RTI responses show a lack of transparency on the Draft National Youth Policy. No meetings have been held of the National Youth Advisory Council in the past five years.
Category: Livewire
5th August
Four year olds / Who have grown up / Amidst concertina wires / And soldiers in battle fatigues
Muslims On Trains
My bhabi scoops out each beard / Till my brother screams in pain / She is terrified if someone / Finds her husband's name!
Looking at The Beatles Through the Eyes of a Beatle
A new book has put together photographs taken by Paul McCartney, using his own camera, between December 1963 and February 1964.
The Paradox of My Dual Identities
I do not need to fit into different moulds for other’s approval because I have discovered that my sense of belonging lies in my self- acceptance.
How to Not Be an ‘Instagram Tourist’
Because people now see their social media connections from their home environment travelling in an exotic location, they assume (consciously or not) that behaviour they ordinarily carry out at …
Barbie and Bitter Glitter
The movie had massive potential to break shackles and fly, but it chose not to fulfil it. It had some good parts, but in the end, it just skimmed …
How a 50-Year-Old Novel Tackled the Pain of a Ruptured Nation
Exploring the challenges encountered by a displaced refugee population after the trauma of partition in Sunil Gangopadhyay's Arjun.
A Gold Medal and A Few Things That Could Not Be Partitioned
Where do you come from? 'Taangh' – a film by Bani Singh – seeks some answers.
Riot
Look at yourself, name this beast! / In the heart of a divided nation / Can you at least bury me?