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From the Opinions Editor | Women's empowerment and the politics of benevolence

28.04.2026 20

Indian Express

Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor | Women's empowerment and the politics of benevolence

Top-down affirmative action is crucial but the language of welfare is now saturated with this metaphor of bestowal. It avers over and over again that...

28.04.2026 20

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Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor | Women's empowerment and the politics of benevolence

27.04.2026 30

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Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor: Six school friends in Moradabad, one burqa and what happens when polarisation travels from podiums to pavements

The UP girls deserve to know that friendship is indeed bigger than fear, that ordinary life, with its shared jokes, borrowed clothes and impromptu...

02.02.2026 30

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Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor: Six school friends in Moradabad, one burqa and what happens when polarisation travels from podiums to pavements

01.02.2026 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Best of Both Sides: In both victories, the same grit

07.11.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Best of Both Sides: For women’s cricket, it’s 1978, not 1983

07.11.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Best of Both Sides: In both victories, the same grit

07.11.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Best of Both Sides: For women’s cricket, it’s 1978, not 1983

07.11.2025 20

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Paromita Chakrabarti

At Sharm el-Sheikh, leaders made a promise to Gaza. They must keep it

15.10.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Diane Keaton: Star light, star bright

15.10.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Inflation is low. But policymakers cannot lower their guard

15.10.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Karnataka’s menstrual leave policy: The problem isn’t periods. It’s that workplaces are built for men

15.10.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

At Sharm el-Sheikh, leaders made a promise to Gaza. They must keep it

15.10.2025 10

Indian Express

Paromita Chakrabarti

Diane Keaton: Star light, star bright

15.10.2025 10

Indian Express

Paromita Chakrabarti

Inflation is low. But policymakers cannot lower their guard

15.10.2025 10

Indian Express

Paromita Chakrabarti

Karnataka’s menstrual leave policy: The problem isn’t periods. It’s that workplaces are built for men

15.10.2025 10

Indian Express

Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor: The tragic death of Shefali Jariwala and the anti-ageing trap

07.07.2025 20

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Paromita Chakrabarti

From the Opinions Editor: The tragic death of Shefali Jariwala and the anti-ageing trap

06.07.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Watching ‘Adolescence’ as a parent: We don't know what we are up against

28.03.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Bihar's new cabinet shows BJP's growing dominance in the coalition

28.02.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Between Kolkata and Delhi, looking for home

28.02.2025 20

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Bihar's new cabinet shows BJP's growing dominance in the coalition

28.02.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti

Between Kolkata and Delhi, looking for home

28.02.2025 10

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Paromita Chakrabarti