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How Countries Are Falling Prey To The Dangerous Concept Of ‘Corrective Rape’
By Monica Islam: When Hyderabadi filmmaker Deepthi Tadanki set out to research the subject of corrective rape for her upcoming film Satyavadi, she learned about shocking practices which took place in...
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The ‘Dirty Politics’ That Might Kill The Western Ghats
By Pandurang Hegde: Agumbe is a small village perched on the mountain range of Western Ghats in Karnataka. It is also called the Cheerapunji of South India as it receives the highest rainfall. It is a...
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After 2 Years Of Sexual Harassement At The NGO I Worked For, An Apology...
By Sonam Mittal: In 2009, I joined as a volunteer for a well-respected environmental NGO, bright-eyed, idealistic, and ready for change. But in 2012, two years after I joined as an employee, my view...
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A Year Into The Caliphate, How Has IS Managed To Capture So Much Territory?
By Simon Mabon: The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as IS, ISIS, ISIL and Daesh, took control of Iraq’s second city, Mosul on June 9 2014. It instantly implemented a...
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“My Superpower Was That I Could Hear Voices And Slip Into Delusions Of My...
By John Thekkayyam: I ride a bicycle every day from daybreak till the roads become full of automobiles. It has a basket that carries my phone, wallet and camera. On this day, I decided to haul the...
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The 5% Poison Pill For Lalu Yadav
By Praveen Chakravarty: “I am ready to consume poison to crush the snake of communalism,” said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, almost conjuring up an image of Lord Shiva with the...
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India’s E-Commerce 1/80th Size Of China’s
By Devanik Saha: Retail e-commerce sales in India are expected to reach $17.5 billion (Rs 105,120 crore) by 2018, from $5.3 billion (Rs 31,800 crore) in 2014, according to data analysed by eMarketer,...
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[Y]ral: “My First Period”– Girls From Delhi University Share Their Personal...
By Shreya Bhattacharya: Women menstruate. It's a natural, biological fact. However, society attaches wider connotations to the process of menstruation, all of them negative. Menstruation is often made...
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Delhi Needs Statehood, But Here’s Why It Probably Won’t Ever Get It
By Ruchika Thakur: Delhi is caught in a brutal tug of war between the Centre and the State. The mutual tugging has been going on for many decades, and it doesn’t look like the pull from either side...
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When Panic Strikes: “I Felt Like A Passenger In A Car Driven By A Mad Driver”
By Vivekanandan Balaguru: There is a silent epidemic going on before the eyes of the general public. Millions of people are suffering from anxiety, depression, fear, panic attacks, and many other...
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Watch: One Woman’s Harrowing Experience Of Giving Birth At A State-Run Health...
By Video Volunteers: Having a baby in a remote village of eastern Bihar in India means being pregnant with anxiety and a sense of helplessness. Without access access to health infrastructure to...
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अब बच्चों के कंधों पर होगा भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था में प्राण फूंकने का दारोमदार!
By Reni Jacob: भारत में लाखों गरीब परिवार ऐसे हैं जिनमें लाखों बच्चे गरीबी का जीवन को अभिषप्त हैं। तो इसलिए क्यों नहीं स्कूल के बाद बच्चों को काम करने दिया जाए, जिससे वे कुछ पैसे कमा सकें और गरीबी को...
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47 Islamic Nations Join International Yoga Day
By Chaitanya Mallapur: There are 47 Islamic nations among the 177 countries of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that officially co-sponsored–with India–a resolution to establish June 21 as...
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From NBT To FTII: Is The BJP Indulging In Political Favouritism?
By Navmi Vijayakrishnan: A few days back, the internet was flooded with news of the apparent unfairness of Gajendra Chauhan’s appointment as the new chief of the esteemed Film and Television Institute...
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“The Man Had Kicked My Friend On Purpose, Twice”: My Story Of Dealing With...
By Manasi Chaudhari: I recently went on a holiday with friends to Pattaya, Thailand. On New Year’s Eve, after our party, we sat down at a Starbucks to relax. While we were sitting, my friend felt...
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Are Safe Pregnancies In Rural India A Luxury?
By Nupur Sonar: Having a baby in a remote village of eastern Bihar, India means being pregnant with anxiety and a sense of helplessness. Without access to health infrastructure to monitor pregnancies...
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The Missing Girls Of Maharashtra & Gujarat
By Prachi Salve: There is a shortfall of 73% and 55% in inspections of sonography centres in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, two of India’s richest. The child sex-ratio (number of girls...
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No Ticket, Will Travel
By Rahul M: They have travelled nearly 900 kilometres to get here, and now wait to be picked up for daily wage work. Uncertainty binds these labourers. They have come this distance switching two...
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96% Of J&K Swachh-Bharat Money Remains Unspent
By Sofi Ahsan: Sanitation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is among the worst in India, with more than 54% of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15 target for household...
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DU Admissions 2015: When Living In Delhi Is Harder Than Getting Into Delhi...
By Chitranshu Tewari: If you thought that skyrocketing cut-offs were the only cause of worry for thousands of DU aspirants, you may be wrong. With just 9,000 seats for both undergraduate and...
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