56 Farmer Suicides In Just 3 Months. What’s Punjab Govt. Doing?
By Aman Thind: Source: Reuters On Tuesday, April 26, The Centre shared the statistics of farmer suicides in 2016 so far revealing a grim picture of an issue that has remained unchanged since 2014. As...
View Article10% Quota Declared For Economically Backward In Gujarat, Includes The...
By YKA Staff: Hardik Patel. Source: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi In July last year, the Patidars of Gujarat led by 22-year-old Hardik Patel, demanded reservation under the OBC category for Patels. The...
View Articleलालूजी, क्या आप जैसे समाजवादी नेता दलितों के हक़ की लड़ाई ईमानदारी से लड़ने के...
जीतेन्द्र कुमार: आदरणीय लालूजी, आदरणीय इसलिए कि आप हमारे बुजुर्ग हैं लेकिन चरण स्पर्श नहीं। चरण स्पर्श तो आपकी समाजवादी परम्परा में भी नहीं रहा है, ऊपर से अपने बुजुर्गों को भी मैं ‘जय भीम’ से ही...
View ArticleWhy Is The Govt. Trying So Hard To ‘Civilise’ India’s Tribals?
By Arunima Singh: Recently, I came across an article on Firstpost, which provided a good example of everything that’s wrong with our current idea of development, and our mindsets. The argument put...
View ArticleWhy I Feel The BJP Is Using Education To Brainwash Students
By Hamna Mariyam Binth Ashraf: It was a few months ago when TV sets and FM stations started running government sponsored advertisements, commemorating October 31st as National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta...
View ArticleWhat The ‘Ridiculous’ Tussle Over The Kohinoor Actually Means
By Nishanth Chakkere: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Buckingham Palace, London The recent cacophony regarding the Koh-I-Noor diamond and its ‘rightful owner’ has...
View ArticleWith Millions Homeless, Why The World Needs To Care About The Migrant Crisis
By Harsh Mahaseth: Syrian migrants cross under a fence as they enter Hungary With the advent of the 21st century, there has been a rise in the influx of migrants in various countries. Numerous people...
View ArticleIn Tamil Nadu, The Govt. Is Trading People’s Needs For Their Own Interests
By C. G. Akhila: In a democratic country, what is a government expected to do? Serve the people right? But that hardly happens these days. Latest reports show that the priorities of the people of Tamil...
View ArticleWhy PM Modi Needs To Stop Campaigning ASAP
By Deepak Jha: Narendra Modi in Kolkata. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri. India is a great country and, among other things, its electoral politics is a great thing to watch after of course India-Pakistan...
View ArticleWhy Both Trump And Hillary Are Bad News For The Middle East
By Sabah Kochhar: Hillary and Trump Following Donald Trump’s emergence as the lead GOP candidate in the run up to the 2016 American elections, and given Hillary Clinton’s popularity against fellow...
View ArticleTruth Can Set You Free, It Can Also Get You Killed If You’re A Journalist In...
By Kumar Saurav: Recently, two journalists, Rajdeo Ranjan and Akhilesh Pratap, were shot dead in Bihar and Jharkhand. They are not the first and certainly will not be the last of India’s murdered...
View ArticleWill Europe Survive The Religious War ISIS Is Waging Against It?
By Surya Sankar Sen: ISIS’s recent activities in Europe may be viewed as a part of a larger campaign to polarise Europe’s multicultural society along religious lines. The group, over a span of two...
View ArticleHow ‘Development’ In Kerala Is Set To Create 2000 Jobs, But Destroy 50,000...
By Anjana Radhakrishnan: Source: Reuters I closed my eyes, taking in the soft breeze that flows from the Arabian Sea, moving through and over the crashing waves. The rumble of lorries carrying tonnes...
View ArticleAll You Need To Know About The Syrian War And Why Europe Is Refusing To Help...
By Shivani Chimnani: Source: Reuters In the summer of 2015, Europe witnessed the largest influx of refugees since World War II. Millions of Syrian refugees, to escape the brutalising civil war regime,...
View ArticleHow Regional Politics Can Change The Game In India (Wait, It Already Has)
By Saurabh Verma: I think universities should add a new course to their existing curriculum, which is – India. I bet it will be the toughest subject because no one will ever understand what India is,...
View ArticleWhy Saffronisation Of Education Will Always Remain Incomplete (Hint: Kamasutra)
By Faria Athar: Ancient Indian texts Since India elected the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as its new government in 2014, there has been an incredible amount of discussion surrounding the...
View ArticleBeyond The Rise Of Regional Parties: 3 Key Lessons From The State Assembly...
By Sabah Kochhar: As the recent Assembly elections have proven, there are many important messages for political parties and pundits alike. But, going beyond data and numbers, the results pose serious...
View ArticleSay “Love You” To Africans Tells Sushma Swaraj, Twitter Tells Her How That’s...
By YKA Staff: On the night of May 21, Masonda Ketanda Olivier, a Congolese teacher who lived in Delhi, was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men who were intoxicated. And the reason? The three...
View ArticleThe Reasons Why Kiran Bedi Was Appointed Lt. Governor Of Puducherry
By Digant Raj Kapoor: Kiran Bedi’s national prominence is undisputed. Bedi was the first woman to have joined the officer ranks of Indian Police Service (IPS). During her 35-year tenure, she reached...
View ArticleSteered By A ‘Clueless’ Rahul Gandhi, What Chance Does The Congress Have?
By Parikshit Khatana: Much as a large chunk of the country’s populace waits, a certain and a ‘matter of time’ demise of India’s grand old party, and hopes for its resurrection, fade, though gradually,...
View Article