The Tumultuous Patidar Protests in Gujarat
Why are the Patidar Protests amidst a storm of hype? Known to be among the ‘largely wealthy community’ or the ‘better-offs’, the Patidars aka the Patel community is the mainspring of India’s economy. Claimed to be the descendants of Luv and Kush, they are rather well placed in the caste hierarchy …
Mere Saamnewali Sarhad Pe: An Awesome Version of Mere Samnewali Khidki Mein
Check out this awesome video on coming to terms with the similarities between Indians and Pakistanis.
India’s New Year Resolution List
As the old year turns a corner and stops at the new year, hoping that the ride will have minor bumps and fewer parking tickets, we all resolve to magically transform this year. New Year resolutions rarely work because we still do lug our old selves into the new year. …
Secessional Clashes: Conflict in Assam Between Bodos and Adivasis
India is a vast region consisting of many different ethnic identities. From North to South, East to West, thousands of different cultures exist, making India an extremely ethnically and culturally diverse area. Like any other land, the people of these individual groups have vastly different ethnic, political, and sometimes religious …
The Ram Masjid Center for Religious Harmony
THE TIMES OF UTOPIA THE RAM MASJID CENTER: A TRIUMPH FOR WORLD PEACE By Rita Shikhar. DECEMBER 06, 2015. Ayodhya, India. A true leader, it is said, leads his people to where they should be and not necessarily where they want to be. This day, the 6th of December 2015, …
Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to Peshawar Families
Pakistani Taliban fighters killed 141 people, 132 of which were children, at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The BBC reports that 7 militants attacked the school wearing suicide vests. As parents search for their children, hospitals in the area are dealing with the large number of deaths and casualties. The …
Heaven on Hearth: Kashmir and Rest of India
Once out of school in India, it is strange how several beliefs are shattered as one grows up and knows more. For example, one learns that Jinnah’s 1946 Direct Action Day was a lot more brutal than what textbooks said, and that there was much more to the 1948 annexation …
Featured Social Change Partner: Society Against Violence in Education
Our non-profit organisation, SAVE (Society Against Violence in Education), basically works against ragging all over India. SAVE creates a common platform for voices against ragging; SAVE is a fully cause-driven organization. Once the goal is reached, we can switch over to some other social causes, as will be legally feasible. …
This Year, India and Pakistan Didn't Exchange Sweets on Diwali
Background Recently, India and Pakistan have been exchanging fire across the border despite a ceasefire. Even today, Pakistan shot across the border at the Narain Border Post. Both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire, and things have gotten even more sour recently with Pakistan calling on the United …
