This past Sunday was a hub of activity at the Central Park of Delhi’s all-time favourite open-air shopping haunt—Connaught Place. By the end of the day, One Billing Rising, a global campaign to raise a voice to oppose violence against women successfully spread its message of ‘freedom, equality, and dignity for all’. The mammoth event, … Continue reading All for One (Billion Rising) Cause
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Book Review: Louisiana Catch
A riveting read about a single lone woman trying to navigate her way through life's cruel challenges. Team IWI reviews Louisiana Catch by Sweta Srivastava Vikram. The book starts off on an emotional note with the first chapter itself and hooks the reader in. This fast-paced narration continues throughout the book taking the reader through the … Continue reading Book Review: Louisiana Catch
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist. Her work spans across 35 years and focuses on gender, education, human development and the media. Best known for her work on the NGO Sangat- a South Asian network of feminists, and for her poem Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai. In 1995, she recited a refurbished, feminist version of the … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
C. S. Lakshmi is an Indian feminist writer and independent researcher in women's studies from India. She writes under the pseudonym Ambai. Lakshmi was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in 1944. She grew up in Mumbai and Bangalore. She obtained her M.A in Bangalore and her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her dissertation … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar