By Pooja Malhotra: Commutiny – the Youth collective has been facilitating an online and offline campaign exploring the realities of how dominant gender norms create restrictive situations in our lives. Called MustBol, the campaign is a call to young people to examine violence in their
By Waleed Tariq: Notwithstanding the contradictions inherent to pre-1947 Muslim politics, Jinnah was clear about certain basics. Pakistan was to be a secular, democratic state. Pakistan was to be a federation and Jinnah's advocacy was majorly focused on achieving a de-centralized governance model. The new state
By Shivangi Singh: From the Padma Shree to the Padma Bhushan to being in TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential People’ list, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is one of the most inspirational women in India and the world. Read what the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited has
By Rachita Sharma: Very generous when called as the “first Assamese who made it big to the Bollywood”, Adil Hussain humbly denied “I am not the one. Before me, there was already Seema Biswas (Bandit Queen fame), who earned her position in the Film Industry.” His
This post is part of a series of content focusing on covering inspiring work of Indian youth, brought by Youth Ki Awaaz in collaboration with Potentiaa Have you ever forgotten a friend’s birthday, in spite of having reminders on your calendar or Facebook account? – here’s an
Daily dose of laughter and a multitude of memories; Mohd Faisal has touched many hearts all over the country with his Garbage Bin gags. "When we started in Dec 2011, we never thought that this is going to be so big", he says. Youth Ki Awaaz got a chance to
This post is part of a series of content focusing on covering inspiring work of Indian youth, brought by Youth Ki Awaaz in collaboration with PotentiaaAsk anyone on BITS Pilani, Goa campus who Chetan Bansal is, and chances are he/she might know him – randomly
India's number one astrologer, Bejan Daruwalla, tells Shivangi Singh all about astrology as a career, the destiny, present day meaning of astrology and how difficult it is to be where he is.How and when did your journey into astrology begin?When I was in the 8th
This post is part of a series of content focusing on covering inspiring work of Indian youth, brought by Youth Ki Awaaz in collaboration with PotentiaaTarun Cherukuri is Fullbright- Nehru Scholar 2011-2012, and is currently pursuing his Masters in Public Administration at Harvard Univeristy (John F.