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National capital is again in the news for Congolese national who was beaten to death in Vasant Kunj on 21 May 2016.Though investigations are on and the reasons for the murder are still to be identified. This unfortunate accident has once again opened the debate -Are metro cities becoming vulnerable for outsiders? What are the possible reasons for increasing incidences of intolerance and discrimination? Does belonging to another race, or dressing in unfamiliar style or having different food habits make people more vulnerable in metro cities? What creates apathy in people of Metro cities towards people who are different? Delhi is not new to such incidents, the cases of racial discrimination are frequent here, take for example .Nido Tania student, 20 year student from Arunachal Pradesh was murdered in broad day light in Lajpat Nagar because of his mongoloid roots and the clothes he had put on his body. The same questions were asked then as well, however such incidents fail to c...

A man calls on National news channel ,not to ask or comment on issues of national interest or politics but to know when will he get the job and how long will it take to find a life partner. This situation is not as simple as it might look.It is a compound result of problems that exist in our society. Without bashing at the grim media scene or smashing at caller for irrationality and calling him person of low intelligence.Let us look at the few reasons for this. 1.Education s ystem:it all starts from here,when education system will not encourage questioning and critical thinking, how do we expect rational citizenry in the country.Our education system doesn't promote overall development of students. When Foundation is so faulty ,how can the lives build on this Foundation suppose to be good quality. 2.State's failure-Whose responsibility it is to provide employment to the citizens,god's or state's.If state guarantees equal employment opportunities to...

“Frequent or seldom flood in eyes –Men at cry”, read title of an article I wrote in class ninth in the diary I maintained. What inspired me was the article I read  in Times life, Sunday supplement of Times of India in those summer vacations. That article forced me to think on why men are trained not to cry. I talked to my male colleagues and male relatives to know how they respond to crying. "Yes there are times when we feel broken, then we get over it, we don’t express it too often ", this what majority of them said. A year back I saw a video ‘boys don’t cry’. The video showed how society conditions men not to cry and when men become stoic we complain men do not pay heed to their emotional needs or people around them. Men will men, what we end being saying. First society traps a human being within his /her identity. We make them close individuals who are made to behave or not to behave in a certain way. I have seen a lot of women crying. I cry a lot too, most of t...

The actual wisdom is near us, we get it from the life around us, from the people around us. That is the authentic and proximate wisdom. Most of the lessons that have made my life simpler were acquired from life around me. There are many lessons that my parents gave me while growing up, but I did not care then. It’s only now that I have started noticing their impact on my life. These lessons were nowhere written in the books, contrary to my belief that I had as a child that every lesson is taught by the books we read. Only those who hold pen, are custodians of wisdom, I believed for a long time. These lessons have started to make sense since I have started living away from my parents. While I was cooking yesterday in afternoon, I quickly recalled the lesson my mother gave me while I was still a teenager-very angry and arrogant. Once my mother asked m e that it was time ,I should learn how to cook meal. I remember getting angry at her and saying to her in high pitch “I don’t wan...

In school we carried dictionary to learn new words, their meanings and use them to 'make sentences'. In school library Magazine 'Competition Success Review'- had an essay titled 'Words give wings to ideas'. I was happy to learn new words and say them to whoever came my way. Growing up has taught words are not enough and absolute. At times I fail to put words to order breathless sentences I frame but the magic Words remain in complete coherence with brain - orderless and deranged. Words remain euphemism for what I feel. Words reduce me. Words fail me. Words make me vulnerable. To be sane again I run away from words And sit Wordless.

How reluctant I was to make my documentary proposal when our teachers informed that we had to give individual proposal. I wrote my proposal on Pinjra Tod. See the serendipity, anything feminist comes home to me. Pinjra tod is an autonomous women’s’ collective to fight against gender discriminatory hostel rules in the Universities in Delhi. In our documentary we have tried talking about inception, politics, ideology and flaws with the movement. Today we gave the viva as well and now we know the documentary as a material thing is over. But Mahima who appeared in our documentary said something that keeps reverberating in my ears and will continue to (though I don’t know how long it would do) Mahima has been living in Delhi for seven years now and she says “No matter what my politics are and how liberated I feel in Delhi, I am not able to translate same in Agra”. She tells she doesn’t step out of home after seven pm in Agra, not because her parents have asked but while growing up and...