Tag: Women
The women’s suffering goes unnoticed in this period of economic crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Women suffer the most as the gloomy clouds hover over the Indian economy and the automobile sector, causing massive job loss and unemployment.
UP BJP MLA’s daughter’s fight against Brahminical attack remarkable in saffronised India
Reading Time: 4 minutes UP BJP MLA’s daughter fighting against her father’s reign of terror over her marriage with a Dalit man is actually an inspiring story for many more women.
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]