Posted 6 years ago
We Should All Know About Nangeli And Her Revolt Against The Breast Tax
Trigger Warning: casteist violence, violence against women, suicide “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don’t see it, but because they…
Posted 6 years ago
Your Standards Of Beauty Are Implicitly Eurocentric: A History
Growing up in Delhi as a dark-skinned, frizzy-haired, blunt-nosed chubby girl is bound to produce some backlash - for me. It was the outrageous fantasy I harboured as a child…
Posted 6 years ago
Adulthood Is A Trap: A Review Of Funny Boy By Shyam Selvadurai
“I would be caught between the boys’ and the girls’ worlds, not belonging or wanted in either.” -Arjie Chelvaratnam (Chapter 1) Shyam Selvadurai’s remarkable debut novel Funny Boy serves…
Posted 6 years ago
‘Sorry, But Not Sorry!’ – Why Women Seem To Apologise More
It was the day after Christmas, a few years ago, when I walked into my workspace, only to be greeted by a series of emails from a colleague who wanted…
Posted 6 years ago
Gender Lens In The Media: Why Representation Is Important
The media is the fourth pillar of democracy and as an industry, it has the soft power to bring out radical changes in society. The portrayal of various gender identities…
Posted 6 years ago
A Culture Of Misogyny Where Survivors Ask Themselves: ‘Am I Overreacting?’
I can drink, laugh, talk about sex, have sex and it would never be okay for anyone to harass, touch me without consent or make jokes about objectifying me.