In In Focus

Do Ask Do Tell

By Prateek Rathore 19th September, 2016

The mail floated around the office welcoming me to one of the most aggressive and competitive workplaces in the world and all I could focus on were...

In In Focus

A Safe Space- The Way Forward

By Oorja Tapan 16th September, 2016

“Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeon-holes. The living world is a continuum in each and every one...

In In Focus

Poetry and Self Expression

By Himel Sarkar 14th September, 2016

One day, as a young boy out of an industrial city, I saw that the sun didn’t set far away in the hills. One day, my apartment couldn’t see forever....

In In Focus

Shackles of Sexual Harassment

By Breakthrough Team 14th September, 2016

Sexual Harassment is one of the most common forms of gender based violence that girls encounter both within as well as outside their homes. In fact...

In In Focus

Sex and Gender- Being on the margins

By Richa Singh 13th September, 2016

To begin with, we were told that you are born with a certain genitalia which determines whether you are male or female. Then, we were told that the...

In In Focus, हिंदी

छेड़ा ही तो है,इससे कौन सा तुम्हारे शरीर में जख्म हो गया है…….अपना रास्त बदल दो

By Vineet Tripathi 13th September, 2016

यह कहानी सिर्फ प्रीति की नही है। ये कहानी तमाम उन लड़कियों औऱ महिलाओं की है जो अकसर स्कूल, ऑफिस व बाजार जैसी जगहों पर जाने के लिए घर से जब निकलती ह...

In In Focus

I Am A Feminist But Still End Up Whispering About Having My Period. Why?

By 9th September, 2016

The piece is a part of a collaboration between Breakthrough India and Youth Ki Awaaz for the #StandWithMe campaign. Join us as we seek to get conve...

In In Focus

The Subtle And Dangerous Way Women Are Shamed For Their Choices That Goes Unnoticed

By Zainab R. Haque 9th September, 2016

The piece is a part of a collaboration between Breakthrough India and Youth Ki Awaaz for the #StandWithMe campaign. Join us as we seek to get conve...

In In Focus

If You Won’t Eat Your Lunch In The Toilet, Why Should A Baby Be Breastfed There?

By Tanya Munshi 9th September, 2016

The piece is a part of a collaboration between Breakthrough India and Youth Ki Awaaz for the #StandWithMe campaign. Join us as we seek to get conve...

In Framing Change, In Focus

No Common Ground?

By Richa Singh 7th September, 2016

It was the beginning of a new day and it had had an early start. I had to travel to Panipat for a field visit from Delhi to get a better sense of B...