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    The Sexual Politics of Dupatta

    Every year before our annual summer trip to India, my mother would take on the meticulous task of sewing salwaar kameez (tunic styled shirt worn with pleated trousers) ...

    On December 9, 2017 / By Wajiha Mehdi
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    ‘Akira’ is a Well-Made Socially Relevant Film that Challenges Gender Stereotypes

    Violence is fundamentally not something positive, but in self-defence or more controversially and with some ‘if’s and ‘but’s, in pursuit of securing one’s legitimate rights, it may even ...

    On September 9, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Dear America, Do You Want a President who Openly Condones Sexual Harassment and who Disrespects Your Martyrs?

    Coming from India, which is indeed a noisy, pluralistic democracy that often fails to throw up the best of candidates, leaving us with rather sad choices like between ...

    On August 12, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    I #readwomen and I like it

    The #readwomen challenge (where you decide to only read women writers for a set period of time) is not new, Lilit Marcus already gave it a higher profile ...

    On August 7, 2016 / By Marieke Muller
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    The Murder of Qandeel Baloch: How free are we if we hum the same tune but only brazenly?

    Over the last few days, my Facebook and Twitter timelines have been practically scorched with posts on the gory murder of Qandeel Baloch. And rightly so, for what ...

    On August 2, 2016 / By Seema Siddiqui
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    Can a uniform civil code help fight gender discrimination in India? Yes, it can!

    After the Supreme Court’s consistent reminders in personal law cases, the Modi Government recently attempted to execute one of the major aspects of its manifestos, the Uniform Civil ...

    On August 1, 2016 / By Meera Dubey
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    A Wave of Women Power has hit Bollywood

    Bollywood action films are well known for their strong heroes who can pack a mean punch. The classic Bollywood film has long been one where a pretty heroine ...

    On June 21, 2016 / By Amrita Ghosh
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    Pakistani Liberals, Congratulations from an Indian!

    This article has been written in a manner that it is addressed to Pakistani liberals. There are certain positive developments in Pakistan that I wished to extend my ...

    On June 17, 2016 / By Karmanye Thadani
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    Spivak: If you can use the word ‘subaltern’, you are not a subaltern

    On a sweaty evening on 24th May in Kolkata, iconic and iconoclast academic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak said she was tired of being asked about the subaltern. She was there in ...

    On June 8, 2016 / By Adil Hossain
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    A Female Cricketer/Cricket Fan: May Not be the Easiest Thing to Be

    I had gone to see an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils in 2013, at the SMS Stadium, Jaipur. (Yes, the Rajasthan Cricket ...

    On June 1, 2016 / By Sana Chaudhary
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