Point Blank 7 Get Involved, Stay Informed
[Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – The Islamic State’s horrific attacks in Paris provide a stark reminder that Western powers cannot contain – let alone insulate themselves from – the unintended consequences ...
Read More »
Talking Points
India’s Sacred Cows and Unholy Politics
[By Shashi Tharoor] NEW DELHI – The headlines out of India in recent weeks have often made sickening reading. Startlingly, the central protagonist in most of these stories is that ...
Read More »
Under 14 Football Captain struggles for proper shelter
Tanju Devi WEST CHAMPARAN, BIHAR : Soni Kumari was part of India women under-14 team that won the Asian Football Confederation Tournament in 2013. Now she is the captain of ...
Read More »
Notice: Undefined variable: Posts in /home/ktux7ryi18yu/public_html/wp-content/themes/jarida/functions/home-recent-box.php on line 91
National Affairs
-
She Is The Ideal Role Model ‘Veer Nari’ – Bimla Devi
[By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)] Dwarhat though a non-descript small town along the serpentine road, amidst cedar and pine trees, is a heart-captivating destination in the Kumaon hills with numerous ...
Read More » -
Two Iconic Five Star Marshals of The Indian Armed Forces
-
Why India’s persecuted tribes are marking their alternative independence day
LetsTalkChange
Young Zaiba Changes The Game For Children
[By Roshin Varghese] Mysore (WFS) – Every morning, a young woman steps out of her small two-room home, which she shares with her grandmother, parents and three siblings, ready to ...
Read More »
Girls Gang Up Against Early Marriage
[By Tarannum] Siddharth Nagar (WFS) – Whereas she appears to be like any regular village girl from the vast countryside of Uttar Pradesh, quiet, unassuming and hardworking, Uma Kumari has ...
Read More »
A voice from the hearts of brothels..
Brothels are not only homes to sex workers, brothels are graves of several dreams and aspirations, they are the cremation grounds where several hope, desires, futures are cremated every day. ...
Read More »
Let’s salute those who are doing something positive
[By Mari Marcel Thekaekara|New Internationalist] Something to cheer about. In the midst of doom and gloom, I attended a Vikalp Sangam or ‘Confluence of ideas’. It was a meeting not ...
Read More »Rights
“Look Up” – A message for the “online” generation
Phones, I-pads, headphones, laptops, consoles! The truth is, technology, as wonderful as it is, seems to have created a generation of one handed zombies.Today everything is expressed via text messages or ...
Read More »
Whose battle is it anyway?
The women and children of the Indian tribal population are trapped in deadly crossfire between the state and the Maoists. Forget gender equality: sexual abuse is rampant. |By Pratibha Singh| ...
Read More »
Women journalists and the never-ending harassment
[By Narendra Kaushik] Delhi: Kavita, the editor of Khabar Lehariya, the weekly in Bundeli, Bajjka, Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindustani dialects, has become conscious of a number of things since January this year when Saddam alias ...
Read More »
Pads Against Patriarchy: Students Speak Up Against Sexism
[By Dipanjana Dey] Kolkata (Women’s Feature Service) – Sanchita Dey, 17, lives in a settlement in the vicinity of the Netaji Subhas Chandra International Airport in Kolkata and goes to ...
Read More »Health
How Mumbai’s poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
Ishita Chatterjee, University of Melbourne | The Conversation Informal settlements are experiencing a greater surge in COVID-19 cases than other urban neighbourhoods in Mumbai, India. Their high density, narrow streets, tight internal ...
Read More »
Is it the end of AIDS in 2030?
[By Syed Mohammad Afsar] Geneva – Writing on World AIDS Day a few years ago, I had shared the story of Seema (name changed), a young mother, and her daughter ...
Read More »
Bottled Risk
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Over the last 15 years, the bottled-water industry has experienced explosive growth, which shows no sign of slowing. In fact, bottled water – including everything ...
Read More »
Healthcare For Women In Times Of Distress
Delhi (WFS) — Millions have been affected by the devastating earthquake that jolted Nepal on April 25, 2015. With half a million homes destroyed, and hundreds of thousands more damaged, ...
Read More »Military Affairs
Eternal Vigil – POW Joe’s Story
There is a Prisoner Of War (POW) story of my course mate Joe I would like to tell. He passed away in 2011 in Pune of brain haemorrhage. My story below ...
Read More »
Two Iconic Five Star Marshals of The Indian Armed Forces
|By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)| We have had three five star Marshals- late Field Marshal KM Cariappa known as an Officer and a Gentleman, late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw famous for soldiering with dignity and Arjan ...
Read More »
She Is The Ideal Role Model ‘Veer Nari’ – Bimla Devi
[By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)] Dwarhat though a non-descript small town along the serpentine road, amidst cedar and pine trees, is a heart-captivating destination in the Kumaon hills with numerous ...
Read More »
Malharis’ Battle Of Gadra City In 1971 War
|By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)| The Battle of Gadra City fought on the night of 4/5 December 1971 was one of the important battles in the Western Theatre. 15 KUMAON (Indore) ...
Read More »WomenWrite
When the monthly monster comes knocking!
|By Jeydevi Venkatarama| Sounds of the morning could be heard. Pavithra woke up to birds’ and sparrows coo-cooing in the trees. A hectic day was waiting for her downstairs. She lazily ...
Read More »
She Is The Ideal Role Model ‘Veer Nari’ – Bimla Devi
[By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)] Dwarhat though a non-descript small town along the serpentine road, amidst cedar and pine trees, is a heart-captivating destination in the Kumaon hills with numerous ...
Read More »
“Do what you love and love what you do”
I fainted in office! and that triggered my journey on a completely new path - path of freedom, happiness and passion, culminating in the founding of ZipOut (ZIP - Zindagi in pajama)
Read More »
Grabbing life by the horns
[By Pintueli Gajjar] Today, I am known as the biker woman who vrooms past the town of Rajkot in Gujarat. Some who don’t know me criticise me for letting go ...
Read More »Being Male
-
Men Stand Tall Against Child Marriage
[By Chetna Verma] Agra – The young thrive on dreams for a brighter tomorrow. Most aspire to have a comfortable home, a rewarding career and a loving family – and ...
Read More » -
Men For Women At The Panchayat
-
Meet Men Who Shun Dowry, Share Property With Their Wives
-
Woes of men as non-custodian parents
Environment
-
The Paris climate summit must go beyond mere declarations of intent
[By Christian Gollier,Jean Tirole] As the Paris 2015 climate talks get under way, the fear is growing that this international conference will be reduced to a simple list of good ...
Read More » -
Wealth in waste? Using industrial leftovers to offset climate emissions
-
Let’s make sure that cleaning up the world’s water doesn’t send our climate targets down the gurgler
-
Let’s Talk About Rhinos
-
Opinion: Women breaking barriers to clean energy
-
This Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl is Born
World News
-
How to Stop Terrorism in Europe
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Europe is under pressure. Integrating asylum-seekers and other migrants – 1.1 million in Germany alone in 2015 – into European society poses a major ...
Read More » -
Since ancient Greece, the Olympics and bribery have gone hand in hand
-
Britain votes to leave the EU, here’s what happens next
-
Asia’s Troubled Water
-
Confessions Of A Pakistani National
-
Brussels attacks show just how desperate Islamic State has become
-
The Limits of Capitalism with Communist Characteristics
-
Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror