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Articles by Priya Pahal
Listen To The Farmers: Only The Wearer Knows Where The Shoe Pinches
Hey, are you happy today? Why? Oh, is it because you had your favourite food during meals? Great! Do you know the reason for that food? Your mum who cooked or your dad who brought or the vendor/shopkeeper who sold it? Oh, okay, you give the major contribution to your mum. She cooked it so well.. hmm! Really? Is there any major one missing who is involved in your happiness? Remember social media’s hyped statement: The Art and The Artist? So, let’s apply it in your today’s happiness.
“Indian Media Has Become A Cacophony Of Opinionated Anchors And Their Selected Guests”
About 25 years ago, the Indian media was very different. It was mostly print media, as the internet barely existed, and there were only one or two broadcast channels. Journalists were highly respected, and there were hardly any attempts to control or sabotage the truth. I used to write from Haryana for an English daily, and politicians of all hues treated me with the greatest courtesy. There was no paid media.
No Country For Women: Incidents Of Rape Increased By 792% In The Past 40 Years
TW: Rape, sexual assault. Hello readers, I hope you’re all having a good day. But, is it really a good day? Do you feel safe? Because most women in our country do not. Another horrible incident came forward in which a 19-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by four upper-caste men in Hathras on September 14.
Is India ‘Really Tolerant’?
Back when India was not independent, it was surely not a tolerant country. People, especially women, uneducated, the lower class were not considered worth considering. But now, has the scenario changed? Not really. We cannot proudly say that it has become tolerant. Mr Rajnath Singh once quoted, “India is the most tolerant country in the world”.
Growing Intolerance In India: “My Identity Is Humanity”
Intolerance! Frankly, it’s a heavy word to an educated person who studied through some of the world’s greatest institutions gaining laurels, attaining success. Really, listening humbly to humble words and at the same time maintaining a firewall towards hatred is a skill in today’s hate instilled political environment fueled with fascism and populism. As the national identities of Indians and Pakistanis started to get more deeply intact, the partition got significant.
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