Indians 4 Social Change

Gurmeet Ram Rahim baba, a self styled god-man, and the head of Dera Sacha Sauda turned into a criminal and is charged with two rape cases. Who Is Ram Rahim? Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, a self-styled Godman, was once a self-appointed spiritual guru, actor, action hero, producer, director, singer and …

Introduction At the initial introduction of Lipstick Under My Burkha, society harshly criticized and fought with all its might to have it banned, but women, fed up with the hypocrisy and male-domination, boldly persevered to fight back harder. Let’s take a close look at why women fought to make Lipstick …

Introduction Just a few days ago, on July 20th, India took its second major step at fighting the societal norms encouraged by the caste system when it elected its newest president. Ram Nath Kovind is the second head of state to be chosen from the bottom of the caste system …

What is FGM? FGM, female genital mutilation, has an extensive history in India and women have been on a continuous fight to stop the cruel act. Forward UK defines it as, “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female …

India seems to be lagging behind in the women’s right movement, but recent actions from the government foreshadow a brighter future for Indian women. The Karta The Delhi high court has finally decided to allow the eldest woman in a family to be the legal head of the household, or …

Coldplay and Beyoncé just released their new song, Hymn for the Weekend. Society became consumed and fascinated over the song without hesitation, but only my desis can understand the frustration and irritation that this song produced in Indian communities. Problematic People To better understand people’s arguments as to why the …

Some events in life are so unpleasant, unbelievable, and down-right cruel that after reading about it people are speechless and just stare at their laptop screens. This such an incident. One of the worst incidents regarding young children being sexually abused has occurred at the Karjat Shelter home.  The house …

Being unfamiliar with the Delhi gang rape that took away the life of an innocent young woman in 2012 would mean being ignorant of one of India’s major tragedies. The heartbreaking incident has  sadly only struck a few Indians to wake up and realize that the prominent issue of rape needs to …

It should be made perfectly clear that item songs never were and never will be something that should be accepted by society. However, in what manner item songs were showed and how they are being shown now is something important that needs to be addressed. The evolution of these “item …