Category: Women
The section where we discuss the issues related to women, especially Indian women, shackled in feudalistic patriarchal social system, exploited politically, economically, socially, and sexually
Revisiting women of India in 2019
Reading Time: 4 minutes Though the International Women’s Day is celebrated with a lot of fanfare, the Indian women have to traverse a long course to achieve equality in the society
Chanda Kochhar and the Fallacy of Capitalist Women Empowerment
Reading Time: 5 minutes Chanda Kochhar had been an icon of capitalist women empowerment for a long time. Her fall shows the hollowness of the oxymoron.
Is Sabarimala row a Watershed or Waterloo Moment for BJP in Kerala?
Reading Time: 6 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: 10 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: 7 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 […]
Menstruation in Rural India: Taboo Must be Broken for Better Women Health
Reading Time: 4 minutes Menstruation is an integral and normal part of human life, indeed of human existence. However, for long menstruation has been a taboo for the society often associated with behavioural restrictions. […]
Tragedy of Kashmiri Women Exposed in Uri Gangrape and Murder
Reading Time: 4 minutes The recent incident of gangrape and murder of a 9-year-old in Boniyar, Uri, gloats in front of the people as an ugly reminder of how sexual violence against Kashmiri women […]
Trolling of Sushma Swaraj Reaffirms Worsening Situation for Women in India
Reading Time: 5 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 […]
A Heinous Crime Like Mandsaur Gangrape Used by BJP for Political Scores
Reading Time: 6 minutes The brutal rape and attempt-to-murder of a minor girl in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh, infamous for last year’s brutal killing of farmers by the BJP government, has again raked up […]
Rape & Murder of Child in Kathua – A Tale of Saffronised Jammu
Reading Time: 6 minutes The brutal gangrape and murder of an 8-year old girl, Asifa Bano, in Rasana village of Hiranagar area, Kathua district of Jammu, shook the conscience of Jammu and Kashmir last […]