I recently attended a safe space conversation on Instagram live which focused on what not to communicate with someone going through a tough time. The conversation took me back to the time when I tried to support a friend. Their problem appeared similar to what I had gone through years…

“I don’t have a Netflix account,” I recently told a friend. While I was expecting a couple of questions from them, what I met with was acceptance. Even after that, I went on to give them an explanation of why I don’t have the account. This was probably the first…

“Sushant Singh Rajput,” a message from my colleague read. I sent question marks in reply. “Suicide.” It was my off on that day. After finishing lunch, I was preparing for a nap when I thought of checking my phone. Just like everybody, it came as a shock to me. The…

While school is a second home where we grow up in a protected environment, college is considered to be a place where we get the first taste of freedom. Just like all my classmates, the simple child in me was excited to leave school life behind and join college. Getting…

“What gives you genuine happiness?” “My parents’ happiness.” There was a time when I had trouble of making a decision because I thought my choice would affect others’ happiness, especially that of my parents. Before speaking up at home about what was going on inside my mind, I needed an…

I found a safe space, where I could be me, in a friend. He did not judge me. All he did was listen to me. He always assured me that all will be right one day. He didn’t have to say it aloud. All he did was to make me…

Hafiza Sharmin, journalism student, Assam & Delhi — I am from Assam but I live in Delhi to pursue my higher studies. I think there is a huge difference between the thought process of people in Delhi and where I come from, especially when it comes to gender. There is this sense of suppressing women here. But there…

Megha Bhatia is the founder of Our Voix, an organisation that runs workshops focused on the prevention of child sexual abuse — On 12 August 2018, the President of India gave his assent to a law that provides for the death penalty for the rape of girls under 12. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2018 is the latest in a series of steps taken by the government to counter sexual violence with…

Bharat Nayak, founder member and editorial director of The Logical Indian — Helping people get justice when official systems have failed them is the driving force behind his journalism, says Bharat Nayak, the Bangalore-based editorial director of The Logical Indian, a digital media platform that has amassed a wide audience — it has almost 6 million followers on Facebook — for its…