Gender-based violence
Gender based violence refers to acts directed at an individual based on their gender, the abuse of power and harmful norms. Gender based violence…
25 February 2023
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Empowerment of marginalized sections of society in India
This article precisely discusses the leftist and rightist viewpoint with several recent instances on the ineffectiveness of the government (schemes not sufficiently viable) and…
30 December 2021
Sati: Busting claims of it being a Vedic custom
Sati was not at all a dominant societal custom in the Vedic era, nor did it originate from the Vedas. Other major Hindu texts,…
15 September 2021
Bursting mistaken beliefs of Sati
There are certain questions which need to be answered before discussing about Sati. Was Sati sanctioned and mandated in the religio-legal scripts or texts…
10 May 2021
Article Submission: She’s an object
In the age of 24/7 media, we have become so accustomed to the portrayal of women as a sum total of their sexual body…
6 February 2021
Reports make inaccurate claims of the benefits of raising the legal age for women’s marriage
An SBI Ecowrap report has made several inaccurate claims regarding the potential benefits of raising the legal age of marriage of women.
29 October 2020
Domestic violence and laws in India
Women are subject to violence not only from husbands but also from members of both the natal and the marital home. Girls and women…
28 September 2020
Raja- A festival celebrating womanhood
Raja, a unique festival of Odisha is a positive deviation from the prevalent thoughts of considering menstruation a taboo, according to which this natural…
14 June 2020
Understanding Sita : Beyond Misconceptions
A careful reading of Valmiki Ramayan brings out Sita's core characters in its wholeness, making her more relatable, that other retelling of Ramayana somehow…
8 May 2020
Women in Army- Fighting a mindset
Given the consistency in the position taken by Army leadership in all the previous occasions whenever the matter of women’s role in Army came…
11 February 2020