“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect ” – Aldo Leopold The images of Australian bush fire is still fresh in people’s minds
Author: Trisha Jha
Trisha has completed her Bachelors in History from Miranda House, Delhi University. Currently, she is preparing for Masters in Sociology. Her interests lie in reading and research writing.
PENDENCY OF CASES IN INDIA – JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED
Kamala was a 21-year-old young woman when she was married off in a “prosperous” family to a farmer in Ajmer, Rajasthan. She was married into the family with aspirations of her happiness, with hopes of a fulfilled life, but right after few months, things began to change. Everyday quarrels and
MANUAL SCAVENGING – IS THERE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?
It is a sunny day in Bhagalpur town of present-day Bihar, kids of age 6 or 7 are playing hopscotch outside their shanty houses, that’s when they see 2 men walk towards them who then asked them to move aside making sure they don’t come in contact with them. The
A CHEER TO ARTISANS ON THE BANKS OF GANGES IN THE NORTH TO KAVERI IN THE SOUTH
A 52-year-old potter, Shanti resides in a picturesque village of Kuniyur, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Shanti and her husband have been trying to sustain their lives for a couple of years now. Sometimes twenties, other times a few hundreds, she doesn’t know what will the next day
WOMEN OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own” ― Audre Lorde This is 2020 and a 12-year-old Meera peeps outside her window for hours day after another. She sat through the morning sun and waited for the moon to
INDIA’S ROAD TO BECOMING A SUPERPOWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
It’s been more than 70 years since India gained independence, the newly born Indian nation was struggling for its survival. This was a time when challenges were many but the resolute in the minds of those who fought for our independence was strong. They dreamed of an India that was