[First published in Women’s Web] A young couple who were sitting on a bed, presumably kissing, pull apart when the door flings open and four friends walk into the room. “Shot mara lagta hai”, says one. “Haan maara”, replies the boy who is with the girl. “Ab hamari baari”, says…

[First published in Women’s Web] “Our warmest congratulations to Katherine Brunt & Nat Sciver who got married over the weekend” tweeted England Cricket, the official home of all of the England Cricket teams on Twitter. …

[First published in Women’s Web] The US Supreme Court, through the landmark Roe v/s Wade judgement, protected the liberty of a pregnant woman to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. …

[Ten police officers who had killed 4 young men arrested for the rape and murder of Hyderabad doctor in an “encounter” have been found “guilty of concocting their story, and were to be charged with murder.” What are the ramifications, I wonder in this article first published in Women’s Web.] …

[No law in the country recognises enabling the rapist to walk free after marrying the survivor. However, in reality, it is something that families and communities often push for. This was first published in Women’s Web] In the same week where the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, 11 May, saw…

[In a patriarchal society, the purity of caste, class and religion is rigidly maintained by controlling the sexual agency of women. First published in Women’s Web.] TRIGGER WARNING: Description of extreme violence Nagaraju and Syeda Ashrin Sulthana, a newly married couple were traveling on their two wheeler in a Hyderabad…

“Keeping our daughters safe has become a herculean task. It was not this bad when we were younger.” This is a statement we hear often- on social media, on television, and even when people get together and chat at a party or in the office cafeteria. It is wrong on several…

Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, 2017 As a woman who speaks about gender equity, I am often gaslighted by people saying “but you cannot deny that there is an intrinsic difference between men and women. Women are meant to be nurturers…

A group of parakeets was fluttering around the mango tree groaning with flowers. Our househelp was leaning on the balcony, watching them, enthralled. “Won’t you get late?”, I asked, conscious of the fact that the family where she goes after me had already called her three times. “I get ‘sukoon’ here”…