For Delhites, paying annual homage to the cause of air pollution has become the norm. Year after year, deaths have been on the rise. Delhi is notoriously known to house overlapping roads, congesting vehicular traffic, welcoming winds blown over from Harayana after burning stubble. In this mad fury, the Supreme Court has decided to ace […]
History repeats itself, once as tragedy then as farce. We have repeatedly witnessed farcical mishaps but are yet to recognise tragedy as an irretrievable loss. It is no surprise that people lose their lives while crossing railway tracks in India, however it is a dismal situation that years after independence we are yet to reach […]
The grim reality of Manual Scavenging in India Manual scavenging continues to plague us, decade after decade; death after death. We as a country have constantly challenged ourselves to find solutions to every problem, be it miniscule or scaling the lengths and breadths of mankind. Through our innovative methods and constantly boggling minds, we have […]
Legend it that the fate of truth and lie was irrevocably met with, on one fine day. The lie says to the truth, “It’s a marvellous day today!” Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well. The […]
The elephant in the room is being tickled. With an influx of coming of the age issues, there is a heap of unwashed cases, piling up helplessly in a corner. The Supreme Court is doing well to chase archaic laws out of the country, but in some cases, the chase seems to be rather hasty. […]
Education is the cornerstone of a country’s growth, however it is receiving the attention of a much confused paper setters. Fluctuation in examination pattern is a cause of worry for our country. Students have become guinea pigs in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) test and trial method. The Continuous Evaluation (CCE) system has been […]
Murders Demolition of school buildings Tribal women raped Civilians kidnapped Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) persons killed Ransoms demanded and yet Naxals are called revolutionaries and not terrorists. The complexity of their existence lies in the dual roles they play, one covert as tribal sympathisers and revolutionaries and another overt as extortionists, terrorists, blood hungry […]
Is Naxalism just an ideology? Is it followed by the tribals? Does it have followers in the cities? The poor have no ideology. They follow an ideologist, one who paints them a rosier picture. This ideology was efficiently transcribed by Charu Majumder, who wanted to alleviate poor tribals from the affliction of poverty. What started […]
23-year-old Yazidi, Nadia Murad has been designated as the Ambassador for Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking for the UN’s Drugs and Crime body. She is also a Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. If humans have learned one thing from the past of their mistakes, it is to not blame the victim, […]
It is commonplace knowledge that Islam preaches circumcision, a form of male genital mutilation as a tenet and a sacrament of Islamic practices however little do people know about the equally practiced female genital mutilation. Under the garb of sacrosanct religious diktats, the Dawoodi Bohra community is obstinate to continue the sublime horror of FGM […]
The hullabaloo in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu, concerns the Sterlite Copper Plant. The plan was to expand Sterlite and increase its capacity to produce copper. When locals of Tuticorin came to know about this news they gathered in thousands to protest the expansion. These protestors claimed that the Sterlite Plant was a major pollutant and […]