In The Breakthrough Voice

A ‘Golden Cage’: How Women Are Kept Caged In The Garb Of ‘Protection’

By Anuradha Thiagarajan 30th August, 2019

A parrot feels cherished and loved because its cage is made of gold. But the poor bird doesn’t know that a cage is a cage even if it made of gold. ...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Why Pop Culture Is A Force To Be Reckoned With | 20 Years Of BT

By Breakthrough 13th August, 2019

There is an assumption about popular culture as ‘mindless’, which begs the question – then why is pop culture so widely consumed and enjoyed? After...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Babasaheb Ambedkar: How Come His Feminism Is So Unacknowledged?

By Prakshi Saha 17th April, 2019

Babasaheb Ambedkar has not only been responsible for mobilising the anti-caste movement for abolishing inequality, discrimination and exploitation ...

In In Focus, हिंदी

‘औरत सिर्फ कलेश करती है’: सत्य वचन या पितृसत्ता का कथन?

By Shubhika 13th December, 2018

अपने परिवार में इकलौती लड़की होने के कारण बचपन में, मैं घर से बाहर हमेशा एक महिला, दीदी या सहेली की संगत के लिए मनोरथ रहती थी। मेरा स्कूल सेक्सिस्ट ...

In Editorial, The Breakthrough Voice

So When Will We Start Talking About Me Too In Our Schools?

By Diya Chordia 1st November, 2018

In the past few weeks, there has been a tremendous change in this country. With the #MeToo movement claiming its spot in Indian society, women have...

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Ten Thoughts After Your First Love Ends

By Himel Sarkar 5th April, 2018

In the month of November, 2017, a two-day “Media for Social Change” workshop focused on blog writing was presented by YES FOUNDATION, o...

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Wonder Woman: The Hero We Need

By Anika Verma 7th June, 2017

Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow! This is me typing frantically as I exit the theater at 1.30 am after catching up with Wonder Woman. FINALLY! I screamed in ...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Life As A Husband In A Feminist Marriage

By 1st May, 2017

As I sit here at my in-laws’ place on a weekday having spent the entire day here with them, I wonder, what is it with men in India and their indiff...

In In Focus

Conversations With My Father

By Ayesha Mahanti 23rd March, 2017

Do I have a progressive father? Can a father give a daughter ‘too much freedom’? How important is my father in shaping who I am today? I am 29, sin...

In In Focus

O womaniya, aa aa womaniya

By Himel Sarkar 22nd February, 2017

Let me ask you a question. Where does your idea of happiness come from? Where does the image of your perfect life begin? Where do you get your idea...