Abuse
Media
Politics & Political Commentary
NBSA fines Zee News and directs them to broadcast apology for “Afzal Guru gang ka mushaira”
Mr. Gauhar Raza, an eminent scientist and poet, was maligned, defamed and hate engineered against him by the malicious, concocted and motivated news telecast carried by Zee News in March, 2016. Mr. Raza was branded as a part of an “Afzal Premi Gang” for reciting his poems in the ‘Shankar – Shaad Mushaira’. A complaint […]
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Democracy
Women's rights
The gender war: To take sides or not?
Rape apologist is a term I have become very familiar with it. Every time there is an outrage on social media with accusations of rape or harassment made against a man, my refusal to join in or my questioning of the e-lynchings is interpreted as supporting crimes against women. Thankfully, I’m not particularly dependent on […]
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Knowledge
Personal
Contemplating suicide
Suicide is a taboo subject for conversation. Particularly what makes a person want to commit suicide or what to say in the face of their pain.
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General
AAP needs to find ways to make the fight against corruption more relevant to the common man
I have said this before, but it bears repeating. The common man of India does not care much about corruption. They care about what the bottom line is for them. This is exactly how corrupt – even known corrupt politicians keep getting reelected – they do things people find relevant and useful and keep their […]
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Debunking Men’s Rights Activists claims
There is no doubt every law can be misused, particularly in a state where enforcement is haphazard at best. At the same time, the continued disinformation campaign by the supposed “Men’s Rights Activists” (a false term, explained later) that the 498a is mainly a tool to victimize men is false, from all the data I […]
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