Collaborative Writing on Issues of Media and Gender in India
Collaborative Writing on Issues of Media and Gender in India: A Conversation with Nadja- Christina Schneider and Fritzi-Marie Titzmann Nadja-Christina…
Absence of Women In Public Spaces: The Gendered Appropriation Of A Juice Shop – Prarthana Banarji
The smell of nicotine hits me from two meters away. I read the signboard over the shop again – My…
Yaari: An Anthology on Friendship by Women and Queer Folx edited by Shilpa Phadke and Nithila Kanagasabai (2023): A Review by Taanya Kapoor
There are some books we read for pleasure. Some, we read to advance our knowledge of the world, others to…
Geeli Pucchi: An Intersectional Dystopia – Rashi Chauhan
The short film “Geeli Pucchi” weaves together the lives of two women who share striking similarities in terms of their…
Comprehensive Sex Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities – Madhubanti Talukdar
Earlier in 2023, as a part of a larger project on youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), I…
Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India by Srila Roy (2022): A Review by Amya Agarwal
The slogans ‘Naari Sashaktikaran’ (women’s empowerment), ‘Beti Bachaao, Beti Padaao’ (save a girlchild, teach a girlchild) and ‘Nari Shakti’(women power)…
Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak by Madhumita Dutta (2022): A Review by Jagadhatri Singh
Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak by Madhumita Dutta (published by Zubaan in 2022) presents an unfiltered dialogue, among a…
Cinema And the Society: Disturbing Realities of Animal and Advocating For Media Accountability by Sonal Srivastava and Jeetendra Kumar Patel
Cinema is an effective tool for addressing societal issues and shaping collective perceptions, as demonstrated by the review of Slumdog…
Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Breast Giver’: A Synopsis – Riddhi Chakraborty
Introduction The story ‘Breast Giver’ was written by Mahasweta Devi in 1987. In this story, the author talks about Jashoda,…
Social Policy for Women in Pakistan by Sara Rizvi Jafree (2023): A Review by Adhvaidha Kalidasan
Sara Rizvi Jafree’s seminal work Social Policy for Women in Pakistan (published by Springer in 2023) is a remarkable and…