Since birth, we have been asked to create an identification mark for ourselves: a birth certificate and, as we grow up, an Aadhaar Card. While carrying physical copies of these important documents has been the norm, the world is moving swiftly towards digital documents, and this is where internet safety comes into play. To educate children and adults about using the internet and how to be safe on it, February 11 is being celebrated as Safer Internet Day 2025. The Voices talked to parents, educators, students, and industry experts to showcase a comprehensive approach to a better and safer internet.…

Meant to be the spine of the rail network of the nation from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project—has a first-of-its-kind Chenab Bridge and an iconic engineering structure on the Anji River – the Anji Khad bridge – the nation’s first cable-stayed railway bridge. Having already witnessed a successful trial run of the Vande Bharat train on January 25, 2025—the project now awaits the allocation of trains to ply on it. In this series’s third and final account, The Voices presents a journey down the Anji Bridge. The bridge—suspended on 96 cables and 653 km long—is located…

Srinivas, the Bureau Chief of a Telugu daily newspaper from Andhra Pradesh, hopes to get his 80-year-old mother to seek the blessings of Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra, a popular pilgrimage site in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The frail octogenarian also looks forward to fulfilling her long-cherished desire to soak in the beauty of Kashmir, which she has long watched in films. Sharing his dream journey with The Voices, Srinivas said other people like him look forward to visiting the shrine. The world’s highest rail bridge and the world’s highest arch bridge- the impressive Chenab Bridge -…

Having endured perseverance spread over three decades, the Jammu and Kashmir region of the country is finally poised to connect itself up to Kanyakumari with the work on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link (USBRL) Project completed. The scenic beauty of the valley, its willow, walnut, wooden engravings, pashmina and other trade valuables are now all set to make their mark across the country as traders and tourists will frequent the place leading to a propelled economy—courtesy Indian Railways. The USBRL Project—dubbed the lifeline of connectivity in the Jammu and Kashmir region—has seen two major components creating records. The Indian Railways has…

The music world is lurching from the loss of a true musical titan. Ustad Zakir Hussain, whose name became a lighthouse in the realm of tabla, left us on December 16, but the rhythm of his life continues to thump through the hearts of many. The maestro’s contribution was not just about captivating performances but building connections, sharing wisdom, and inspiring countless others. In this feature, we delve beyond the accolades and the stage lights, capturing the heartfelt stories of those who shared a moment, a melody, or a lifetime with him. From the passionate musicians who revered him as…

True to its motto – breaking the silence and representing even marginalized communities of the country – The Voices in the year 2024 published 71 magnificent stories from various genres. It reported passionately on an array of issues from social changes to science and technology, AI to agriculture, immigration woes to music, the new genre of Indian railways and its achievements, from online gaming to the integration of OpenAI in Apple devices and also took its audience down the memory lane of heritage cities of Kolkata, Amritsar. Traversing the length and breadth of the country from Kashmir to Kerala and…