Thought Box

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint. Our acceptance of a flawed system tha...

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Content is Queen

I open my piece with the video above. I open with it, because its sets the tone for what all of us need to do, in our own little way – in wherever we are, to save moth...

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Holi Is A Child Protection Festival

When the revelry is over, do remember the colorful Holi is a child protection festival. And so are, Janmashtami, Id-ul-Zuha, and Christmas. At the center of each one of these...

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Over & Underground

Overheard – “These are times of political opportunism, religious intolerance and scholastic Puritanism – and they can be construed as provocative and insensi...

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Vintage Women, Mentor

March 8 every year is a special calendar entry for so many women. A few years back, I overheard a group of suburban housewives weighing the pros and cons of special buffet lun...

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Governance Tips from India's Children

Manisha from Siwan:The Price We Pay for Patriarchy For 23 years, I was a UNICEF   official. This meant children paid my salary. Children still pay my pension. That...

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3 Screens and The Missing 4th “R”

Screens surround us, and our children. First of all there is the big screen, with its larger than life images, with its tinsel moorings, colors and the celebrities and liltin...

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Address: Under The Kemps Corner Flyover

Nobody could remember when this family moved in. One of the parking spaces under the Kemps Corner flyover, housed an electrical switch box, and was too small for a car to park...

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Children: A Policy, A Charter and A Plan of Action. Are They Enough

India has the largest child population in the world.  More than 40 of India’s children are under 18 years. India is armed with a policy, a charter and a plan of ac...

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Happily Ever After…?

A telegram announced her arrival into this world. Just three words, but how they changed our lives. I had to wait six months to see her. When my eyes fell upon her sleeping fa...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: PATHBREAKING JOURNEY OF STORYTELLING VISION

"Discover Kumud Chaudhary's pathbreaking journey from television to film, her passion fo...

September 16 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: WHY DON’T THEY GET IT?!

KALEIDOSCOPE: WHY DON’T THEY GET IT?! "An honest reflection on the peculiarities ...

September 15 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: FROM CRIME REPORTING TO FICTION

Aditi Mediratta’s journey from crime reporting to becoming a celebrated fiction wr...

September 14 2024