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The Second Sex
Being always interested in feminist literature & to wholly understand the soul of feminism I picked up French philosopher, feminist, writer Simone De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, a book published in 1949 that has always stirred controversy among the masses. The Second Sex's critique of patriarchy continues to challenge social, political, and religious categories used to justify women's inferior status. When I sat down to read The Second Sex it allowed me to compose my genealogical tree, for The Second Sex is a book about my mother and the mother of my mother and the mother of my grandmother and...
Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights| A Human Rights & Global Development Priority in India
The pandemic has exacerbated various problems for the adolescents and youth population in India. However, there is still a lot that is not being talked about enough. The influence of COVID-19 isn't limited to death tolls or infection rates. The pandemic and lockdowns disrupted education, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services, mental health care, livelihood, and dignity for India's 365 million adolescents and young people. Economic and social inequity, as well as the systemic prioritisation of objects over people, have worsened the pandemic's predicament. In India, often situations like...
Why often do we not?
Why often do we not speak? Is it because of the cameras devoid of our faces, or is it that we belong that way? Why often do we not speak? When we create a shame out of the innocent.. while the own's intentions were never decent? Why often do we not speak? Inspite of vast literacy we carry, still the shades of our skins vary? Why often do we not speak? Witnessing money assuring its way while sincere approaches assumed delay? Why often do we not speak? On attempting our better version ends twisted into an 'unfortunate burden'? Why often do we not speak ? When the diamond faces and brutal hearts...
The Stories of Pain are The Stories of Strenght
If any time you feel anything which is hurting you from inside and leaving you locked inside the walls of despair, it needs to be poured out and talked about. Mental health is important and it needs to be acknowledged by everyone. We young people have always been busy with sticking to the unhealthy definition of life ,which states that getting good marks, sticking to the expectations of others, being insecure, getting successful in life and making money and so on. And sticking to this sour definition of life ,we are not living it we are just passing it with despair. And being surrounded by...
Right To education- You better have your X swapped with a Y
Sexism is still rife, My future is destined to be an ideal wife, Education is the only thing for which I yearn, Like my brother I too want to read and learn, I feel like a caged bird whose wings are cut, Just because my Father chose to give me an X instead of Y.
Is Covid-19 gender neutral?
With almost being one & half years of fighting Covid-19 since its emergence in China it has become really significant that we look at gender disparities that have already put women on the margins of society. The pandemic has only exacerbated existing inequalities between women & men. The reason being the long-existing inequalities & the patriarchal mindset. This & many other reasons have made women even more vulnerable to pandemics. While the men are more prone to the virus than women, the woman is the one who is the caretaker both at work & at the home putting them at the frontlines. Also...
If you're sexualising's teenage girls, you are the problem
Around 3 pm on a perfect happy Sunday, I received a call from my somewhat disgruntled senior. With sympathy and despair laced in his voice, he informed, "I am sorry, but we are going to have to take down your introductory Instagram post from our MUN (Model United Nations) page for two days.". The school management or the teacher in charge had decided that my attire in the said post looked, you guessed it, "inappropriate". Classic. Naturally, I was immediately infuriated. But, I maintained my composed demeanor and told him that it was alright since he had already done his best to convince them...
Mortal's In Immortal
Mortals’ in Immortal! A child so lonely, sitting underneath the bed; Howling in pain, being a part of a cruel clan, Gulping the vignettes of the life so dark, Till the veil of the night will last, Drifting towards the door, achingly; As the sound mutters deafly, Clenched the courage in the heart of cotton, Opened the door, and stood frozen. Receiving a note, standing at the door, From a man in a medical cloth; Beseeching for the sheeny sun, Reading the note with a droopy gut, As he bides for a blithe call, Not knowing the curtain will fall, Like the setting sun meets the west, The pandemic has...
Does technology create more artists?
Technology, one of the most debated concepts of the 21st century. From the boons of wikipedia to the banes of piracy, it has become one of the foremost topics to argue today. So, the concept of technology and art must be explored in as much, if not more detail as all the other aspects surrounding this fad that has taken over the world in the last 50 years. Technology does not curate talent. Technology cannot instil in people what does not exist. Can a person improve? Yes. Can they find the resources to practice, to learn? Yes. However, can they use technology as a means to force skill? No. Nor...
Bihari: A long lived prejudice turning into xenophobia
अबे तू बिहारी है क्या? This is the story of a East Indian state with a great cultural and political heritage, presently struggling for its lost identity due to the lack of socio-economic and infrastructural development as compared to other Indian states since independence. Yes ladies and gentlemen presenting before you a problem less discussed but constantly experienced by us. The prejudice of being a BIHARI. The human brain is the most advanced and complex thing in this universe. Dopamine is a hormone which regulates the brains functions, makes it react over a particular stimuli...
SPEAK UP
Mental health. For the past few years, the most happening and listened terms are MENTAL HEALTH. If one need to live peacefully and happily, not only should they focus on physical health but as equally on mental health. Mental health problems may lead to depression, psychological problems, anxiety and many more. When we talk about DEPRESSION - which now a days most of the young people are dealing with - they don't share that they are suffering from it. Actually, they don't know that they are going through depression. These types of young people need moral support from their family and friends...
My experience at The Bangalore Mediation Centre
Recently, I had the opportunity of interning at the Bangalore Mediation Centre, an initiative undertaken by the High Court of Karnataka, which aims at facilitating mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism to resolve disputes outside the premises of a Court. Mediation, unlike Court cases, does not foray much into the legal technicalities of a case that is generally difficult for the common person to comprehend. It is a voluntary process in which the parties in dispute can informally discuss and negotiate a matter, before approaching the Court directly, in simple terms, in...
Mind of a Teen!
Mind of a Teen! Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad, Sometimes a bit Furious, Sometimes Okay! But, still filling the surroundings, with happiness! Finding new ways, creating new ways, for the new world! Having the most busiest minds, In the world! Ideas flourishing, Around and Around! Ideas implementing, Around and Around! This is the, Mind of a Teen! Which everyone needs to understand! They aren't mad, Indeed they are the revolutionaries of this world! This is the, 'Mind of a Teen!'
Islamophobia and terrorism
It is really unfortunate how people judge fellow human beings on the basis of religion, culture and identity. I believe that Islamophobia is mainly a result of terrorist activities done by terrorist groups like ISIS and Taliban, who do hold a pan-Islamic ideology, but no one should not forget that Syrian and Afghani soldiers fighting against these terrorist groups are also Muslim. An example of Islamophobia is when a person drove a van through a Muslim crowd coming out of Finsbury Park mosque after prayer and yelled '' I will kill all Muslims". This attack took place on the 18th of July, 2017...
"We are all one"
"We are all one" Isn't that said by many, but accepted by none? There are people who are discriminated for their entire lives Well, then surely, it is easier said than done. Why is it obligatory for women to lead a life you choose? Why do we still live in a world where half of humanity is bruised? I've seen you hit that boy in the wheelchair, I've seen you humiliate that slum boy again, I've seen you arrogantly order your servants, For themselves, they are never able to speak. In this dark world, their silence shrieks. "Money buys happiness", you've put in that poor girl's mind, "You can only...
My case-study on marriage rituals among Christians in India
During my final year of high school, I had conducted a case study to understand the marriage rituals that took place among certain Christian communities in India - such as the Christians of Kerala, Goa and Mizoram - compared to the marriage rituals among Christians in western countries. The objective of my case study was to highlight the noticeable differences in these marriage rituals among the Christian communities in India as opposed to the Christians living in the west. To begin, a questionnaire was sent out to twenty three respondents belonging to Christian communities in both India as...
The story of a lynching: A wake up call to protect tribal rights in India
In February 2018, Madhu, an Adivasi tribal youth from the South Indian state of Kerala, was brutally attacked and lynched by a mob that accused him of stealing rice. The assailants then clicked photographs with the injured man whose hands were tied up, after which he was beaten to death. In light of this incident, the Kerala High Court initiated suo moto proceedings. The report of the amicus curiae paints a grim and contrasting picture in a state that boasts of the highest literacy rate and produces exceptional human development figures. It highlights the inherent defects in the channelization...
A Special Right
I am trying to look for something… Do you know where I can find it? Will I find it in a huge school building? Or in a big brick house? If you know, then please help me out, for I have searched all around! Can I find it in books to study? Or in fancy clothes to wear? Oh, it leaves me in so much despair! I’ll beat the drums in my little slum… …and all my friends will come running… …to find what it is, that we have been missing! I will look for it in my small school building, and in my warm and tiny hut. I will look for it in the scrap of paper and in the broken pen, which will write my future… I...