Biology is Not Our Destiny: Trans-ing as a Way of Resisting Right-Wing Authoritarianism – Udhriti Sarkar
In April 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a discriminatory judgement that stated that a woman is defined by her…
Feminist Movements in India: Issues, Debates, Struggles edited by Sadhna Arya and Lata Singh (2024): A Review by Alankrita Anand
At the outset, what is most striking about Sadhna Arya and Lata Singh’s edited volume Feminist Movements in India: Issues,…
Its Time to Care: Preliminary Findings From Time Use Survey, India – 2024 – Apurva K H and Abhishek Sharma
Gender is an organizing principle of society, historically constituted and works in intersection with other structural features of society such…
(Re)Defining Manhood: Exploring Gender, Masculinity, and Sociology in Adolescence – Shruti Das
The trending Netflix mini-series ‘Adolescence’ plunges viewers into an unsettling world of adolescent children struggling to find their identities. Presented…
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf (1990): A Review by Shrishti Kumari
Naomi Wolf is an American author and journalist well known for her contribution to feminist thoughts, particularly through her ground-breaking…
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (2018): A Review by Shivani Waldekar
I watched ‘The Vagina Monologues’ on stage in one of Mumbai’s theatres around five years ago while studying at the…
Feminist Histories and the Women’s Movement in Contemporary India: An Interview with Uma Chakravarti
Uma Chakravarti is an Indian historian and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1980s, Chakravarti has written extensively on Indian history highlighting…
A Critical Feminist Analysis of Aattam: Disbelief, Power and the Unmasking of Patriarchal Structures – Shruthi Gurumoorthy
Introduction: The Thin Veneer of Progressiveness and the Power of Silence Anand Ekarshi’s debut feature Aattam is a masterclass in…
Textbooks and Gender Bias – Anjali Sidhwani
Textbooks have traditionally been the cornerstone of formal education in India, shaping the way knowledge is imparted and absorbed in…
Being Single in the City: Cultural Geographies of Gendered Urban Space in Asia edited by Christiane Brosius, Jeroen de Kloet, Laila Abu-Er-Rub and Melissa Butcher (2024): A Review by Smita Choudhury
In Being Single in the City: Cultural Geographies of Gendered Urban Space in Asia edited by Christiane Brosius, Jeroen de…