Share By Dishi Solanki: The minute I call out a name referring to a girl or lady our galloping thoughts fit them into frame of either a girlfriend, wife, mother, sister, bhabhi, mami or some random social relation. We seldom imagine them into shoes of either a corporate or may be an influencial leader (unless [...]
Share By Swaruparani Sahu: 63 years after freedom and we wake up to an India that our martyrs never dreamed of. Today, India has become a land of more wrongs than rights as our nation is symbolised by abject poverty, corruption, a huge population and lack of transparent governance, to name a few ills. Freedom [...]
Share By Geetika Vasudeva: A normal Monday morning. Mr. Sharma is getting ready for the office. Suitcase, files, handkerchief – everything in place. After the sumptuous aloo paranthas, Mr. Sharma sets out for another long day at work on his scooter. While waiting for the signal to go green at one of the traffic lights, [...]
Share By Geetanjali Maria: As I sat in the auto, jam packed with all kinds of people from all sides, in the half an hour journey I observed that at least 6 of the 10 people in the auto had spit outside once or more, or had chucked left-over eatables out of the window and [...]
Share By Chandeep Arora: Encrusted in cheap rouge, clad in loose fitting sari and clapping their hands indistinctly, they roam about the street scaring people and earning money out of their fear. These are not average beggars on the lane. They speak loudly in strong male voices and tease the passersby some who will part [...]
Share By Shraddha Sankhe: Just as I started typing this, I felt Maureen Dowd of New York Times and me were thinking alike-albeit at different moments. I want to mention the classic story of Harper Lee-‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and how it has honestly captured what we see in our society each day. This could [...]
Share By Dishi Solanki: Have you ever heard or seen something mentioning “Spit Here”? The answer would be a big NO. But you would have certainly read notices emphasizing “DO NOT SPIT HERE!” or something similar. Yet according to the very divergent actions of some of the extremely uncivilized Indian citizens, we tend to witness [...]
Share By Siddhartha Roy: When I was in New Delhi last year to attend a seven day youth summit on Climate Change, it was aptly called BADLAAV ’09 with the tag line: ‘Be The Change’. Every movement somewhere has a ‘Be The Change’ somewhere in their posters, websites or pamphlets. In fact, a Google search [...]
Share By Shraddha Sankhe: What does Feminism mean to you? Is the fact that women have equal voice is scary? Or is it liberating for men to have women liberated? Are you a woman who hates being sidelined by a prettier lass? We’re a global village now. And Feminism is no more restricted to NGOs [...]
Share By Rajiv S. Rubdi: “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?” -Mahatma Gandhi A few days into the 64th year of independence, it’s time to take a reality check. [...]
