Naveelah Ishteyaque
Indian Muslims: The quest of a better representation in politics and blunders
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite housing the world’s second-largest Muslim population, India has a very skewed ratio of the community’s share in politics and power.
Journalism’s metamorphosis into cheap entertainment in India
Reading Time: 4 minutes India’s mainstream journalism is at the peak of its decay in decades. It has metamorphosed into cheap showbiz, aiming to sensationalise news.
Kejriwal’s silence on Delhi’s anti-Muslim pogrom is not just petty but alarming
Reading Time: 3 minutes The conspicuous silence of Arvind Kejriwal and his passive approach towards the anti-Muslim pogrom in northeast Delhi is quite alarming and obnoxious.
Right to Disconnect: A remnant or the whole
Reading Time: 3 minutes To ensure that the employees of India can have a good work-life balance, it’s imperative to have a law like the Private Member’s Bill “Right to Disconnect”.
The journey of Jharkhand transcending into “Lynchistan”
Reading Time: 4 minutes The recent lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand again confirmed the fact that the state is actually becoming a lynchistan like Uttar Pradesh or Rajasthan.
Modi’s brute majority is a reflection of India’s divergence from the secular ethos
Reading Time: 5 minutes Modi’s victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election exposes the communalism that has been festering in our neighbourhood and drawing rooms. It’s out now.
Making elections friendly and accessible is more important than luring voters
Reading Time: 4 minutes The election in the world’s largest democracy is nothing less than a full-fledged blockbuster entertainment. There are so much at stake that political parties are ready to woo their voters […]
Revisiting women of India in 2019
Reading Time: 4 minutes Though the International Women’s Day is celebrated with a lot of fanfare, the Indian women have to traverse a long course to achieve equality in the society
Menstruation in Rural India: Taboo Must be Broken for Better Women Health
Reading Time: 4 minutes Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human life, indeed of human existence. However, for long menstruation has been a taboo for the society often associated with behavioural restrictions. […]
JIO Institute: A Paradox of Eminence and Imminence in Higher Education
Reading Time: 4 minutes JIO Institute, the proposed higher education institution of the Reliance Foundation, owned by Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani, which doesn’t even has a blade full of grass in its kitty, […]
Degradation of Universities Under Saffron Rule
Reading Time: 4 minutes The purpose of this article is not to state and revise the issues of JNU or AMU once again, but to understand how the ruling BJP is trying to build […]
Decaying Democracy and Denying Due: Our new India
Reading Time: 6 minutes Since opening gates to the neo-liberal economy, India is adorned with the titular compliment of being the largest democracy in the world. There is no apprehension in this, with our […]
On the Spree of Name Changing, BJP Eyes Taj Mahal Now
Reading Time: 4 minutes As if the rechristening of various UPA-period schemes, projects and historic places were not enough during the extremely hyperbole BJP rule, that now we are about to witness the greatest […]
Indian Television Casted to Oblivion as Youth Opts for English Soaps
Reading Time: 3 minutes Indian television is meant for everything but entertainment. The same judgement can be passed on a few if not all, Bollywood films as well. The repetition of the overused love triangles, […]