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Twitter Users Share Childhood Memories Of Sex Education: Ridiculous, Hopeful,...
By Lipi Mehta: Agents Of Ishq is a multimedia project about love, sex and desire, spearheaded by badass filmmaker Paromita Vohra. Often, various ‘agents’ get together on Twitter and have lovely, open...
View Article8 Instances That Prove The Incredible Work Done By The Railway Ministry, Via...
By Lipi Mehta: The Ministry of Indian Railways has a buzzing Twitter account. Right from complaints regarding safety, cleanliness and reservations, to concerns about staff behaviour and quality of food...
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Fantasy Author Cornelia Funke On Writing For Kids & How It Feels To Kill A...
By Lipi Mehta for Youth Ki Awaaz: Cornelia Funke’s ‘Inkheart’ series finds a coveted place in millions of bookshelves across the world. Often called the ‘German J. K. Rowling’, she is one of the most...
View ArticleWatch How A Tea Stall Owner Is Making Sure Kids In His Community Don’t Drop...
By Lipi Mehta: What is the best gift that one can give to a child? Prakash Rao, a tea stall owner in Cuttack has found the best answer to this question. At the age of 7, he had to leave his education...
View ArticleMove Over AIB, The British Parliament Taking On Donald Trump Is The Roast You...
By Lipi Mehta: Move over the roast of Charlie Sheen and Justin Bieber, it’s THIS roast that you need to see! On January 18, the UK Parliament met to discuss and debate two heavily-signed e-petitions...
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5 Women Entrepreneurs Talk About Their Work That’s Empowering Hundreds Of Women
By Lipi Mehta: There’s a silent, resilient spirit that exists around the world. It’s the spirit that lets women borrow tampons and sanitary pads in a public restroom without shame; that makes friends...
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I Used To Read A Lot And Then One Day, I Just Stopped
By Lipi Mehta: I was 7 years old when I got glasses and my mother was strangely happy. “She reads so much in the dark,” she told my relatives, clicking her tongue in dismay though knowing secretly that...
View ArticleWatch: Rajasthan Govt Takes An Exciting New Approach To Promote Tourism In...
By Lipi Mehta: It feels refreshing to see the government try out new things, and reach out to the public in creative ways. Whether it be through social media or innovative speeches or even TV ad...
View ArticleDear Maneka Gandhi, Your Unkind Statement On Mental Illness Undermines 50...
By Lipi Mehta: Since 2014 (with the UPA government in power then), the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Bill has not been passed in Parliament. Now with the BJP government in charge, a Group of...
View ArticleDear Supreme Court, Remember The Words Of The ‘Dadi’ Who Challenged Section 377
By Lipi Mehta: On February 2, the Supreme Court of India will hear a curative petition regarding its own judgement regarding Section 377. This is the same law that infringes upon the right of the LGBT+...
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As A Transwoman And Lesbian, Writer Nadika Nadja Reveals The Challenges She...
By Lipi Mehta: Representation only. Source: Twitter If you like keeping a track of conversations on feminism, gender, sexuality and related topics on Twitter, you’ve probably heard of (and already...
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What Does It Mean ‘Be A Man’? Ask The Women Of This Drag King Show!
By Lipi Mehta: Uploaded by Gaysi Family on Twitter In Mumbai, due to an initiative by queer collective Gaysi Family, I witnessed a drag king show for the first time in my life. I have heard of (and...
View Article9 Photos Of The Mumbai Queer Azaadi March That Show The City’s Love For Equality
By Lipi Mehta: “Hum nahin hai apraadhi, humein chahiye azaadi!” (We are not criminals, we want freedom!) Amidst cries for equality and freedom, the annual Mumbai Queer Azaadi March took off from...
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These Inspirational Real Life Heroes Are Fighting A Deadly Enemy That India...
By Lipi Mehta: When writer Dorothy Parker set out to write ‘The Great American Novel’, she actually found herself in a TB sanatorium in the Swiss mountains. Looking at the condition of the patients...
View ArticleWatch This Ad That Blasts The Notion That ‘Ghar Ka Kaam’ Is Only For Women
By Lipi Mehta: The minute I saw this latest ad by Ariel, I sent it to my mother and my father. My mother shared it on Facebook and immediately messaged me saying thank you, that she saw herself in it....
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What These 5 Had To Say About Being Agents Of Change Is Truly Powerful And...
By Lipi Mehta: This Women’s Day, Youth Ki Awaaz, in association with Havells India, hosted a very special Twitter chat. We reached out to five inspiring changemakers whose work has helped create a more...
View ArticleIn The Complicated World Of Sexual Consent, Here’s A Desi Video That Explains...
By Lipi Mehta: It’s ridiculous how it’s still a necessity to explain “No means no” in our society, where sexual agency and consent are still far-fetched ‘concepts’. Pathbreaking filmmaker Paromita...
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YKA Asked You This Question About Marital Rape And Here’s What You Said
By Lipi Mehta: Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi recently told the Rajya Sabha, “The concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot be suitably applied in the...
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On Twitter’s 10th Birthday, A Look Back At 10 Iconic Moments That Created...
By Lipi Mehta: Millions of Twitter users woke up to the hashtag #LoveTwitter trending at no. 1 today, marking the social networking site’s 10th anniversary. Twitter also put out a video commemorating...
View ArticleWatch Chanchal’s Parents’ Surprising Response When He Opted For A Sex Change...
By Lipi Mehta: 25-year-old Chanchal was born female, but always wondered why he didn’t have a penis. After all, how could one look so different from how one felt? Was this how others felt too? Was this...
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