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The issue of sexual harassment in not confined to North India, but going by news reports coming out regularly, it is not for nothing that Delhi is known as the…

We have all encountered this—a kid lying on the floor of a store, screaming and throwing a tantrum till the harassed parent gives him (it is invariably a boy) what…

A theatre production, called #Womanologues, is a series of monologues by women, under the broad theme of ‘desire’. Among the stories about a deliriously happy divorcee, and a single woman…

Taking a giant step back on the issue of women’s rights, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (a woman!) signed into law an abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life imprisonment. She is…

There was a time, when Aunty was a word that expressed affection and respect towards women. All kids call their friends’ parents Aunty and Uncle, instead of the formal Mrs…

A wonderfully heartwarming tweet by New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern from back in 2014, when she was a Labour MP, has resurfaced, since she is facing unprecedented popularity after her compassionate…

Till Ashish Kaul’s  Didda: The Warrior Queen Of Kashmir landed on the desk, one did not know much about this wonderful character from Indian history, and that’s a shame. When great Indian…

Every so often a piece of news pops up that makes you realise, that for every step women take to go forward, there is some hurdle placed in their way…

There are sighting all over the city—these slim, smart-looking, young women in khaki, guarding the women’s compartment in local trains, onbandobast duty at rallies, pacifying female complainants at the police station.…

There was a short story, read long ago, in which a woman wants to take up a job. She gets one to run a crèche, so she has to hire…