Passion Drives This Woman – Meet Auto Raji Akka
By Elsa Lycias Joel Auto Raji akka as she is fondly addressed by Chennaites is a hero among women and school going kids for the trust and courage she had…
By Elsa Lycias Joel Auto Raji akka as she is fondly addressed by Chennaites is a hero among women and school going kids for the trust and courage she had…
By Rohini Sen The second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections concluded amidst BJP’s raging (and tone deaf) rhetoric of Hindutva and development. And in the middle of all…
By Elsa Lycias Joel [A Poem To Honour Our Nurses] More than just chosenA messenger of faithIn times of dejectionThere’s hope, she saithTherefore, she comes byTo lift the brokenAnd never…
Have you met a person who identifies as non-gendered or non-binary? Meet Jerick Hoffer, more famously known by the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, who is an American drag performer, actor,…
Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, started a Change.org petition in 2019, urging that Oxford Dictionary, arguably the world’s most popular dictionary, do away with its sexist definitions and examples. It specifically called…
Today is the 49th Anniversary of Meena Kumari, born Mahjabeen Bano – the legendary actress of Hindi cinema who has been described as a “historically incomparable” actress. Born on 1st…
Speaking Tiger announced the publication of The Brass Notebook: A Memoir by Devaki Jain. In this no-holds-barred chronicle, renowned feminist, economist, and academician Devaki Jain recounts her own story and…
By DR. Elsa Lycias Joel A hypocritical outcry of deteriorating traditional values is often heard when a woman walks out of her marriage whereas the larger number of financially dependent…
A recent report commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, promoted also by International Women’s Media Foundation reveals how women are majorly underrepresented in media – in terms of…
A look at the biased representation of gender and gender roles in children’s books in India Ashmi Sheth for YAS! (Young Adult Space) Literature, Culture “Everything we read, […] constructs…