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Will Modi’s ‘Anti-Farmer Image’ Spoil BJP’s Ambition Of Winning Bihar?
By Tabu Agarwal: Almost nine months after the Union Cabinet passed the land acquisition ordinance, the Modi government has been forced to abandon one of its key reforms. Yielding to inner-party...
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What ‘Ignited The Fire’ To What Is Believed To Be India’s Biggest Law And...
By Tabu Agarwal: "Without taking up the responsibility of organising the class struggle, if you launch an armed struggle, it will inevitably become terrorism. It degenerated into a terrorist campaign....
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Move Beyond The Beef Ban, There Are Bigger Dangers Cows In India Are Facing
By Kunal Bhaskar: I understand the issue of the beef ban is entirely based on a political agenda which is being played on the name Hindutva. And it has been there since Independence (as a technique...
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In The Middle Of All The Communal Violence, There Is This That Gives Some Hope
By Asmita Sarkar: Even as the Dadri lynching case is being unfurled like Marquez’s creative non-fiction Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and the ‘stakeholders’ in the communal crime remain mum, sadhus...
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Dalit Vote To Swing Elections In Bihar As Modi Bats, Nitish Runs And Lalu...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: The upper castes are firmly with NDA. The minorities are looking towards the Grand Alliance. OBCs are too heterogeneous a group to be taken for guaranteed and...
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Communal Violence In U.P. Is Being Used To Distract Farmers From The Real Issues
By Abhishek Jha: Politicians would have one believe that incidents like Muzaffarnagar, Atali, or Dadri are spontaneous, sporadic, or natural. But there is a shrewd design to it, and there are lessons...
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158 Years Ago, The British Alienated The Muslims, Tragedy Is That This Still...
By Harshit Jain: A lot of noise and media hype was created recently about the speech of Vice President, Hamid Ansari. He spoke at the inauguration of the All India Majlis-e-Mushawarat Golden Jubilee...
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The Beef Drama Is Conveniently Being Used By The J&K Govt. To Avoid The Real...
By Umar Shah: At a time when the PDP in Kashmir is ridiculed by the people for failing them on all fronts, the ban on beef has come as a blessing in disguise for this 16 year old party, shrouding all...
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Women’s Colleges In India – Spaces Where ‘Voices Are Silenced And Snatched Away’
By Nikita Arora: While reading the prospectus of my college, Government College for Girls, Patiala, I came across a point under hostel rules which said, 'Those who participate in any strike, directly...
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Which Way Will The Women Vote In This Bihar Election
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: In this cauldron of identity politics, gender has not yet made its statement forcefully. Identities have been built around caste, religion, language and of...
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The Week That Was For Expression In India: No Music, No Dancing, No Nothing
By Asmita Sarkar: Last week, the Indian media did good business feeding off the carcasses of the Indian democracy. Aditya Thackerey who called the smearing of ink of Sudheendra Kulkarni as “democratic...
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Should A Hindutva Revival Happen In Bihar, Social Justice Might Be Doomed...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: The [envoke_twitter_link]Chief Election Commissioner has dubbed the ongoing Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 as the mother of all elections[/envoke_twitter_link]...
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Punjab Burns As Guru Granth Sahib Pages Are Torn: Is This A Govt. Created...
By Rupinderpal Singh: Over the past several days, the Sikh nation has become significantly agitated over the desecration of a Bir of the Guru Granth Sahib. The anger of the nation has proliferated...
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Vote Dhyaan Se: 3rd Phase Bihar Elections Have 27% Candidates With Criminal...
By Abhishek Jha: About one-third of the contesting candidates in the third phase of Bihar elections scheduled for October 28 have criminal cases against themselves according to their own declared...
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Crimes Against Bihar’s Vulnerable Communities Soar While Police Force Falls...
By Ravi Kiran, IndiaSpend.com: An inadequate police force is struggling to cope with a rising crime graph against Bihar’s vulnerable communities. Bihar has seen a 20-fold increase in crime against...
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Should Judges Really Have The Final Call On Who Gets Appointed To The Judiciary?
By Sakshi Abrol: Notwithstanding the swathe of arguments and rebuttals that ensued following the Supreme Court verdict abrogating the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act that had...
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Despite Criminal Charges, Bihar’s ‘Robin Hood’ Candidates Will Probably Win...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: The stage is all set for the 3rd phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections in 41 constituencies on 28 October 2015. One of the hallmarks of this election has been...
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Meet the Bold Dalit Woman Candidate Who’s Blasting Stereotypes Out Of Her Way!
By Khabar Lahariya: Editor’s Note: This article is part of the collaboration between Khabar Lahariya and Youth Ki Awaaz, where you the readers get to read stories from the hinterlands of the...
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20 Million Youth Will Be Voting In This Bihar Election. Will It Be For “Acche...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: What a cliffhanger of a contest this Bihar Elections 2015 is turning out to be as ground reports from various constituencies and surveys carried out by some...
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The Bihar Elections Are Full Of Unexpected Twists And Turns, But Who Will...
By Jai Prakash Ojha for Youth Ki Awaaz: With the conclusion of the 4th phase of polling on 1st November in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2015, the stage is all set for the exciting next phase, to be...
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