From Parent-Teacher Meets To Biometrics: Why UGC’s Guidelines Are Beyond...
By Priyanjana Roy Das: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently come out with guidelines on safety of students, on and off campuses of higher educational institutions. To begin with, one of...
View ArticleYour “Cowardly Methods” Won’t Stop Us: The Pinjra Tod Movement Says It Loud...
By Pinjra Tod: On the night of 21st Sept, a person claiming to be Akhil Choudhury from ABVP had called up and threatened two activists of Pinjra Tod with sexual abuse and violence for 'daring' to put...
View ArticleStop Telling Us, ‘If You Are Not Back In The Hostel On Time, You’re A Bad Girl’
By Tishya Khillare: "No. We’re not allowed outside this door. Go and see- they’ve locked it from outside!" "What? How can they do this? Let me try. I really can’t believe this is happening!" And so I...
View ArticleStudent Exposes The “Nightmare” That’s U.P. Technical Univ, And The “Insult”...
By Shivangi Singh: With effect from 18-09-2015 the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) has been renamed Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University in honour of the late ex-President,...
View Articleदिल्ली की छात्राऐं अब और गैरबराबरी नही सहेगीं –पिंजरातोड़ आंदोलन की दास्तां
जया निगम: आई पी कॉलेज के हिस्ट्री ऑनर्स में तीसरे साल की एक छात्रा (नाम गोपनीय रखने की शर्त पर) बताती हैं, "महिला छात्रावास में प्रशासन का रवैया बेहद तानाशाही भरा है। मुझे पहले और दूसरे साल में...
View ArticleWhat Do The Youth Think: Does The Reservation Policy In India Need A Review?...
By Campus Watch: Debates on reservation have been polarizing and controversial ever since the establishment of Mandal Commission under the Moraji Desai led Janta Party government in 1969. Recently, in...
View ArticleAn EFLU Hyderabad Student Asks: Why Is Imprisoning Students UGC’s Idea Of...
By Tania Kar: On the stormy evening of 24th September, a group of EFLUites patiently waited their turn to be heard, on Hasina Chowk. The football ground, next to it, a host for the Cricket...
View ArticleA Mumbai Uni Student Reveals The Injustice That Is Putting Students’ Careers...
By Anonymous: Have you ever been woken up by a nightmare during exams where you see yourself helpless and unable to finish your paper? Or maybe you kept on sleeping and missed the train to reach the...
View ArticleCelebrate Love, Don’t Force It Into The Closet: Ruia College Students’...
By Atharva Pandit: "Kya gay-giri chalu hai yaar! (What is this gay business!)" "We are proud that our college is hosting an event as socially and politically important as it is culturally...
View ArticleAMU Student On How It Is A Hub Of ‘Cultural Freedom’, Not ‘Terrorism’
By Riad Azam: A recent remark by a Hindu Yuva Vahini leader, calling the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) 'a nursery of terrorism', is an instance of the increasing penetration of fundamentalist...
View Article[Y]ral: The IIT Bombay Group That Is Breaking Stereotypes About Gender And...
By Ankita Mukhopadhyay: Is it normal to be gay? Do lesbians have friends? These questions are asked by many, who believe that heteronormativity is the norm of the day. Saathi, IIT Bombay's LGBTQ...
View ArticleStudent Run Newspapers A Must To Keep Debate And Dissent Alive: Jamia Student...
By Towfeeq Wani: We have many sources of information like mainstream newspapers and TV channels, alternative media, academia and think tanks, and yet public opinion is largely influenced by the...
View Article‘We Left Home Only To Be Caged': Watch The Women Of #PinjraTod Challenge...
By Ankita Mukhopadhyay: "Don't know how I will handle street harassment if so much of training and conditioning is happening within the space we occupy." "Once, a friend who was visiting from another...
View ArticleA Student Reveals Abuse Of Power And “Upari Kamayi” (Bribes) Plaguing A...
By Shivangi Singh: Established in May 2000, the fifteen-year-old Uttar Pradesh Technical University (renamed Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University on 18-09-2015) is unique in ways more than one....
View ArticleAn Exclusive Chat With Pinjra Tod Organisers On The Campaign, Its Vision, And...
By Shambhavi Saxena for Youth Ki Awaaz: "I know why the caged bird sings," read one among dozens of hand-made posters that were strung up across a section of Jantar Mantar road on 10th October, 2015....
View ArticleFrom One Student To Another: How You Can Make The Most Of Your College Life
By Navneet Arora: College life welcomes us to a whole new world and presents a pool of opportunities. We step into this space with a clean slate where nobody knows us and vice versa. So we have to...
View ArticleWhat Do The Youth Think: Should Freedom Of Speech Be ‘Absolute’ Or With...
By Campus Watch: Freedom of speech and expression is a hotly debated topic just now with writers giving up their awards, questions arising on the food we eat, what we watch in our private space etc....
View ArticleIs An Army Crackdown On Students Protesting Against Hostel Rules In Hyderabad...
By Arpita Jaya: Upon hearing reports of demonstrations by faculty as well as students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), a 10-member fact-finding team, comprising of teachers and...
View ArticleWe Need To Address These Important Questions Around Gender And Sexuality Now
By Sandhya A S: As part of their annual intellectual calendar, the graduate students of the Department of Sociology at South Asian University conducted the Young Scholars' Conference on the 15th, 16th...
View ArticleAt This University, The Library Is Open Till Midnight But Only For Boys
By Javaid Alam: At a time when protests are happening in Delhi about the attitude of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) towards its women hostel residents, I feel it is our duty to see what is going in other...
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