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[Book Review] Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
They had no country – In early 1948, Israel was a wish, not a fact. Matti Friedman writes this riveting story of how Israel came to be, through the lives of four Arab Israeli spies in 1948. A Canadian Israeli journalist and author, Friedman peels off layers of complexity that is the history of Israel, with his lyrical storytelling.
Beyond The Apex Court’s Patriarchy: Women In The Farm Bills Protest
The Patriarchal Order Of The Supreme Court The challenges faced by women farmers have been historically ignored. The recent decision of the Supreme Court to set up a committee with the objective of dissolving the farmer’s protests – constituting all-male members – is a continuation of such ignorance. The only perspective with which their existence was acknowledged was through a regressive lens to question why women and old people being “kept” as part of the protests.
Can India Remain A Free Democratic Society Under Diminishing Press Freedom?
Today, India stands divided. It is divided politically, economically and socially. This type of a polarised situation has led to clashes between people who belong to different religions, caste, gender, ethnicities and intellectual groups. A free democratic society, in the simplest sense, would be one in which diverse groups can co-exist peacefully. Stating any particular group as either completely guilty or innocent in a borderless and porous society such as ours is unjustified.
6 Lessons From The ‘Notorious’ RBG That Will Inspire Us For Generations
The year 2020 has been full of lessons for us. On 19th September, one of the most iconic figures and a role model for young women and men, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. I felt so upset by the simple fact that this is it. That this is all we get to hear from the infamous Notorious RBG (a name given to her given her continuous dissent and liberal rulings) for as long as we will live. That I would never hear her quaint soft voice of reason stirring people in the right direction again.
“Democracy Has Been Caged And Quarantined In India Too”
Media has begun to look for the choice of a reason for maintaining its conduct in the eyes of the audience. It wants to score mileage from the viewership and the perception it creates and constructs in their mind. It’s like awarding the audience with a moral sanctity of rightfully establishing fictions from facts. This is the defining characteristic feature of the major media broadcasters and corporations in the country.
Anyone Seen Indian Media Doing Their Real Job?
The word ‘media’ appears to mean many things in various cultural contexts. I’m trying to unpack some of them here. For historians, it is a geographical name for an ancient country and former province of the Persian Empire in the northwestern part of modern Iran. For sociologists and anthropologists, it implies a medium of cultivation, conveyance, or expression.
Interview: Aparna Pande On India’s Foreign Policy And Her New Book ‘Making India Great’
I recently got a chance over a Zoom call to interview Dr Aparna Pande, Research Fellow and Director of Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia. Aparna wrote her PhD dissertation on Pakistan’s foreign policy. Her major field of interest is South Asia, with a special focus on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Foreign and Security Policy. In this interview, we discuss her latest book Making India Great: The Promise of a Reluctant Superpower.
Dear Indian Media, I Have A Brain That Can Think On Its Own, Thanks
For the longest time, the image of a journalist was similar to that of an activist. A person wearing a kurta, a jhola, specs and asking the hard questions. As time progresses, one would expect that such an image would only get better and as more people come out of fancy journalism schools and colleges where ‘Journalistic Ethics’ is a core course, it would lead to the creation of powerful media outlets who ask real questions.
Puberty Can Be A Disturbing Period For Girls: How Society Can Destigmatise Menstruation
Us women face various natural processes throughout our life, such as menstruation, puberty, childbirth and many more. But puberty and menstrual cycles are the most crucial periods of our lives due to various myths and lack of awareness that exist in our Indian society. Sometimes, we also end up neglecting psychosomatic effects. It is not easy to adopt and accept all the changes that our bodies go through during our adolescence. Here, I would like to share my own experience when I entered this phase.
“The Four Vedas Never State Anywhere That A Woman’s Body Is Impure”
“South Asia’s women are shackled by a myriad of social customs and beliefs that embrace and straddle the patriarchy.” Kamla Bhasin. Observing right from the period of Aristotle, who regarded a woman’s rightful place as her house, because of her ‘special abilities’ as a wife, mother and householder, while a man acquired that a woman’s function was to “keep and store”, a path for differences and discrimination has built up. Such social constructions have formed a society of oppression.
Book Review: Seeing Like A Feminist And The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir towards feminism is interconnected with culture and traditions. Female writers were not being taken seriously until the 18th century. There is an enormous struggle behind the feminist theory. This phase is split into 3 parts: The first phase is related to imitation. The second phase is also called ‘Amazon utopia’. This is based on female-led societies. The last one is related to the self-discovery and a radical change in the vision of feminist critics.
“Do I Get A Holiday From Housework When I’m On My Period?”
“At any rate, when a subject is highly controversial- and any question about sex is that- one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.” – A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf The new policy of period leaves caused quite a stir on social media in the past few weeks.
कोरोना काल में मास्क बनाकर आत्मनिर्भर बन रही हैं बिहार की ममता
This post is a part of YKA’s dedicated coverage of the novel coronavirus outbreak and aims to present factual, reliable information. Read more.
Review: “I’m Just Like You But Different: A Story About Living With Cerebral Palsy”
“Inclusion is more of a mindset than it is anything else. The best place to begin teaching attitudes of acceptance and inclusion is in the homes and early childhood institutions,” says Christine Staple Ebanks in regard of her newly released children’s book, ‘I’m Just Like You But Different: A Story About Living With Cerebral Palsy’. The feeling of alienation is the typical experience of children with special needs.
With 80,000 Cases In A Day, Is ‘Record High’ The New Normal In India?
India witnessed its biggest single-day spike of 80,000 Covid-19 cases on Monday, August 31, 2020. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc in India, more so in August. On Sunday, 78,761 corona cases were detected that has marked the biggest single-day spike of cases in the world. In the last 24 hours, 971 deaths have been reported according to the Health Ministry figures. India has even crossed the record of the USA in terms of a spike of cases in a single day.
Over 69 lakh Registrations On Govt Job Portal Is Telling Of The Employment Crisis
Unemployment will be one of the biggest political economy challenges in the upcoming days in India. The government have restricted different kinds of economic activities while trying to hold the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, in just 40 days, over 69 lakh individuals have registered on the government jobs portal launched by the Prime Minister on July 11. In just a week, between August 14 and August 21, more than 7 lakh people registered.
I Spent My Lockdown Reading Elif Shafak And I’m So Glad I Did
This post is a part of YKA’s dedicated coverage of the novel coronavirus outbreak and aims to present factual, reliable information. Read more. Elif Shafak is an experience. I had read The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak a few months before the lockdown. I remember being blown away by how personal her story felt. I wanted to read and understand Shafak and her style of writing and watched a few of her speeches on pluralism, multiculturalism, diversity and storytelling.
A Case For Period Leave: Hear Me Out, It’s Not The Death Of Feminism
Culture Machine, a Mumbai based media firm, became the first to give their female employees an optional first day of the period (FOP) leave. A lot of other companies and corporate firms followed this policy which erupted a debate whether such a policy is regressive and against the gender equality ideals.
Periods and Patrakaars: How Media Can Report Menstruation Better
By Pratyusha V V Trigger warning: Please note that this article has descriptions of shame and discriminatory practices surrounding menstruation. Please exercise discretion in engaging with the content, if triggering. Did you wake up this morning with push notifications from your news app? ‘Newspaper and coffee’ kind of person? Or are twitter trends your thing? Evening news on the TV? Or does the radio ramble on with news while you drive to work? The news is everywhere. But not everything is in the news.
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