By Abdul Wahid Khan: A Bangle is a type of ornament worn mostly by South Asian women and men in different style. It is most famous in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and is worn in Bangladesh too. The ornament is nothing new, it has
By Anshul Tewari: (inputs by Twesh Mishra) Maya Raj is out. Samajwadi Party won the state elections with phenomenal numbers. Rahul Gandhi's efforts reaped no results. With an epic win in the state, the Samajwadi Party declared that the supremo's son, Akhilesh Yadav would be leading
As the election results are declared today, 6th March, 2012, YKA Editor Aditi Annapurna tracks popular conversations about the political pageant happening on Twitter. Check out the top tweets below. [View the story "Assembly Election Results Jolt India!" on Storify]
By Twesh Mishra: With the dust of elections settling in Uttar Pradesh, a new face emerges in the most politically motivated state of the country. Akhilesh Yadav successfully steered the Samajwadi Party to the status of Single Largest Party while capitalizing on the Anti –
By Shubham Singh: The lady fond of stone elephants reads out of the paper “Dalit samaj ka seer niche nahin hone dungi kisi kimat par” (I won't let down the Dalit community at any cost) in her speech while addressing the natives of Ambedkarnagar (formerly
By Rohit Singh: Vote Bank Policy is apparently what is being followed by the Union Law Minister, Salman Khurshid. Mr. Khurshid promised a 9% quota to the muslim community on the victory of Congress in the U.P. polls on January 8, 2012. Mr. Khurshid either
By Ashutosh Pandey: Much has been said by political parties and poll pundits about the high voter turnout in the three phases of ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. While every political party is busy claiming the unusually high numbers in its favor, poll pundits are
By Dr. Bhavna Mittal: I recently had to give a presentation on the health system and status prevalent in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It turned out to be a rather easy yet dismal task, depressing and predictable. A few improvements here and there could
By Anshul Tewari: My maternal hometown, Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh is another fine city, with not so fine roads and traffic condition, but with must see monuments and a shiny sparkling bungalow, stays where the Chief Minister of the State, Behen Mayawati. In my