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By -Arpita Biswas It is with much trepidation that I went to watch what has been touted to be Asia’s biggest and most happening cultural fest- Mood Indigo at IIT-Bombay. After all, it was happening right here- on my own… Continue Reading →
From left to right ( Nine members of the research team ) – Hasina Khan , Kranti , Shruti, Shalini Mahajan, Smriti Nevatia , Raj, Sabla , Meenu pandey, and Chayanika shah Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Women Feature Service The concept… Continue Reading →
PRESS RELEASE FROM MAITREE Date: 07th June 2013, Kolkata We are writing to you on behalf of Maitree, a women’s rights network of 60 organisations and individual activists based in West Bengal. We strongly condemn the comments made by the Advocate… Continue Reading →
Kamayani Bali Mahabal | March 23, 2013, Times Crest The whole debate around the age of consent is clouded by foolish misconceptions, some of them legal and many of them cultural. Do Baba Ramdev and others know what the implications of reducing… Continue Reading →
Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 15:21 By David Camfield The relationship between socialism and feminism has been getting more attention in online discussions recently. This is both for good reasons — such as the article by Sharon Smith of the International… Continue Reading →
I was gang raped three years ago, when I was 17 years old. My name and my photograph appear with this article. in 1983, in Manushi. I grew up in Bombay, and am at present studying in the USA. I am writing a thesis on rape and came home to do research… Continue Reading →
Struggle to Make 2013 a Year For Freedom from Violence Against Women For Women’s Equality and Rights ! On the very eve of the New Year of 2013, the life of a young woman was brutally cut short. This young… Continue Reading →
by- Lindy West Good news, ladies! Society has discoveredanother new thing that’s wrong with you, which means another opportunity for you to make yourself more attractive for your man. Score! Turns out, the color of your vagina is gross and everyone… Continue Reading →