Authored By Shail Raghuvanshi:

It is easy to cry ‘Wolf’ when a woman’s modesty is outraged. But how many of these women have not actually provoked such incidents is not very hard to tell now-a-days. Mind you, I am not anti feminist nor do I live in self denial. I realize that social drinking is an accepted practice. In India especially, men seem to have the privileged right to indulge in social drinking. It is part of Indian lifestyle now. Many business contracts and deals are finalized in the spirited atmosphere of restaurants and hotels.

Authored By:Akansha Agrawal:

Somebody recently pointed out to me that India had grown massively in terms of economic development and was poised to take on the supposed super power of the United States of America. I read Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani and the belief grew stronger. And then I read the news report that sent a chill down my spine- the murder of a Delhi based journalist Nirupama Pathak. Crime?

Authored By Adisha WS:

“ It couldn’t ever happen to me, … could it ? “ This is a thought that haunts most women during their life time. Abuse, rape, harassment, attacks, abductions - these  fear every girl, every loved one faces. Yet most girls today has some story of being assaulted in some way. Be it eve teasing, inappropriate touching or  more. And no matter how big or small the offense, it leaves the victim feeling helpless, disgusted and wondering about the depths to which humans’ can go, if allowed to go unchecked.

Authored by Nadi Ghulam:

"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off."    --Gloria Steinem

  In 1986, French-Iranian journalist, Freidoune Sahebjam was travelling through Iran, when his car broke down near Iranian village.  By coincidence or fate, Freidoune met there Zahra and while waiting for his car to be fixed, he decided to hear the story of this strong Iranian woman.  What he heard, however, changed his life forever.  Zahra narrated him the horrifying story of her niece, Soraya, who was stoned to death by her husband and other men of the village two weeks prior. Soraya was a mother of four and a loyal wife.  When her husband decided that he wanted a divorce to marry a 14 year old girl,

Authored By Ankita Sharma:

Let’s do a small exercise- take out a minute and imagine that you are suffering from a fatal disease with no chance of survival, you are confined on a bed in some hospital room, your relatives pity you and your family drains itself of money only to keep you alive, doctors treat you more as a research subject or a vegetable or a poor hapless thing. You cannot eat and drink stuff u like; you cannot enjoy the rain and nature and so on. You are living a life that is no less than a curse. I bet many of us cannot imagine it more than a few seconds. Yes, this is the real life of patients who ask for euthanasia or mercy killing. Although it’s considered unethical and immoral but when perceived from the point of view of the patient, it seems like a blessing. There are people out there fighting the battle of life and there are always problems worse than our petty everyday pains.