The citizens of the Indian sub-continent saw a new dawn in 2019 when India had a 14% representation of women in the House, a welcome and much needed growth from the first election where only 5% of the House consisted of women. According to the Census in 2011, about 48% of our population is female […]
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The RTE brought new dawn upon the human capital of a rapidly developing country such as India. The ASER report from 2018 states that substantial improvements are visible over these 8 years in the availability of many school facilities mandated by RTE. The report stated that the fraction of schools with usable girls\’ toilets reached 66.4% in
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“Beti Bachao, Beti padhao” but what after padhao? What is happening to our women after that? There is comparatively a decent amount of awareness (although, if awareness leads to desired actions is a debate for another time) about saving the girl child and educating her. But, what after educating her? That’s an ambiguous question that
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A lot has been said about the UP police in the last couple of days. What has not been talked about is the fact that it isn’t the lack of intervention to address the pressing problem of police inefficiency in the state that plays out each time, but sometimes it is also in the dilettantism
UP100: Not a 100/100 Solution? Read More »
As the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 showed an overall improvement in the political representation of women, it became obvious that we have come a long way but there is still a long stretch to cover. In all of our misplaced understanding of just \”helping\” women to ensure we empower them, we forget that empowerment
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As States race against each other to inch closer to development, Bihar is assumed to be one of the participants who is thought to be lagging.
Bihar: Clinging to the \”Backward\” Tag Read More »
Legislative Assemblies\’ role in making the nation actualise into the idea of India that is laid down by the Constitution has often been overlooked. Let’s dial back a little, what are the State Legislative Assemblies and why are they important?
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