Pul-E-JawanMeet Masoud, an 18 year old Afghani boy who runs a naan(Afghani bread) shop in the Bhogal market of New Delhi. Masoud came with his family (parents and three brothers) from Kabul to India from in 2009. I ask him…
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Posts by Ankit Chadha
Ibtida: Identity, Ideas and I
How was I conceived? Where do I belong to? What have I done? What do I want to do? How am I a part of a larger entity? Do I have rights? Am I expected to do something? Why am…
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Main Shaayar Toh Nahin
They may not be used to saying wah-wah, but they do not restrict themselves from expressing appreciation through applause, standing ovation and bowing. They may not cry aloud mukarrar (requests to poets to repeat the first couplet), but they make…
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An Eye Witness Account of Sublimity of a Mushaira
An Eye Witness Account of Sublimity of a Mushaira Words by John Keating from the movie ‘Dead Poets Society’ remain etched in mind till this day: We do not read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because…
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Women Commuters: From Suffering to Safe Safar
Following up my previous post on harassment faced by women commuters, I was trying to search for efforts made specifically in this field. While the residents of capital city seem to have accepted absence of safety as…
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Travelling through Harassment and Harassment through Travel
Whenever we talk about violence on women, we hear about rapes, molestation and other forms of heinous assaults. However, what touches me more is how majority of the female population finds its freedom injured – every single day. City…
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Ibtida: Identity, Ideas and I
How was I conceived? Where do I belong to? What have I done? What do I want to do? How am I a part of a larger entity? Do I have rights? Am I expected to do something? Why am…
read moreMain Shaayar Toh Nahin
They may not be used to saying wah-wah, but they do not restrict themselves from expressing appreciation through applause, standing ovation and bowing. They may not cry aloud mukarrar (requests to poets to repeat the first couplet), but they make…
read moreAn Eye Witness Account of Sublimity of a Mushaira
An Eye Witness Account of Sublimity of a Mushaira Words by John Keating from the movie ‘Dead Poets Society’ remain etched in mind till this day: We do not read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because…
read moreWomen Commuters: From Suffering to Safe Safar
Following up my previous post on harassment faced by women commuters, I was trying to search for efforts made specifically in this field. While the residents of capital city seem to have accepted absence of safety as…
read moreTravelling through Harassment and Harassment through Travel
Whenever we talk about violence on women, we hear about rapes, molestation and other forms of heinous assaults. However, what touches me more is how majority of the female population finds its freedom injured – every single day. City…
read more