Share Kiran Rao The News Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, has announced his first steps towards revamping the entire education system across the country – de-traumatisation of education by making 10th Standard Board exams optional. The logic behind this proposal is – “Why put unnecessary pressure on students, parents and schools by forcing students to appear for a [...]
Share By Kiran Rao Bitter Chocolate is a book which is sure to shock the reader at every each and every page flip. The book deals with Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in India. Through this book, the author Pinki Virani shatters every myth regarding CSA, and jolts the reader out of complacency regarding the issue. She explains [...]
Share By Kiran Rao And you thought Indian politics was all about 60-plus politicians whose only aim in life was to die rich and powerful, while at the same time, leave the nation in dire straits? Think again. An article titled “Neither Left nor Right” appeared in Bangalore Times supplement of the Times of India dated 9th April [...]
Share By Kiran Rao This is something which I have been thinking about for quite some time now. How much do we Indians really know and care about the North-East? I personally feel that the seven sisters and Sikkim (maybe with the exception of Assam), have been a neglected lot in our country. This goes not only [...]
Share Hey fellow readers, You have been reading the blog and participating in our discussions for a very long time. Now is the time we would like all of you to know a little bit about us and our team, working behind Youth Ki Awaaz. It is sheer determination and hard work which goes into our everyday working [...]
Share “It is not about how much you know. It is about how much it matters to those who do not know. And that, quite honestly, is infinite” [~Times Of India, Teach India campaign] By Kiran Rao It is this statement which I saw some 6-7 months back in a full-page Ad of the ToI TeachIndia campaign, that [...]
