What Happened When The Women Of Bangladesh Went To War?
Trigger warning: violence, rape One of the many moving pictures from the Bangladesh Liberation War that quietly recounts the tale of bravery and suffering is this one - a mother with a gun watching...
View ArticleHow The Love Story Between India And Chai Began
An apple fell on Newton’s head and inspired the laws of motion. Now, how did these laws inspire an economist’s prediction that led to misery for millions but mornings filled with sweetness for...
View ArticleFor Rural Bengali Women, This Iconic Instrument Represents Durga Puja
In this world of blatant masculinity, it’s fascinating to see the biggest festival in Bengal celebrate a woman – Durga. What’s more encouraging is that the women of rural Bengal have chosen the most...
View Article‘Gully Boy’ Got India Hooked To Battle Rap, But Its Roots Date Long Back
When ‘Gully Boy’ hit the screens in India, the entire country got hooked on Battle rap overnight. However, it remains a little-known fact that an identical twin of this dramatic form of battle had its...
View ArticleThe Remarkable History Of India’s Love Affair With ‘Papad’
The humble crunchy Papad had been a silent observer to an astonishingly powerful tale of partition, migration and new hope for survival. You could fall deeply in love with Papad, but not in the same...
View ArticleStranger Things And The Stranger Story Of Gandhi And A Smuggler
We all loved Stranger Things to the moon and back. But only a few have noticed this ‘cameo’ of Gandhi in Season 4 of this celebrated Netflix Original drama. As the plot unfolds quietly, we unveil the...
View ArticleThe Curious Tale Of Partition, Refugees In Bombay And Fish Koliwada
Every partition story is a weeping witness of dreadful human acts, but a few of them also enrich the cultural cascade of India. The strange origin of Fish Koliwada is one such interesting anecdote....
View ArticleThe Story Of A Banned Newspaper That Fueled India’s First War Of Independence
This is the story of a forgotten newspaper that was in a league of its own, a banned daily that fueled India’s first war of independence, the indomitable Payam-e-Azadi. On the afternoon of 29 March...
View ArticlePasoori’s Classical Dancer Tells An Amazing Story Of Defying Dictatorship
While the Coke Studio creation Pasoori is breaking boundaries and winning hearts, the ravishing Bharatanatyam Dancer tells a fascinating story of defying dictatorship. This is a story about dance and...
View ArticleThe Story Of This Popular Writer Whose First Film Was Banned In India
The year is 1934. Dhanpat Srivastava, a printing press owner in Benares was an unhappy man, despite being an acclaimed writer. He was struggling with ill health and financial difficulties. Right then,...
View ArticleDo You Know Of The Oral Storytellers Banned By The British And Nizam?
What if we tell you there was a rural community of oral storytellers who was banned by both the British Raj and the Nizam of Hyderabad because they posed a significant threat to imperialism and...
View Articleज़मीन से जुड़े नवाज़ुद्दीन फ़्रांस से लेकर आये किसानों के लिए सींचाई की तकनीक
प्रशांत झा: मुन्नाभाई के बाबूजी का पहले सीन में जो लड़का पॉकेट मारता है और फिर जिसकी जमके धुनाई होती है वो याद है ना? इससे पहले ब्लैक फ्राइडे में मुम्बई ब्लास्ट केस में भी पकड़ा गया था, लेकिन शुक्र हो...
View ArticleWatch A Young Mumbaikar Recount His Struggle For A ‘Legal’ House
By Shahid: The Afzulpurkar Committee, which preceded the formation of Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in 1995, noted in their study that “an authorized dwelling unit is a first step in the...
View Article‘A War Without Limits Leads To A Battlefield Without Doctors’
By Médecins Sans Frontières (India): Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is remembering one of the darkest moments in its history. On October 3 2015, U.S. airstrikes killed 42 people and destroyed...
View Article4 Ways India Can Send A Strong Message To Pakistan, Without Military Force
By Shubhranshu Suman and Ujjwal Pandey: The attack on the Indian Army Brigade headquarters in Uri shook the nation’s soul, inviting rhetoric comments from all sections of the society. There were calls...
View ArticleHow Will India’s Intervention In Balochistan Affect Its Equation With...
By Shubhranshu Suman and Ujjwal Pandey: Since long India has refrained from mentioning Balochistan in its diplomatic parleys. However, this consuetude was broken on 15th of August, 2016. Just a day...
View ArticleA Survivor Of Child Sexual Abuse Shares How Important It Is For Parents To...
Submitted anonymously: In India, parents seldom have the ‘sex talk’ and most importantly they do not talk to their children about the ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ touch. Yes, I am referring to the rampant child...
View Article#NewsInTweets: Heavy Rains Lash Delhi And Gurgaon, Hundreds Stranded
By YKA Staff: What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets: 1....
View Article“Commodification Of Women Is Near Absolute”: Rahul Bose On Sexism In The Film...
By Oxfam India: Gender sensitivity plays a key role in cinema, through its acknowledgement or the lack of it. It’s well known how differently the industry pans out for male and female actors. To...
View ArticleIn Photos: People In Kolkata March For Kashmir, Get Threats From Right Wing...
By Sourav Sahoo for Youth Ki Awaaz: Thousands of people came out in a rally in Kolkata on July 14 to condemn the ongoing violence in the Kashmir valley. Human rights activists, various students’...
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