Hidden Struggles: Unveilling the Gendered Challenges Of Women Tea Workers – Vaishali Saikia
Introduction The tea industry is the largest organized sector which employs millions of labourers – both permanent and temporary, most…
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (2004): A Review by Anjali Chauhan
Histories have not only been simply histories but gendered histories, where women, as both subject-object of studies and writer-reader of…
Work in the Unorganized Sector: The Case of Beedi Karkhana – Nishant Kumar Dongre
For many of us when we hear about karkhana (factory), we assume a fixed structure with walls and a roof…
In the Name of Love and Family: The Systematic Invisibilization of Women’s Work – Jyoti Kumari and Tahseen Fatima
“Kisi gurr banane wali se shadi karlo, mazdoori bhi nahi dena padega aur karz bhi nahi lena padega”, says Banerjee…
Doctor G: Story of Finding a ‘Doctor’s Touch’ – Mayuri Samant and Madhura Joshi
‘Doctor G’ a mainstream Bollywood movie directed by Anubhuti Kashyap and produced by Junglee Pictures (2022) portrays a young male…
Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico’s Global Factories by Leslie Salzinger (2003): A Review by Krithi Ramaswamy
Who is an ideal worker? While there is no singular answer to this question, Leslie Salzinger’s ‘Genders in Production: Making…
A Book Discussion on Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India
In this conversation, we discuss the book Gendered Inequalities in Paid and Unpaid Work of Women in India, edited by…
Intimate City by Manjima Bhattacharya (2021): A Review by Panchali Ray
Manjima Bhattacharya’s Intimate City (published by Zubaan Books in 2021) traces the reconfiguration of sex work localities – ‘red light…