In Editorial

What Daughters Want From Their Dads. What Dads Need From All Of Us.

By Breakthrough Team 7th March, 2017

In a patriarchal society, what does a father daughter relationship look like? While power operates at multiple levels, in complex ways and adapts i...

In In Focus

Experiencing Sisterhood

By Richa Singh 2nd March, 2017

Last weekend, I was on a vacation with two of my friends whom I have known for a very very long time now. We met each other in standard eight and h...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Masculinity and Gender Based Violence

By Rinzu Rajan 6th February, 2017

The fight for gender equality has to constantly tackle one major problem: the sense of entitlement of the man and his perception of the woman as a ...

In Framing Change, The Breakthrough Voice

“If women go out to work, will men stay at home?!”

By Richa Singh 23rd January, 2017

“If women go out to work, will men stay at home?!”, said a man. There are a set of rules which form the bedrock of a patriarchal system. A public p...

In Framing Change, The Breakthrough Voice

#WrestlingWithKushti: Some thoughts from the shoot

By Piyush Garud 4th January, 2017

Masculinity means being tough, to not show emotions or pain, to be a breadwinner, to be the ultimate authority and to be a dominant part of the equ...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

मर्दानगी के मायने

By Anika Verma 23rd December, 2016

“मर्द बन!” बचपन से लड़कों को यह ही एक बात, आदेश की तरह बार बार बोली जाती है. मगर इस मर्दानगी की होड़ में क्या यह संभव है की लड़के अपने ...

In In Focus

A Tale of Two Introverts

By 29th September, 2016

I look forward to Sundays. Every Sunday, exactly at 9PM, I talk to my dad about how our week was. He talks about his work and his walks (He is a ma...

In In Focus

He Did Not Cry

By 28th September, 2016

He did not cry. This is a story about a man. A young man who has not cried for so long, that he questions whether he can even cry or not. When he w...

In In Focus

From One Man To Another: Male Privilege Is Real And Absolutely “Toxic”

By Devang Pathak 21st 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

Some kind of racetrack

By Himel Sarkar 5th September, 2016

It appears (from most Richard Linklater movies) that one’s life and childhood can be summed up in a few moments. Some poignant, powerful moments th...