While instances of mob-lynching are resurfacing across states in India, a collective of activists has come together to organise a National Campaign Against Mob Lynching. The campaign demands the imposition of a Manav Suraksha Kanoon against the crime of mob lynching which has claimed many lives lately. The campaign to[Read More…]
Author: Shibangi Sinha Roy
Ramnath Kovind, a symbolism of BJP’s caste-politics amidst rising Dalit atrocities
BJP has been asserting supremacy over the marginalised sections of India slowly yet steadily, leaving no stone unturned. On Monday, Amit Shah the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party declared that the NDA government is forwarding the name of Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as their candidate for the upcoming Presidential[Read More…]
As cow vigilantism claims lives, Gaurakshaks get awards
While India is at a stage where lawless acts of cow vigilantism are claiming human lives, several gaurakshaks were given awards for their “great service” at the National Conference on the Indian Cow organised by Virat Hindustan Sangam at the Bombay Stock Exchange. My speech #BosIndicusCow https://t.co/nVMYa2wtfC — Subramanian[Read More…]
Meme trees: In Kolkata, trees don’t bear fruits anymore!
A meme is a ’package of culture’’ that would spread via word of mouth as a humorous story, a joke, a fable, or an expression of speech. Today, the internet speeds up the spread of memes enabling them to travel much faster than a mere speech. While some memes are[Read More…]
6 awful things that Indian lawmakers have said about rape in India
Once again highlighting the hostile culture for women in India, from lawmakers to policemen, patriarchy is ingrained and there are no two ways about this. If you go by statistics, it shows that rape occurs every 22 minutes in India. Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in[Read More…]
The draw of Kanhaiya Kumar, from slogans for the marginalised to advertising for Congress
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on June 12 re-launched the Congress-run newspaper, National Herald in Bengaluru after being temporarily suspended in 2008. National Herald also ran into controversy after it was alleged that the Congress party gave interest-free loans to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the company which published the newspaper.[Read More…]
85 yr old with bones broken by police on fast in Madhya Pradesh
While mainstream media was busy hyping Madhya Pradesh CM’s ‘peace-fast’ act, there have been people in Madhya Pradesh who have been subtly protesting against the killing of farmers’ and other forms of police brutality in the region. 85 years old Kamlabai was beaten up by the Madhya Pradesh police, after[Read More…]
UP: This village in UP to be renamed as “PoK”, know why!
Lacking most basic facilities and with very little of the government’s attention, a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district have found an innovative way to protest against the ignorance. They have decided to rename Simmranpur as PoK or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying their situation is no better. Villagers complain Simmranpur, which[Read More…]
Rajasthan: 50 cow vigilantes attack truck carrying cows
While the debate over cows cow vigilantism intensifies after repeated instance of violence across the country, in another occurrence of fury, on Sunday, over 50 men attacked a truck from Tamil Nadu in Barmer district of Rajasthan, ferrying cows as they suspected cattle smuggling. According to the police, 4 people,[Read More…]
This is how higher sex ratio states fare when it comes to women lawmakers
While Indians identifying them as feminists is on the rise, aiming for gender equality while being bound by patriarchal social fabric stuck across various strata looks inscrutable. Though the Indian women’s movement has achieved much, there is still a long way to go. As old mindsets steeped in patriarchy still[Read More…]
Gujarat Police detains hundreds illegally in MP, Narmada Bachao Andolan rally stopped at border
On Wednesday morning, hundreds of people protesting under the leadership of social activist Medha Patkar have been detained by the Gujarat Police while they were moving from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra via Gujarat. The protestors have been stopped at the Gujarat Border and are not allowed to cross the Gujarat[Read More…]
Delhi: NGT asks DTC to form task force on dysfunctional buses to tackle vector-borne diseases
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi Transport Corporation to form a task force to tackle the problem of breeding mosquitoes in abandoned buses leading to a rise in dengue and chikungunya. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the DTC to set up the special[Read More…]
Gujarat: Cows for winning team of the match!
In a bizarre instance, the organisers of a cricket tournament in Vadodara presented cows as a prize to the winning team. Taking cow welfare to another level, the Rabri community in Gujarat organised a tournament and decided to gift a cow each to the players of the winning team so[Read More…]
Open letter addressing deliberated communal violence goes viral
In Nilambur Kerala, a temple was vandalised in an attempt to create communal tension. The perpetrator, Rajaram Mohandas, was arrested due to a timely intervention by the Kerala Police Department. Soon after the details of the incident were public, a Reddit user wrote an “open letter to all Indians from[Read More…]
Ketto, from giving wings to saving lives
While many of us have skills to turn ideas into reality, we are often devoid of enough financial support. To rescue such dreams, the concept of crowd funding is slowly establishing its roots in India. Notably, crowd funding is a process to raise funds for anything you believe in. All[Read More…]
Vijay Nair, the Messiah of upcoming artistes
The Indian entertainment industry has gone through a colossal change in terms of content and distribution in the last couple of decades. With the emergence of new and alternate media, which spread like an epidemic among the youth of the country, many new outlets and enterprises have sprung up now[Read More…]
Ditch your partner ‘coz marrying yourself is the new trend!
Distressed with your partner? Choking in the yoke of patriarchy? Hate the world for normalising casual sexism? Did you just get dumped? Worry not! Looks like a number of women across the globe have taken feminist Gloria Steinem most popular quote “A woman needs a man like a fish needs[Read More…]
Discovering her as I learn more about me
Having always thought of myself as a ‘daddy’s girl’, I began to realise my mother’s impact on my personality once I reached my early twenties. Having come out of the turbulent adolescent years when nothing she said seemed right, her advice and views slowly started making sense. The penultimate realisation[Read More…]
My faith wavered, hers didn’t
Can you please wear green colour on Thursday and wear this particular gemstone on this finger because your janampatri says it would help you? Also getting totally exasperated when she sees me not following her instructions but yet letting me be. In the same breath, telling me how tired I[Read More…]
Dhruv Rathee: The Godsent counter-propagandist
In a world of fake news and propaganda, real information takes a backseat. Thankfully, more youngsters are coming out and voicing their opinions taking advantage of the visibility social media platforms provide. While fiercely opinionated partisan videos continue to dominate the cyberspace, Dhruv Rathee uses the platform to disseminate information[Read More…]
Humans of Hindutva: Where humour unmasks religious propaganda
Following the trails of side-splitting parody, ‘Humans of Hindutva’, a Facebook page, also a burlesque of Indian right-wing ideology is flooding everyone’s newsfeeds. ‘Humans of Hindutva’ exclusively targeting the liberals, describe themselves as a ‘religious organization’. Their page description which reeks of political satire reads– ‘Laughter, empathy, fun and friendship[Read More…]
TTV Dinakaran sent to police custody for 5 days
Shaili Chopra: Underneath the magnate resides a passionate storyteller
Shaili Chopra, a recipient of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in journalism, left the TV studios in 2012 to try her hands at entrepreneurship. Fiercely feminist, her remarkably successful venture—SheThePeopleTV— is a testament to her unflinching commitment to telling stories of women spread across spectrums. Having authored three[Read More…]
‘When women write down their stories, it is not just about them’, in conversation with Sudha Menon
As author, columnist, journalist, writing coach and feminist, Sudha Menon finds inspiration in everything that she breathes. Having written books such as Gifted: Inspiring Stories of People with Disabilities, Leading Ladies: Women Who Inspire India, Devi, Diva or She-Devil: The smart career woman’s survival guide, Menon feels that there is[Read More…]
Ankit Lal: A regular engineer who decided to fight corruption
Just like most of us who are active users of social media and end up following pages of social causes, Ankit Lal started his activism by clicking on the ‘Like’ button of India Against Corruption’s Facebook page during its initial days. It gave him an opportunity to connect with like-minded[Read More…]