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Women's rage finds a voice and vocabulary

India, April 25 -- You couldn't have missed it - the outpouring of women's anger across India this month. Spilling into streets, bursting into confrontations, angry mothers in Manipur, a frustrated co... Read More


Not rescue but revolution: Inside Kranti's radical classroom

India, April 20 -- The knock on the door has the sharp sense of ownership. L* walks in, a cheeky grin on her face and an assured sense of belonging. She plonks herself down and makes herself at home ... Read More


A giant leap-for women in power

India, April 13 -- I was just a little girl when the first man landed on the moon. We did not have a television set at home and there certainly was no internet. It was perhaps through hearing my paren... Read More


Giving women their due in law-making

India, April 11 -- On newspaper front page ads, the BJP is listing its various accomplishments for women, from clean water to toilets and homes. In Kerala, the Congress's Rahul Gandhi is pitching for ... Read More


Mind The Gap: And so it begins.

India, April 6 -- The resistance to the transgender law has, so far, been united. Sprung without notice or consultation with the community and passed in unseemly haste even after it became clear that ... Read More


Mind The Gap: Big Tech's very bad week

India, March 30 -- A landmark trial against Meta and YouTube brought by a 20-year-old woman who blames the platforms for social media addiction that began when she was six, has ended with the jury fin... Read More


Transgressing rights of self-identification

India, March 28 -- The post went out just hours after Parliament passed the bill. "I can't be strong all the time," it said. "It took me years to become the person I am today. And now it feels like ev... Read More


Mind The Gap: Identity under scrutiny

India, March 23 -- The backlash was immediate and visceral. Just hours after the amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, was introduced in Parliament on Friday 13, Anish... Read More


Mind The Gap: Journalism as resistance

India, March 16 -- In a country where official policy has literally erased the presence of women, the existence of Zan Times is proof of subversion-and resistance. The exiled media organisation led by... Read More


When falling in love becomes a radical act

India, March 14 -- Monalisa Bhosle, the garland-seller at the Mahakumbh mela who went viral on social media, got married this week. Big deal? Well, yes, when you consider the name of the bridegroom, F... Read More