- By Ushasri, for IWI* Distance is a fascinating word. Is it only a physical measurement, I often wonder? My house is equidistance from and to your house, yet, the people that dwell in it may create immeasurable and different measures of distance! What is the distance from my thoughts to yours, from my needs … Continue reading Movie Review: Aligarh
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Sexual Abuse Survivors – The Ugly Reality
- By Anupama Dalmia, for IWI*. “Oh, poor thing has been scarred for life.” “She has become a big blot on the family’s reputation.” “That is really sad... but she should have been more careful.” “Why were you out so late in the night?” “She has lost everything along with her dignity.” “How will we … Continue reading Sexual Abuse Survivors – The Ugly Reality
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Savitribai Jyotirao Phule* (3 January 1831 – 10 March 1897) was an Indian social reformer and poet. Along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, she played an important role in improving women's rights in India during the British rule. Phule along with her husband founded the first girls' school run by native Indians at Bhide Wada in Pune in 1848. She worked very hard to … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
New Tidings
Every now and then, we all need to take a step back and reflect. On what we've done so far. Of what we want to do in the future. Of who we want to become. From such reflections come revelations. Revelations which become our guiding light as we move forward. Presenting, a stronger, a swagger, … Continue reading New Tidings
Marginalisation and Objectification of Women by Kirthi Jayakumar
The issue began to roam about in my mind when a friend of mine from the US who had visited India for a bit told me that she couldn’t go about anywhere in India in shorts or a knee-length skirt, or shirts without sleeves without being ogled at and sometimes, groped. What she told me … Continue reading Marginalisation and Objectification of Women by Kirthi Jayakumar
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