Art By Kirthi Jayakumar Sumukhi Suresh is an actor, a stand-up comedian and an improviser artist. She is known for her role of Sumukhi Chawla, from The Better Life Foundation, which is inspired by The Office. Sumukhi is also known for her role as the sassy Anu Aunty, and this repertoire has resulted in … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
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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
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
Violence on Women as Depicted in Literature by Vasudha Gulati
Violence on Women as Depicted in Literature Literature has always served as a mirror of society, projecting its virtues and reflecting the ills that plague it. ‘A theater, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance. - Dario Fo.’ Violence against women as depicted in Literature, … Continue reading Violence on Women as Depicted in Literature by Vasudha Gulati
INCREDIBLE WOMEN OF INDIA 