Why this daughter of impoverished parents is a global role model Dutee Chand at the 55th National Open Athletics Championships (200 m Run Women) at SAI Complex Kolkata, September 19, 2015(Subhankar Chakraborty/ Hindustan Times) Dutee Chand is not known to shy away from a challenge. One of seven children born to impoverished weavers in Jajpur, […]
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The daughter of impoverished parents is India’s first openly gay athlete. But what we will remember and judge her for is being a first-rate athlete. Dutee Chand is not known to shy away from a challenge. One of seven children born to impoverished weavers in Jajpur, Odisha, the sprinter was barely 20 years old when
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In the concluding part of my three-part series for IndiaSpend, I analyse the results. How little has changed. A beauty queen, an award-winning writer and four giant-killers; one who contested because she received a “signal from God” and another who once famously showed her middle finger to a hectoring news anchor, it is safe to
Personal attacks targeting women candidates diminish women’s opportunities in participating fully in public life The effect of personal attacks is not merely to defeat a political opponent, but to diminish the opportunities of independent, capable women and deter them from entering public life(PTI) Political pundits have been debating on whether 2019 is the most ugly,
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“I was not likely to get justice,” reads the press statement by the Supreme Court employee who has alleged sexual harassment by the chief justice. The Supreme Court remains every citizen’s last hope. For now, India’s women are watching developments there very closely Their lordships have sworn to uphold Constitutional values of equality and dignity.
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My Hindustan Times column looks at what is perhaps the biggest scandal to hit the Supreme Court with the Chief Justice of India accused of sexual harassment. Their lordships have sworn to uphold Constitutional values of equality and dignity. Their courtrooms have delivered landmark judgments, like Vishaka, which affirmed women’s right to a safe workplace
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