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What (yet another) death says about marriage and violence

India, May 25 -- Of the 16 women killed every day in India for dowry why has the death of Twisha Sharma on May 12 gripped us? We don't yet know whether she was murdered ( as her family claims) or die... Read More


More than correction of a medical misnomer

India, May 23 -- It's a condition that affects one in eight women around the world. Diagnosed through a matrix of clinical symptoms, ultrasound tests and guesswork, it has no known cure, has been hist... Read More


Undefeated: Why Vinesh Phogat will not back down

India, May 18 -- Days after she identified herself as one of the women who had accused Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, then the head of the Wrestling Federation of India, of harassing her sexually, Vinesh ... Read More


The acid attack survivor who forces us to look

India, May 11 -- After losing a 16-year legal battle for justice for an acid attack in December 2025, Shaheen Malik knew what she had to do: keep fighting. Not for herself necessarily-though she has ... Read More


Why balancing work and motherhood is still hard

India, May 9 -- It obviously struck deep at my mother's core because she talked about it more than just a few times - how she had given up her fledgling career as a lawyer in Kanpur when she married m... Read More


The bench and the body

India, May 4 -- When her mother noticed her 15-year-old's distended belly, she sat her down to ask a few questions. The teenager couldn't remember when she had her last period. A quick visit to the do... Read More


We ❤️ women, but not in the House

India, April 27 -- The clue lies in the queues. Women are everywhere. In Tamil Nadu, a record 84.69% turnout with female participation at 85.76%, overtaking male turnout at 83.57%. In West Bengal, wh... Read More


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