#PeriodPaath: Charity Begins At Home
To, Shri Manish Sisodia, Minister of Education, Delhi Sir, Subject: Regarding Menstruation awareness. I would like to bring a very important social issue in your notice which needs to be addressed, as...
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It is no more a secret that intensive animal agriculture is at the helm of the environmental crisis that we face today. Be it global warming, massive energy consumption, land and water pollution,...
View ArticleHow YKA’s Action Network Workshop Helped Me Take My Campaign One Step Further
YKA, in their yet another endeavour to bring the voices of the youth at one platform, organised a two-day workshop on Campaign Building. The participants were either working for Menstrual Hygiene...
View Article#PeriodPaath: We Need Clean Toilets For Menstrual Hygiene
To, The collector, District Alwar, sub- for menstrual hygiene need clean toilets and better facilites . Respected sir, Our honorable prime minister run a campaign “clean India ” which was very imp to...
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To, Chief Minister, Jharkhand Subject: Government unfulfilled promises Respected Sir, I am Anushka from the capital city of Jharkhand and I am compiling this letter on behalf of many voices in the city...
View ArticleCarbon Emissions Will Destroy The Planet: But Are We Ready To Switch To...
The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested that the world needs to adopt measures to reduce carbon emissions. This is in line with the goal of the Paris...
View Articleस्वच्छता व जागरूकता के सम्बंध में
सेवा में, श्रीमान जिलाधिकारी, जनपद फिरोजाबाद। विषय: स्वच्छता व जागरूकता के सम्बंध में। महोदय, सविनय निवेदन यह है कि औद्योगिक नगरी होने के कारण जनपद फिरोजाबाद में स्थानीय नागरिकों के अतिरिक्त दूर दराज...
View ArticleGo Goa Gone: The Harsh Reality Of How Goa Is Being Destroyed
In October 2017, I embedded myself with a group of activists protesting coal import in Goa. I attended their meetings, hung out at their work places, tagged along as they ran pillar-to-post filing...
View ArticleExplained: Why Sustainable Agriculture Is The Way Forward For India
I was talking to my grandfather a few days ago and our conversation went on to discuss various issues of current affairs. One of the issues which captured my attention was related to climate change. He...
View Article#PeriodPaath: We Need Clean Toilets For Menstrual Hygiene
To, The collector, District alwar. sub- for menstrual hygiene need clean toilets and better facilities. Respected sir, Our honorable prime minister run a campaign “clean India ” which was very...
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To , Dr C Vijayabaskar Health Minister Tamilnadu Dear Sir / Madam: I am here to highlight an confluence issue faced by our community women in the context of Menstrual health and hygiene . Good...
View Article#PeriodPaath: A Letter To The Chief Minister Of Hyderabad
To, The Chief Minister of Hyderabad, Telangana Chandrasekhar Rao I always had these feelings that any developing country does not succeed until the citizens’ common problems are addressed and resolved...
View ArticleDid You Know That Every Search You Make Online Contributes To Climate Change?
Do you know that a single search on the internet emits carbon? By the time you read this article on YKA, you will have contributed towards climate change. Yes, you read it right. Every search comes at...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Menstruation Awareness
To, Government representative of Vadodara, Subject: An open letter demanding the hygienic conditions for menstruation in our community. Respected sir, I am writing an open letter to you. It is a...
View Article#PeriodPaath: Womanhood At Its Finest.
To Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Mumbai-400101. Dear Sir, As we enter the year of 2020, the disparity in treatment of the genders in our country speaks for itself. With a rank of...
View ArticlePutting Men In Menstruation: The Inspiring Story Of Pune’s Period Hero
8220;I had nothing to do with menstruation until 2011, when I was around 18 or 19 years old,” says Pravin Nikam, founder of the Pune-based Roshni Foundation, a non profit that works with gender and...
View ArticleHow Can You Step up And Take Climate Action On Earth Day 2020?
Earth Day’s 50th anniversary is on April 22, 2020. A question asked by many is ‘What can individuals and institutions do to mark this?’ “Lots. Everything counts. No act is too small” is what we say....
View Articleऑस्ट्रेलिया के जंगलों में लगी आग से 25 करोड़ टन हुआ है कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड का...
ऑस्ट्रेलिया के न्यू साउथ वेल्स, क्वींसलैंड राज्य और अन्य इलाकों के जंगलों में अगस्त से आग लगी हुई है और वहां आग की कई ऐसी तस्वीरें व वीडियो वायरल हो रही हैं, जिन्हें देखकर शायद कई लोग अंदर से दहल जाएं।...
View ArticleMy YKA Action Network Experience Was Intensive, But Eye-Opening
Being a journalist, I have worked on stories around gender and hygiene, and so, I was excited to know I was selected for the YKA Action Network fellowship on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights...
View Article‘Main Aaj Ki Ladki Hoon, Kyun Na Karoon Periods Ki Baat?’
The conversation around menstrual hygiene management has made it to the mainstream fairly successfully in urban India over the last few years. Particularly in the online space, research, reportage and...
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