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The Secret Lives of Marwari Housewives
In Gujarat, Marwari women lead dual lives. They fast with their mothers-in-law and sip mojitos with their friends.
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‘Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Hell’
Men’s rights? Yes, it’s a thing. Ask these angry young men from Mumbai. Their grouse – they are used as ATMs, and often falsely charged with rape.
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Dear Rakhi Sawant, You’ve Gone Too Far with Your #SheToo Drama
At a recent press conference, Rakhi Sawant claimed that Tanushree Dutta raped her and muddied the waters of the #MeToo movement by calling it a publicity stunt. Because if anyone knows anything about cheap publicity stunts, it is Rakhi Sawant. It is fine to issue wedding proposals from your commode, but dismissing a movement for solidarity is going too far.
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Why Is No One Talking about the Rape and Murder of a 21-Year-Old in Kashmir’s Kulgam?
While we regularly receive news of minors and women being raped in India’s heartland and metros, cases from outlying regions like Kashmir get scant coverage. A 21-year-old rape victim in Kulgam district died due to her injuries in hospital last month, but why haven’t you heard of it?
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No, You May Not Touch My Testosterone
Since growing a beard, I’ve alternated between mumbling “Sat Sri Akal” and “Salam Alaikum” in return to greetings. And I don’t mind it. What I mind is how women react to my beard.
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Ripped Jeans: The Latest Threat to Our Sanskar
Twitter is flooded with images of women in ripped jeans after Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat said that they should dress to preserve the sanctity of their homes. It’s 2021 and our netas are still tripping over the fact that women, too, possess knees which are visible from time to time.
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Caste & Rape Have Always Gone Hand in Hand. The Hathras Case is Only Following a Template
It is on the bodies and psyche of Dalit and Adivasi women, that men have written the narrative of upper-caste and male supremacy. A campaign is now underway to deny the role of caste in the Hathras gang-rape. It isn’t very different from what we’ve witnessed in the Khairlanji massacre or the Bhanwari Devi case.
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Do the Oscars Have a “Female Director” Problem This Year?
In endorsing the superhero spectacle, Black Panther for “Best Film”, the Academy has responded to today’s age and yet, its crusade to popularise aberrant films is still catalysed by the dominance of the male genius. What else explains the exclusion of female directors from the Best Director race this year?
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The Enduring Difficulty of Being Sania Mirza
It’s been a decade since Sania Mirza won her first Grand Slam title, and India is still waiting for another woman to emulate her. But her road to the pinnacle was far from an easy one. Her life might look like a bed of roses, but Mirza sleeps on a thousand thorns.
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Why are Indians So Embarrassed About the Bra?
As Indian girls, we are raised with the strict instruction that our bras should not be hung out to dry like the rest of the dirty linen we wash in public. Perhaps the reason that the bra has come to be a trigger garment is not because men can’t deal with it, but because with all our hiding we haven’t really given them a chance to.
