In History

Indian Women Breaking Ground in Journalism Through The Years

By Naina Lalchandani (She/Her) 19th October, 2020

Journalism, like many others, has always been a male-dominated field. Unequal access to education and employment meant that men had already solidif...

In History

The Politics of Pockets: Yes, There’s Politics Here As Well

By Shraddha Jaiswal (She/Her) 5th October, 2020

All of you might have experienced this at least once where you complimented a girl’s dress and they jumped up in excitement to tell you that it has...

In History

History Of The Purdah System: Unveiling its Multidimensional Roots

By Shrutija Saxena (She/Her) 5th October, 2020

The idea of secular India has come under scrutiny from numerous ends. Despite secularism finding its way into the Constitution’s pages in 1975, the...

In History

Women & Hysteria: A Conspiracy By Science, Society And Philosophers

By Ashmita Singh (She/Her) 28th September, 2020

“Hey you, don’t raise your voice! Hey, stop screaming like a madwoman! Don’t laugh out loud, it doesn’t seem nice! What?! You are a woman and you d...

In History

We Should All Know About Nangeli And Her Revolt Against The Breast Tax

By Shatakshi Jaiswal (She/Her) 28th September, 2020

Trigger Warning: casteist violence, violence against women, suicide “Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your pow...

In History

Your Standards Of Beauty Are Implicitly Eurocentric: A History

By Lavanya Sinha (She/Her) 27th September, 2020

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 outrageo...

In The Breakthrough Voice

A Very Brief History Of Gender Discrimination In Public Spaces

By Shravishtha Ajaykumar 26th June, 2019

Many bars and places that serve alcohol, in India, still have local policies that dismiss single women from entering these spaces.

In The Breakthrough Voice

6 Indian Feminists In History We Should Know About

By Aparna Bhalla 30th May, 2019

It wasn’t just Rani Laxmibai or Sarojini Naidu who made a mark in Indian history. There were many. The list of women who had broken through all bou...

In The Breakthrough Voice

The Good Woman Vs The Bad Woman: A Brief History

By Orpheus Sen 6th November, 2018

There is a set of constant questions that I keep getting asked by most people around me – Can I cook? Do I speak English? Can I drape a saree...