Author: Samiksha
Chanda Kochhar and the Fallacy of Capitalist Women Empowerment
Reading Time: 8 minutes Chanda Kochhar had been an icon of capitalist women empowerment for a long time. Her fall shows the hollowness of the oxymoron.
Pictures of Servility Illustrate Modi-fied India’s Celebrities
Reading Time: 11 minutes Selfies and photographs are harmless unless there is a craze to get into a frame with a fascist despot who is accused of abetting massacres and lynchings.
Is Sabarimala row a Watershed or Waterloo Moment for BJP in Kerala?
Reading Time: 10 minutes The BJP and the RSS didn’t shy away from resorting to terrorism in Kerala over Sabarimala to create a space for Hindutva fascism. Can they win this battle?
Why ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’ is a Taboo Topic for Upper-caste Elites?
Reading Time: 16 minutes In November, the CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey came under unprecedented vitriolic attack from a large section of Indian Twitterites after him holding a poster with “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy” inscribed […]
#MeToo Movement is Baring the Grotesque Corporate Media World
Reading Time: 11 minutes The continuous revelation of horror stories related to brutal sexual abuse and harassment faced by women in the media, film, entertainment and other such “glamorous” industries, is carving a bruise […]
The Parody of Fascism in Tamil Nadu
Reading Time: 8 minutes A student was arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police following a complaint lodged against her by the state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan. What was her crime? She used her freedom […]
Trolling of Sushma Swaraj Reaffirms Worsening Situation for Women in India
Reading Time: 9 minutes External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj faced the wrath of the Hindutva-incensed social media trolls when her department took a stern action against a passport officer in Lucknow against whom an […]