In The Breakthrough Voice

Disagreements, Disavowals…Dissent

By Anushka Rose 15th May, 2018

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

In The Breakthrough Voice

‘That’ Which Must Not Be Named

By Tribeni Pegu 11th November, 2016

This happened a couple of months back when I had  an unexpected conversation with my house help. My house help is a woman. Nothing to be surprised ...

In The Breakthrough Voice

Sexual Assault: Society’s Best Kept Secret

By Rohini Rathour 27th October, 2016

I was eighteen years old. I had recently been crowned Navy Queen, a local beauty pageant that I had taken part in because my friend who had won it ...

In In Focus

Week After Week, I Kept Passing Off The Sexual Harassment By My Dentist As An Accident

By 30th 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

Harassed then shamed

By 22nd August, 2016

On 16th December 2012, the busy roads of National Capital witnessed an atrocious case of sexual assault, verging on international attention and pub...

In In Focus

Shamed and silenced

By Richa Singh 11th August, 2016

You are born. You are not a boy. Or maybe you are not born with ‘well-defined’ genitalia. You are not fair enough. You are not born into a upper ca...