Manipur – Will the Central Government Stand In the Witness-Box Please?

Missing Manipur, Dead Democracy: An Account of Government Failure & People’s Misery

Live-in in Love: Juggling Tradition and Modernity in Small-Town India

Raising The Age of Marriage of Women in India: A Step Forward or Backward?

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On December 15, 2021, the Union cabinet gave clearance to the proposal of raising the legal age of women for marriage from 18 to 21 years, making the legal marriage age of women at par with the legal marriage age of men. This was done on the recommendation of Task Force report headed by Ms. Jaya Jaitly, former President of the Samata Party, so appointed by the Ministry of Child & Women Development to examine the issue about the age of motherhood, imperatives of lowering maternal mortality rates and improvement of nutritional levels along with other incidental issues in the previous year.

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Deepa Mohanan Controversy: The Open Secret of Caste-Based Discrimination in Indian educational System

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The gravity of this matter very recently came to light when the news of the PhD student Deepa Mohanan, made headlines. She is a Dalit student from Kottayam’s Mahatma Gandhi University, who resorted to a 11-day hunger strike to get heard against the discrimination that she faced, both at an individual and institutional level, for over a decade. Her fight did yield results and the Director of the Institute who discriminated against her, was removed.

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The Beauty, The Beast & The Unforgivable

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Superfluously this might look like an ‘I love Sandra Bullock’ post (which I do, she is such an incredible actor) but truly this post is about appreciating all women who are comfortable in their (flawed) skin. The recent Netflix release starring Bullock has received mixed reviews but for me what gets 5 stars is her sheer guts in shedding every inch of make-up to bare her raw self. Way to go girl!!

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Hey Ladies! Let’s Grow Our Christmas Trees

Elsa Joel0104 views

Come Christmas and everyone has a bit of a tree decorating tradition in our homes, inside or in our gardens. When the Christmas tree is real, it feels merrier to make it glow like a bride. One look at the tree and our hearts swell with gratitude for life and peace.

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“Layered Oppression, Vertical Reservation” Trans Community Objects Govt’s Categorization Under The OBC Quota

Shivangi Sharma093 views

Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment sought the National Commission for Backward Classes’s advice on the issue of including transgender people in the OBC list. This move if implemented will amount to providing transgender persons ‘vertical reservations’ within the OBC community, effectively dispossessing them of their Constitutional Right of reservation under the already existing categories.

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लड़कियों के सपने तोड़ती नई शिक्षा नीति 2020

Rajesh Singh085 views

प्रत्येक देश में किसी भी मौजूदा नीति में सुधार या उसके स्थान पर नई नीति तभी लाई जाती है जब संभवतः मौजूदा नीति समकालीन समय में अपने लक्ष्यों को प्राप्त करती प्रतीत नहीं होती। इसी सिलसिले में भारत की केंद्र सरकार ने 34 वर्षों बाद 2020 में नई शिक्षा नीति को लागू किया है।

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13th – A Lesson on Race, Injustice and Mass Incarceration

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In the mid-1960s, Malcolm X once remarked, “If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn’t even begun to pull out the knife.” Unfortunately, to this day his words are just as salient and prophetic as they were during the Civil Rights Era. Race, discrimination, and power are the holy trinity that have shaped the American Criminal Justice System.

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7 Years of Recognizing Women

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The digital women awards were established in 2015 with a goal of celebrating and recognizing entrepreneurs or digital women. The focus of the awards is on the growth and success of women using the internet and impacting their own lives so that they become financially independent and self-reliant in more ways. The awards are open to any woman who is working in the digital space as an entrepreneur and who has achieved excellence in their field.

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