There is undoubtedly one lesson Kerala flood teach us about the Indian right wing. They do not care about Indians or India. What matters to them is only the set of people who willingly follow their cultural codes.
Read More What Kerala floods teach us about Indian right wing?A look into why we need to start seeing Rapes of women belonging to minority communities as a political crime and not just an act of Sexual Violence. Excerpt: Asifa’s rape and murder has as much to do with the dehumanisation and sexualisation of young girls’ and women’s bodies as such, which gets produced by rape culture which in turn constitutes the social context for these incidents of rape to get reproduced, as it has to do with the question of her own social location on the matrix of marginality. Neither can the particularity of her identity be erased, nor can her personhood be subsumed by her identity.
Read More Bharat Ki Beti Nahi BanengeRemembering Jyotirao Phule, the pioneer of Girls’ Education in India on his birthday 11th April is therefore important for emancipation and empowerment of women in India Today.
Read More Jyotirao Phule: The Emancipator of Women and DowntroddenAn ode to all the women who have had to kill parts of themselves in order to fit into the moulds of Patriarchy.
Read More She Watched In ConcealmentPeriyar rejected the supremacy of Brahminism so also raised questions on patriarchy and gender inequality. In 1942, he published the book titled “Why were women slaved?”
Read More Remembering Periyar -whose statue was vandalized recently on the International Women’s DayYesterday Was Women’s day, and we went around looking at our friends’ posts to see what they feel and let me assure you this bouquet is more beautiful than the ones your boyfriends gave and sweeter than the chocolates your brothers could have given. because each one rings true to the core!
Read More A Bouquet on Women’s DayI want a world where we don’t need a day to celebrate women or men, where every day is happy. Where my sarcasm will be useless. I want a world where I can stop calling myself a feminist. A perfect world. But it doesn’t exist.
Read More Because It is Wo-Mans Day!Nikita Azad pens a powerful poem about the most stared at organ of the human body !!
Accompanied with a whimsical illustration by Rashi Sinha (@randombug).
About Nikita: A poet, writer, and activist from Jalandhar, Punjab. She started the Happy to Bleed campaign, the one against menstrual taboos and she has been an active part of Pinjra Tod. She is also a Rhodes scholar now, which means she will be pursuing MSt. Women’s Studies at the University of Oxford from this September.
Read More Breasts and YouBy Dr. Mithun Kherde Ambedkar had long back explained that mere writing down the civil rights in the constitution won’t guarantee its access by the poor and oppressed section of society. He had explained that when the downtrodden people will try to peacefully exercise their civil rights, the dominant orthodox majoritarian society will not merely create […]
Read More Ambedkar’s Warning: Nationalism as a Weapon of Social Boycottoriginally written by Sharda Navale in Marathi Translated by Nidhi Bansod Bhima Koregaon- Sanaswadi The Vijay Sthamb (Victory Pillar) at Bhima Koregaon, is a symbol of pride and self-esteem for Bahujan Samaj. It’s the source of inspiration for many. To pay the homage and pay respect to ancestors and great martyr soldiers of the Bhima Koregaon […]
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