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The Devadasi System

The Devadasi system is a centuries old Hindu tradition where preadolescent and adolescent girls from lower cast are married…

Women in STEM

I’m certain at least some of us have been told, “Boys are smart, girls are simply hardworking”, when it comes to studying math or science. The mere perception one’s gender determines they are not good at a task makes each encounter with math and technology more fraught, triggering self-doubt in young…

Feminist community of the internet.

The internet as we know it is an amazing and not so amazing place to be, not so amazing such as strangers having access to judge and denigrate someone. But I like to believe the amazing part of it is what gives us hope.

Advertisements and Sexism

Shouldn’t the company’s tagline say “jo biwi se kare pyaar, woh equal responsibilities se kaise karein inkaar” instead of what it actually says? Isn’t their actual tagline subtly portraying that only the wives are to do the cooking? Why is cooking a gender biased work even in…

Freedom to Loiter — Women & Public Spaces

I was returning from an evening of movies and shopping with a friend one night, and we were standing outside the mall waiting for our cab to take us back home. A trio of possibly inebriated men walked past us. One of them stopped, turned and scanned me top…

Consent is one of the most misunderstood word in today's world, the word simply means to agree or not, a 'yes' or a 'no'

Is consent a word bound only to sexual aspects?

No, Many of us assume it to be associated only with something sexual which is one of the important reasons why we do not talk about…

Female-centric Short Movies

The film industry plays a role in the mindset of youngsters who keenly follow movies of their favourite stars, and the ideas…

Breasts & Society

Ever asked yourself, why do men have a rather comfortable style of clothing across most cultures?? Don’t women deserve the same…

Women Of Ancient History, WOAH!

Although the term ‘Women empowerment’ may have been coined a few centuries ago, the struggle has been…