No Pakistani Actors On Maharashtrian Soil: Has The Shiv Sena Gone Too Far...
By Tabu Agarwal: In a latest attack, the Shiv Sena, a Hindu extremist party currently engaged in a ruling coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra, has decided to stop Pakistani...
View Article“Your Inaction Shows Dalit Lives Do Not Matter In India”: UK Dalit Groups...
By UK Dalit Organizations: In the run up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK, four of UK's foremost Dalit organisations have written to Narendra Modi, expressing their dismay about the...
View ArticleModi Faced His Toughest Press Conference Yet…But It Wasn’t In India
By Chitranshu Tewari: Two days after BJP's debacle in Bihar, Modi did what he does best- board an Air India for a foreign visit to enthral thousands of people from the Indian diaspora abroad and...
View Article14 Photos That Show The Other Side Of Modi’s UK Welcome That The Media Didn’t...
By Ankita Mukhopadhyay: This year, Prime Minister Modi has created more waves abroad than in his own country. In the rising tide of opposition against his Government for its growing intolerance and...
View ArticleThe Complicated Life Of An Indian Cow: ‘Gai Hamari Mata Hai, Humko Kuch Nahi...
By Vikas Menghwani: गाए हमारी माता है, हमको कुछ नहीं आता है! It may be obvious to many why I am writing about cows. Cows, faith, anti-faith, slaughter, rumours, hatred, violence – and many other nouns...
View ArticleA Kashmiri Explains Why The Beef Ban Is A Bad Idea For A State Already In...
By Bareen Gundroo: To prepare for this piece, which attempts to throw light on the beef ban and its overall impact on Jammu and Kashmir, I decided to do a little reading, research - whatever you may...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Behind The RSS Branding JNU As A ‘Den For Anti-Nationals’
By Chepal Sherpa: While the news rooms of corporate media houses are busy "debating" whether Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) forms the "den for anti-nationals" – as the mouthpiece of Rashtriya...
View ArticleWhere Exactly Are Farmer Relief Funds Going In UP? Cobrapost Sting Reveals...
By Abhishek Jha: [caption id="attachment_58616" align="alignleft" width="494"] Image source: REUTERS/Pawan Kumar[/caption] While a drought may appear to be a natural calamity, the situation of the...
View ArticleAs Elections Approach, Will Someone Finally Pay Attention To Bengal’s Dying...
By Abhishek Jha: [caption id="attachment_58710" align="alignleft" width="452"] Women at a tea garden in Darjeeling. Image source: Reuters[/caption] [envoke_twitter_link]The tea gardens of West Bengal...
View ArticleMount Carmel Student Pens Open Letter Responding To The #RahulStumped...
By Elixir Nahar: An Open Letter to #RahulStumped Enthusiasts Those 'No Ragging' posters you vaguely see around educational institutions could be put to good use this week. They must all be...
View ArticleAurangzeb To APJ Abdul Kalam: What Does The Renaming Of A City Or Road Truly...
By Kshitij Dhyani: If 2014 Lok Sabha elections were a watershed moment in the history of the nation, 2015 Bihar elections at least for now are being discussed by political pundits as the beginning of...
View ArticleIndia’s Blockade Is Leading To Nepal’s Worst Economic Crisis Till Date
By Om Astha Rai: "I wish I had not survived the earthquake," said a middle-aged woman with whom I struck up conversation at a local tea stall this week. She looked upset, and didn't speak for several...
View ArticleWhat Do UP’s First-Time Voters Expect From This Year’s Panchayat Elections?
By Khabar Lahariya: Editor’s Note: As part of Youth Ki Awaaz and Khabar Lahariya's collaboration, we bring to you this story from the hinterlands of the country's largest state - Uttar Pradesh. In the...
View ArticleJNU Professor Speaks Out About The Growing Communal Polarisation In The...
By Ayesha Kidwai: Friends, it's begun. The attempt to cause unrest and communal polarisation in JNU. On 21 November 2015, three wardens of the Jhelum Hostel received a complaint from a resident about...
View ArticleModi Ji, Don’t Forget About The Real Results While You’re Giving Your ‘Fancy...
By Sadhavi Khosla: Dear Prime Minister Modi Ji, I hope you had a pleasant visit to Malaysia and Singapore, although back in your country your party was struggling hard to recoil from the debris of the...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav Wants To Do A Bihar, But Is A ‘Mahagathbandhan’ With BSP Even...
By Anand Singh: If Delhi was read as a minor roadblock for the BJP, then Bihar must surely have come across as a major yank to the party that swept to a euphoric victory in the general elections just...
View ArticleGround Report: How India’s ‘Unofficial’ Blockade Of Nepal Is Leading To Its...
By Deepak Adhikari: For Kishor Adhikari (no relation with the author), a fifty-year-old casino worker, a task as ordinary as fetching medicines for his ailing parents has turned out to be a laborious...
View ArticleAmidst The Intolerance Debate, How The Sangh Is Trying To Create An Ideal...
By Kshitij Dhyani: Since the beginning of the entire national level debate on intolerance, the recent case of Aamir Khan (and following events) come out as the most shocking one. It is so not just...
View ArticleKya Aap BJP Se Pareshan Hain? Congress Won’t Do Any Good Either
By Abhishek Jha: [caption id="attachment_59782" align="alignleft" width="449"] Images from: Reuters[/caption] The battering that the BJP received in Bihar, its embarrassing performance in the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Says Ban Muslims From USA, Politicians In India Are No Less
By Anugraha Hadke: [caption id="attachment_59803" align="alignleft" width="450"] Image source: REUTERS/Randall Hill[/caption] Donald Trump is not a tolerant man, as much as he has tried to prove...
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