delhi | Youth Ki Awaaz

From Punishing Monsters To Being Monsters: Let’s Not Conclude This With A Flipside

By Dhruv Arora:What the hell are we doing?Yes, we’re angry. We all are infuriated. The current state of affairs and the way it is being handled is shameful, it’s despicable. We need to raise our voice against it. And we need to make sure we’re heard.

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You Do Not Have To Travel All The Way To Delhi To Get Raped

By Reeti Singh: All around people are shocked and enraged over the Delhi gang rape. There is much rage and more waving of the banner of Delhi as unsafe for women. The reason for writing this article is twofold. The first, the reaction it has evoked.

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Are You ‘In’ Or Have You ‘Only’ Voiced Yourself?

By Ankit Dwivedi:This is new, yet predictable. This seems successful in its entirety, though could be meaningless. This is enormous, though could be even without a reasonable base. This is the new age of internet activism by youth in India.The incident of brutal gang rape that

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“I’ve Never Been More Terrified In My Life”: Shock, Anger, And Terror

Protest marches. Traffic blockages. Banners and slogan-shouting. And endless, endless outpourings of grief, anger, rhetoric, but mostly outrage, on print and electronic media, and the Internet. And rightly so. Even too much is too little, sometimes. The recent gang-rape of a girl and the assault

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“Hum Hindustani”- All ‘Halla-bol’ After The Rape, No Responsibilities Taken

By Adnan Bhat: I have been living in New Delhi, the national capital of India for more than a year now. Truth to tell, I had full knowledge before setting foot here, about the soaring crimes rates of the city. Over the years Delhi, has become

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Commas Won’t Help, Rapes Need A Fullstop

By Kush Kalra: Again a rape in the capital of India in a moving bus has put a lot of questions on our legal system as well as police force. We are unable to protect women of our country from such sick minded people who

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While Discussing Rapes In India, Did You Look Within “You”?

By Neelima Ravindran: The Delhi gang rape has shocked the nation's conscience and the people have responded, with anger, with indignation, with horror. While the opposition has urged for death penalty, the social media has demanded every possible punishment from castration to death by stoning.

Indian Youth On Twitter

#StopThisShame, #Delhi: Twitter Reactions For Rapists, Delhi And The Governance

By Shivangi Singh: The appalling rape incident of a 23-year old in Delhi has put entire nation to shame. ‘#stopthisshame’ trended for all the right reasons. Here’s a glimpse into the emotions tweeple poured out: @NotthatMP- “One rape is a tragedy, a 1000 a mere statistic. #StopThisShame”

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From Summit To Dust In Seconds: Is That The Modern Indian Woman?

By Roli Verma: We talk about great notions like women being at par with men. Modern women being confident, empowered and progressive. However, the harsh reality is that these are just notions and not reality. The kind of status women have in our country can be