Gender

Can’t Blame Only Colonialism For Violence Against Women, Mr Naidu

Naidu blamed foreign and colonial rule for the lack of respect towards women in India.

Kathua Lawyer Who Questioned Women’s Intelligence Needs Help

Help! Defence lawyer Ankur Sharma, who questioned the ‘intelligence’ of Shwetambari Sharma, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch, J&K Police needs more sexist questions in his arsenal.

What Gulzar, Amrita Pritam & Manto Taught Us About Rape & Violence

What Gulzar, Amrita Pritam & Manto Taught Us About Rape & Violence

Politicising Kathua Rape Will Only Legitimise It: Taslima Nasrin

Asrtist’s impression of the eight-year-old girl raped and murdered in Kathua.

Those Gramophone Queens: When Men Shied Away, These Women Sang

An old photograph of Gauhar Jan, the famed vocalist.

#GoodNews: Kerala’s Transgender Couple Set to Tie the Knot in May

Ishan and Surya will perhaps be Kerala’s first trans couple to register their marriage in the state, if all goes well.

Rapes Don’t Affect Me Now; The Khabar Isn’t Taaza Anymore

“I feel a stir only when I am worried that my morning cuppa is turning cold.’'

As the Nation’s Blood Boils, the 8-Yr-Old Trends on a Porn Site

Where does change begin? 

I Was 5 Years Old When I Was Touched Inappropriately at School

My family was in denial and I clamped up my feelings and let the dark horrors eat me for years but still I rose and became a strong woman.