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  • Delhi Diaries: From serenity to city

    Can you describe your life in a single word? I can. ‘New’- this word summarises my life right now. New job, new people, new accommodation, new expectations, new city. I belong to Lucknow and have just finished my post-graduation in journalism from one of India’s reputed media schools in Dhenkanal,[Read More…]

  • India’s Moment of Slaughter

    What is happening in the country today is one question that goes back to the creation of a strong, Hindu Rashtra post the 1947 moment of violence that erupted on the border of India and Pakistan. Evidently, the “pain and struggle” for carving a monolithic Brahmanical, pure entity out of[Read More…]

  • Why the #NotinMyName protest didn’t appeal to me

    A 16-year-old Muslim is killed and people are out on the streets, a young girl is raped and we have a candle light protest. All I want to know is how much has it helped? After the Nirbhaya rape and murder case, we had people thronging the streets, but what[Read More…]

  • India, Israel and the Jews of India

    India’s relationship with Israel started when India formally recognised Israel as a state on September 17, 1950. However, embassies were started in 1992 only. Both the countries see themselves as isolated democracies threatened by neighbours that train, finance, and encourage terrorism, attack their borders, therefore they view their cooperative relationship[Read More…]

  • #NotInMyName, strangers coming together to uphold our Constitutional values

    I made my way to Jantar Mantar on Wednesday evening filled with anger and frustration, equipped with two marker pens and a mobile phone. I reached the venue twenty minutes early and gravitated towards a familiar face, a friend in the crowd. In front of me was the stage with a big[Read More…]

  • India’s War on Drugs – The nation is ‘high’, but do we care?

    This International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, let’s take out some time to analyse our country’s “War on Drugs”. While, many of us are too hooked on to America’s War on Drugs, it is about time we introspect what is going on in our own country! It is[Read More…]

  • North Korea and Pakistan: Nuclear rogue nations

    India is one of the few countries in the world who is striving for peace development and security. It has always helped poor, underdeveloped, developing nations to strive for progress and peace. It conducted nuclear test only for its regional security and never violated any international norms or regulations. However,[Read More…]

  • Through music, I found myself and evolved as a person

    Being inclined to music from an extremely young age, my very first aspiration was of singing in front of a huge audience. Through these years, music has intrinsically woven itself into my life and became an inextricable part. No matter what mood I am in, I always fall back onto[Read More…]

  • The Discreet Charm of the Small Town…

    Ruskin Bond, besides his writing, is known for his fondness for his hometown Mussoorie. Most of his stories are also based in the hills. His Roads to Mussoorie is his loving tribute to the beautiful hill town. He writes about the lovely and languid pace of the city and his[Read More…]

  • 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…]

  • Indu Sarkar: Honest depiction or deliberate defamation?

    The much-awaited film, Indu Sarkar, has already caused a storm among the people, who are anxiously waiting for its release now. Its trailer has gripped everyone and dates back to the time when India was in its gloomiest phase. While the makers of ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, are required to[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…]

  • Rajasthan Lynching: Little did he know that safeguarding his wife’s dignity would cost him his life?

    It is every man’s moral responsibility to save his family from all ills. And when it comes to a woman’s dignity, especially his wife and daughter, a man anywhere on the planet, would go to any extent to protect it. Well, that’s what Zafar Khan was doing. Khan was allegedly[Read More…]

  • What is common between Kochi Metro and Dhola Sadiya Bridge?

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the much-awaited Kochi Rail Metro on Saturday. The internet is flooding with posts and pictures Modi inaugurating the project and him travelling in the metro with some other leaders. There has been such a lot of hype about the new metro rail because of[Read More…]

  • Stop making mockery of martyrs

    On the evening of 23rd March 1931, when the British government in India hanged Bhagat Singh along with Sukhdev and Raj Guru, he was merely 23 years old. With a smile on his face and sparkle in his eyes, he kissed the noose and met his death as if he[Read More…]

  • How classical dance shaped my identity

    It was in early 2009 when I heard my inner calling and decided to learn classical dance as it always intrigued me. I joined Allahabad’s reputed Prayag Sangeet Samiti to learn Bharat Natyam. I got enrolled in the basic course, starting with Praveshika- the first exam that one needs to[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…]

  • Population boom trend: Three men fathered 96 children

    Population control becomes one of the central concerns when it comes to the development of a country. However, in the list of most populous countries, Pakistan doesn’t fail to acquire the 6th position with almost 200 million population. The reason of a skyrocketing population can be accorded either to the government[Read More…]

  • Fika, the sweet knot that weaves the society

    Would one ever believe that a word which probably means tasteless in Hindi could actually be the sweetest of the activities, a must for the success of a team, a society and more so a nation? Fika is Swedish for coffee breaks meant for socialising, often accompanied with sumptuous sweets.[Read More…]

  • Fearless Girl: Symbol of feminism, a debate in art, or a lesson in male fragility?

    The controversy surrounding the Fearless Girl refuses to die down. After the statue managed to piss off the creator of the Charging Bull, it has been joined by a Pissing Dog. Literally. To give some perspective: the Fearless Girl statue is a bronze sculpture of a girl with hands on[Read More…]

  • My love affair with Momo in the age of bans

    The call for a ban on momo by a BJP MLC in Jammu and Kashmir a few days ago took me quite by surprise. As a lover of the white, crescent-shaped piece of instant gratification, I couldn’t for the life of me understand what did it ever do to the[Read More…]

  • With peaking power demands, Hydropower is the most reliable energy source

    The long awaited and well-deserved revival of ailing hydroelectric power sector seems to be around the corner now due to the forward looking policy initiative of the Ministry of Power, Government of India under the visionary leadership of Minister Piyush Goyal. A scheme for revival of Hydro Power Sector has[Read More…]

  • Post-Babri generation: Where do we stand?

    I was born the year the Babri mosque was brought down. Consequently, I have no memory of the event, neither the movement that preceded it nor the riots that ensued. All that I know is from what I have heard or read as part of contemporary history, same as many[Read More…]

  • My Safety is more important than the National Menu!

    At the outset please note that the my intention is not to hurt the sentiments of any community or sect. I am, in fact, amazed that I need to write this article in the hope of bringing fellow citizens back in focus. The utter ridiculousness that we, as a country, have been[Read More…]

  • With calf slaughter, the Congress has accelerated its suicide mission

    The picture of the Kerala Youth Congress workers slaughtering a calf on the street to protest against the latest law of the centre to restrict the animal-trade for slaughter has caused furore across the country. Under the new law, animals for slaughter can be purchased only directly from the farmers[Read More…]