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Book Review: Riddles in Hinduism by Dr. BR Ambedkar
This book was not published while Ambedkar was alive, but was published by the Maharastra government in 1987. The Shiv Sena took offence and saw this as an attack on…
Indian Aces announces it’s first Asexuality Fest in Chennai & Bangalore in August 2018
Indian Aces is an award-winning collective of asexual folk from or in India. Started in 2014 and relaunched in early 2016, the community has grown by leaps and bounds. They…
Trumping the Taboo: Interview with Madhavi Jadhav, Founder ThatMate
Madhavi Jadhav is the Founder of ThatMate, a platform which aims to shatter myths and taboo associated with sexual and mental health among adolescents, a state-level boxer and a…
In Service of the Goddesses: Interview with Swarnima Bhattacharya, Founder TheaCare
Arguendo catches up with Swarnima Bhattacharya, Founder TheaCare. Swarnima works as a POSH consultant with various companies and is also a Fellow of the Berlin-based DO School and a Women Deliver…
Imagining a World without borders: Interview with theater actor and traveler Akram Feroze
Theater actor-director and traveler Akram Feroze, believes in a world without borders, carries a world passport - as part of a global movement established under Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which…
Death Penalty for Rape: NGO challenges constitutionality of Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance before Delhi HC
The recent 2018 amendments to Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, by way of Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (CLO…
Prime Minister finally breaks his silence and speaks on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases
(This story will be updated once and if Prime Minister Narendra Modi issues any statement the Kathua and Unnao rape cases.) //Update 1: Business Standard has reported that facing political heat over…
From Villages to Football Fields – Interview with Dr. Rashmi Tiwari, Founder/Director, Aahan Tribal Foundation of India
Dr. Rashmi Tiwari is the Founder and Director of Aahan Tribal Foundation of India, working to dismantle the machinery of trafficking by making at-risk tribal girls and women financially independent,…
The Fact, the Law, & the Changing Privacy Policies of the Narendra Modi Application
The Backstory A supposedly French security researcher, you uses the Twitter name Elliot Anderson (@fs0c131y), and has till now riddled many holes into the claims of Aadhaar infrastructure being unbreakable…
Make A Difference Dream Camp!!
Make A Difference is a youth driven, non profit organization working to ensure better outcomes for children in orphanages and street shelters. MAD's vision is to help children in shelter…