Beyond the ‘Endgame’: Bastar’s Youth and the Making of a New Present – Sahib Singh Tulsi
Every evening, after dinner, Adivasi students in a government hostel in Bastar sit cross-legged on the floor as their names…
Education and Inequality in Society: Learning from the Lives of Two Migrant Youths – Ishita Sinha
This article is based on the semi-structured interviews of two people I met while working as a teacher in a…
Aspirations, Examinations, And Inescapable Identities: Homebound Tells The Story About India’s Betrayed Youth – Jayashree Doley
Sometimes an image can convey what a thousand words can’t. The release of director Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest movie, Homebound (2025),…
Interstellar: Bartering Dreams for Reality Among Youths in India – Ravi Prakash Gupta and Abhijit Dasgupta
The movie Interstellar (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan does not just tell the story of astronauts chasing distant planets, it…
Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India – A Discussion with Darshana S. Mini
Darshana Sreedhar Mini is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author…
Navigating Futures: Youth Aspirations and Outmigration in Nubra Valley, Ladakh – Mohammad Asim
As the sun rises over the mountains of the Karakoram, casting long shadows across the Nubra Valley in the village…
Children, Adolescents and Mediascape in India: An Interview with Usha Raman
Usha Raman is a Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, where she teaches and researches in the…
Comprehensive Sex Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities – Madhubanti Talukdar
Earlier in 2023, as a part of a larger project on youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), I…
How Young Readers Engage With Young Adult Literature: A Study From Kolkata – Kausumi Saha
Young Adult or YA Literature is typically that which is specifically geared towards an adolescent audience and often centers on…