Mainstream WeeklyWhat do we actually mean by learning something? Is it memorising facts, writing exams, getting a good job, or achieving a certain social status? I know a doctor who has been practising medicine for almost 15 years, yet he does not allow his daughter to enter the puja ghar (small temple in the house) or kitchen during her periods. Is he a learned person? Has he truly learned medicine? This brings us to a deeper question: What does learning actually mean, especially in the context of the (…)
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What Do We Learn, If Not to Question? Reflections from post-Pahalgam India | Sunit Singh
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Still a Queen Without a Crown | Ankita
7 June 2025The discussion on gender inequality has always been a never-ending topic. Although technology has advanced across various fields, with the rise of service sectors and the AI generation reaching its peak, there is still a wide gap between the two genders. I am referring to the gap in opportunities provided and the power of control over decision-making. Power is still largely vested in the hands of men. This essay argues that in both domestic and public life, women’s autonomy is undermined by (…)
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Decode the Menstrual Taboos | Richa Walia
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Statistics & Starvation: Expose the Myth of Modi
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India out of work: Unemployed youth become
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About 28 million unemployed educated youth in India are looking for jobs. And about 100 million, mostly women, have stopped looking for jobs.
by Santosh Mehrotra
The employment rate, or the share of the working-age and youth population finding work [1], is falling in India.
Our own study, based on an Indian government agency data [2], however, shows, that this is not the case.
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Statement against arbitrary crackdown and to push out Bangladeshis | May 30, 2025
7 June 2025We, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organization working for decades to monitor the India
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Civil Society statement in solidarity with Siang Indigenous Farmers
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Joint Statement by Left Parties to Observe National Day of Solidarity with Palestine
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