing of several major agreements...
View Articleप्रकृति बचाने की दिशा में महत्वपूर्ण हैं आदिवासियों की ये संस्कृति
जब हम भारत की संसकृति के बारे में बात करते हैं, तब हम उन संस्कृतियों और सभ्यताओं के बारे में भूल जाते हैं, जो कि भारत के अंदर अलग-अलग रूप में बसती हैं। ये आदिवासियों की संस्कृति होती है। भारत के...
View Article16 Young Changemakers Explore Issues Around MHM At YKA’s First Action Network
It is estimated that nearly 355 million women menstruate in India. While there are a few existing government policies to tackle MHM-related issues in the country, they still largely pay little or no...
View ArticleResolving Delhi’s Chronic Pollution Issue With A Sustainable Strategy
It seems, from the recent media reports, that there is some ambiguity in the minds of the readers like me and the citizens of this country as to how Japanese Hydrogen Technology, as stated by the...
View Articleपीरियड्स के दौरान ‘अचार मत छुओ’और ‘मंदिर मत जाओ’जैसी भ्रांतियां कब टूटेंगी?
आज के समय में हम अलग-अलग मुद्दों को लेकर बात करते हैं लेकिन जब पीरियड्स का ज़िक्र होता है, तब सब चुप्पी साध जाते हैं। पीरियड्स आज के समय में एक गंभीर समस्या है। समाज में इसे लोग माहवारी, एमसी, रजोधर्म,...
View Articleझारखंड के आदिवासी लड़ रहे हैं अपने जंगल और प्रकृति को बचाने की लड़ाई
झारखंड में जल, जंगल और ज़मीन को बचाने के लिए जंगल बचाओ आंदोलन के संयोजक जेवियर कुजूर यह आंदोलन कर रहे हैं। रांची एवं खुंटी ज़िले में मुंडारी खुटकट्टी जंगल की वापसी के लिये वर्षों से आंदोलन किया जा रहा...
View Articleप्रकृति के रक्षकों, “आदिवासियों को प्रकृति के निकट रहने दो, उन्हें विस्थापित...
इस पृथ्वी के जल, आकाश और भूमि के सभी प्राणियों में मनुष्य ही एक ऐसा प्राणी है, जो सबसे विकसित और संगठित सामाजिक समूह में रहकर नई चीज़ों को सृजन करने की क्षमता रखता है। ज्ञान, भावना, प्रेम, क्रोध, घृणा...
View ArticleBRICS Summit 2019: The Conflict Between Proposed Growth And The Need For...
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi recently attended the 11th BRICS summit in Brasilia on Wednesday. BRICS primarily comprises five countries namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Modi has...
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