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I was just a little girl when the first man landed on the moon. We did not have a television set at home and there certainly was no internet. It was...
On newspaper front page ads, the BJP is listing its various accomplishments for women, from clean water to toilets and homes. In Kerala, the...
The resistance to the transgender law has, so far, been united. Sprung without notice or consultation with the community and passed in unseemly haste...
A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube brought by a 20-year-old woman who blames the platforms for social media addiction that began when she was...
The post went out just hours after Parliament passed the bill. “I can’t be strong all the time,” it said. “It took me years to become the...
The backlash was immediate and visceral. Just hours after the amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, was introduced in...
In a country where official policy has literally erased the presence of women, the existence of Zan Times is proof of subversion—and resistance. The...
Monalisa Bhosle, the garland-seller at the Mahakumbh mela who went viral on social media, got married this week. Big deal? Well, yes, when you...
Has there ever been a better time to be a feminist? The question might seem strange at a time when women’s rights are arguably under their most...
Even if a wife doesn’t earn, she contributes to the household. The Delhi high court’s recognition of the role of homemakers, can only be welcomed....
Another year gone by and it’s time for my year-ender gender quiz. Let’s go…
Summing up the year in gender is never easy. Yes, there were dark spots, but the bright also shone through. Read on…
Across India, only six of 441 elected representatives in 18 state bar councils are women. And 11 of these bar councils have zero women executive...
I asked four women whose reading taste is impeccable about the books that made an impact.
Reports of its death in India are greatly exaggerated, but marriage as an institution is increasingly coming under scrutiny. Read on…
In a world already grappling with physical violence against women, digital abuse poses a newer threat.
Technology was supposed to have been an advance for the greater good. But it has also enabled unprecedented abuse of women and girls
Upasana Konidela advised a group of students at IIT, Hyderabad to focus on careers—and triggered a backlash.
Bihar’s women do poorly on several counts. But in one area they do very well—flex muscle at elections.
In politics, the arithmetic is clear: If you’re not going to field women candidates, you’re not going to get women legislators
Coincidence or not, my first days as a new nani to a baby girl are filled with stories of women and girls striving, achieving, and shining everywhere
From goofy posts on social media to an up-down career, here’s how Jemimah Rodrigues powered India’s place in the Women’s World Cup final last night.
When a patriarchal society sees a woman step beyond the Lakshman rekha of her home and hearth, it assumes she is “asking for it”
The festival season kicks in, a newish genre of cookbook memoirs reminds us of women’s role as the custodians of oral history.
Dispensing advice to female victims of violence seems to have become a national sport
I spoke to Harinder Baweja, one of the first women conflict reporters in India, who has covered militancy in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. Read...
In Bihar, a state with a high male migrant population, women’s voter turnout has been higher than that of men since 2010
A collective of rural single women is redefining how society looks at widows, deserted women, never-married women and divorcees. How? Read on…
Political parties must see how integral they are to nation-building. Women’s empowerment begins at home, going beyond cash transfers and...
We’ve heard of the gender gap in politics, wages and healthcare. More recent attention has focused on the gender sleep gap.
Earlier this week, I spoke to Safeena Husain, the passionate and inspiring founder of non-profit Educate Girls
In the 75 years of the Supreme Court's existence it must be said that there are no capable women to fill its bench. But women are judged by a...
Nikki Bhati's death points to the depressing reality of modern India where dowry has deep roots, violence against women is normalized.
Vikas Yadav was given a life sentence for the honour killing of Nitish Katara is back in the news. I spoke to Nilam, Nitish’s mother, on her fight...
Women continue to bear the burden of family honour — even 79 years ago during Partition, when families chose to make their daughters shaheed (martyrs)
The Partition of India saw the displacement of 12 million people with one million killed through violence or disease.
Revanna has been sentenced to life in prison for rape. Here’s what makes this case a welcome aberration from a trend where powerful men get away...
One in five women globally lives with a disability. Depending on their circumstances as migrants or minorities, these women face multiple challenges.
Sex with a girl below the age of 18 is rape, even if it’s consensual.
There’s a great deal of debate over free bus rides for women. Bus tickets for women, savings are up and so are opportunities.
Let’s settle on the private lapses of a couple rash and stupid enough to think what happens in public stays private. But you have to ask about...
The death of a student in Balasore after she set herself ablaze alleging sexual harassment by a professor is an indictment of institutional failure.
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