A few years ago, at a family gathering my aunt casually dropped a comment that left everyone momentarily stunned. She proclaimed, “I’ll ask my daughter to live with the guy …
Cruelty anywhere is sickening, but cruelty within marriage is ironic and sickening! Marital rape has been a contested issue since time immemorial. The issue resurfaced after the recent Bombay High …
America, the world’s oldest and most mature democracy, has once again missed the opportunity to elect a woman to its highest office. After Hillary Clinton, this marks only the second …
पर क्या देश बन रहा है? 1979 से पहले ईरान की स्थिति आज के ईरान जैसी नही थी I महिलाओं की अभिव्यक्ति एवं उनके पहनावें की आज़ादी महिलाओं के हाथ …
I was around five or six when my paternal uncle married my paternal aunt, prompting a huge celebration in the family that people from all parts of the state of …
The Delhi government five years ago made the travel in DTC buses free for women. They are not required to pay for the ticket and are handed over a pink …
Diwali is not just a time for celebration but also an opportunity to completely redo your entire home once a year. However for women with a very busy schedule finding …
In developing countries like India clean and safe cooking especially in the rural parts of the country is a top priority of the government. Unsafe cooking directly impacts women’s health …
Festivals and traditions bring people together, be it for sharing joy or age-old miseries! The yearly routine of sculpting Durga goddess’s idol for Dussehra, has taken a revolutionary turn this …
Pujo, Durga Pujo, is Bengal’s biggest cultural and religious celebration. Panchami to Dashami is 5 days filled with festivities eagerly awaited by all Bengalis across the globe. Being born and …
I started writing this is in disbelief, and exhausting rage, which quickly extinguished into helplessness, and permeated as grief and eventually settled down as our default state of being — despair. But …
बढ़ाती हूँ क़दम फ़ौरन ही पीछे खींच लेती हूँ ये अंदेशा मुझे आगे कभी बढ़ने नहीं देता न-जाने लोग क्या सोचें न-जाने लोग क्या बोलें इसी इक ख़ौफ़ के घेरे …
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