Tag: gender rights
Politics of female body in art: India’s Dancing Girl to canvas
In June 2026 a government textbook covered the torso of the 4,500-year-old Dancing Girl. Kashish Raj Sharma, a painter and anthropologist, traces how art has treated the female body, from Indian goddesses to the French Revolution, and why that matters for classrooms, violence statistics and women’s autonomy in India today.
Beyond binary: India recognises gender diversity, but do its institutions?
Questions remain about India’s bureaucracy’s approach to fairly implementing laws protecting India’s gender diversity.
From a caste symbol to a national icon: why more young women are discovering Ambedkar
For decades, Ambedkar’s legacy was read almost entirely through caste. Now, young women across caste lines are finding another Ambedkar — the one who fought for the Hindu Code Bill and women’s legal equality. This piece asks what that discovery means, and where it can go wrong.
Why does the ‘break the bias’ theme of International Women’s Day 2022 mock Indian women?
The celebration of International Women’s Day 2022 with the theme ‘break the bias’ mocks Indian women who reel under patriarchy’s juggernaut.
Why the Modi Cabinet’s decision to raise women’s legal marriage age is dangerously flawed?
Why the raising of the women’s legal age of marriage by the Modi regime isn’t going to solve the “underage” marriage issue but complicate it further?
Survey reveals grotesque fact: Patriarchy enslaves Indian women mentally too
National Family Health Survey shows that around 75% of women in three Indian states support domestic violence by their male partners.
Ripped jeans saga: A rip through misogyny
The ripped jeans controversy stoked by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is beyond the scope of what a girl should wear.
Licence to rape: Analysing the judiciary’s recent comments
From “will you marry her?” as a question to a rape convict to normalising marital rape, the judiciary’s comments provide a licence to rape.
Can the LGBTQ rainbow flag and status quo movements defeat Hindutva fascism?
Can the LGBTQ community’s participation in the save Constitution movement promise any real and liberating solution for its persecuted members?
