“I thought many times to […]
Love, Academia and Prisons: Reality at the Gates
Jan 2017 Print Issue जिंदगी […]
Ministry of Love – Individual, Institution, Society & State
“ तुम्हें दिल्लगी भूल जानी पड़ेगी ,
मोहब्बत की राहों में आके तो देखो |
Your seeming likingness of heart will be forgotten,
Come and look at the ways of love “
– Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
TISShhh : Modi ji will get angry – The Das of Capital
August Print Issue The stage […]
Colors of Cage and Prom
For the first time, Tata Institute of Social Sciences campus, Mumbai, hosted a prom night. The event was organized by the student’s union on 23rd December 2015. The color scheme for the costumes was red & black.
Shared Silence : A need for Un-Confident Friends
January Print Issue On Ravish […]
And the Goenka award goes to Self
Jo tumne wo dekha suna, […]
Gadha Kahinke! Academic Modernity
No degree could eradicate caste, […]
Idea of a City: Mumbai, Baltimore
The peasants of the country […]
Hash with feminism: #Whyloiter #PussyRiot
Hashtags of feminist causes, are invoked by social media users worldwide in response to contemporary events and discussions. According to who is user and who is hashtagging it, they are taken up by newspapers, television, and other media outlets as stories of collective public opinion and, sometimes, further action.
Beard : Housing :: Media : State
I was almost declared a terrorist in centre of Delhi at Connought Place, on 25th January 2010 by a sitting Police men, because I had a hotel card from Ladakh (J&K), where I volunteered for flood relief. He saw medal hanging in my arse, as I passed by him and the excitement increased with me wearing beard and a card of J&K in my wallet.
Conversion of an Atheist : Somebody’s gonna get hurt
Is it possible to have […]
Mediarchy : Female Journalist in Navi Mumbai
If you are not married and not pregnant you get good payment apart from dependence on number of words and article you contribute.
There is a big gender bias both in print and digital media. Maternity leave should be compulsory and should be extended on case to case basis. Atleast they should give leave without pay, or give some role to work from home. Most of the women in the profession are single. The male mentality is that children reduces the efficiency.
Sulabh Sexalaya: A way inward
The legalisation of prostitution is driven by demand, by the demography of our democracy.
The present powerful Indian government claims to reap from 3 Ds: DEMOCRACY, DEMOGRAPHY and DEMAND. Lets analyse it from angle of the recent debate on the legalisation of prostitution. Is the law a way forward ? Is it for millions involved in this livelihoods ? Is it only a legal problem?
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