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
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 […]
To Mock Modi, Laugh it Like Surpanakha
Reading Time: 3 minutes There, amidst the roar of the laughter of numerous men, who kept grinding their teeth after hearing a below-the-belt objectionable jibe by their leader towards a woman who laughed at […]
Armed With Determination Hadiya Takes on Hindutva Fascist State Machinery
Reading Time: 9 minutes Hadiya, the 24-year-old woman from Kerala, courageously unveiled the Hindutva fascist character of the Indian state machinery before the world by solely demanding her right to live with a man […]
Triple Talaq ban won’t end Muslim Women’s Agony
Reading Time: 15 minutes A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court banned the instant triple talaq, a rarely practised form of divorce by a small section of Sunni Muslims, after delivering a split 395-page […]
Varnika Kundu Bravely Fights Misogynist Slurs by BJP
Reading Time: 6 minutes The national media is now filled with the cliches about how the powerful and the rich in India can get away with justice using their influence, following the uproar created […]
Victim Bashing Soaring Since Mass Molestation of Women in Bengaluru
Reading Time: 7 minutes The mass molestation of women in Bengaluru during the New Year’s eve brought back the barrage of victim bashing pouring in from all quarters and we can also see the […]
Sexist Remarks of Amit Shah Exposed Sangh’s Frustration
Reading Time: 7 minutes During an election rally in Shahjahanpur of Western Uttar Pradesh, RSS strong man and BJP stalwart Amit Shah fired sexist salvo against the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati […]