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The Tejpal judgment could have stopped with an acquittal on reasonable doubt due to lack of police evidence. Instead, there are insinuations about the woman’s credibility, including the fact that she admittedly had no physical injuries after the assault Despite that, many of those questions, and replies, are now on public record thanks to a […]

A widowed, unlettered refugee from Bangladesh who remained unsure about her age, she had come to Delhi with two young sons, acquiring employment, a bank account and a property in what was then called the East Pakistan Displaced Persons Society, now Chittaranjan Park Representational Image. (Getty Images) With the death of my Amma last week,

Much has been written about Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen, streaming on Amazon Prime. Its truth prevails across the globe. Leisure is a male pursuit while the women chop, clean, sweep, fry, wash, simmer, serve A screengrab from The Great Indian Kitchen. The unannounced guest is someone we’ve all met. “The women can rest

A wake-up call to first set up a national-level task force to study the pandemic’s impact on gender and, next, to suggest possible remedies. The blunt truth is India cannot afford to mutely witness any further erosion in gender rights. India’s fall in ranking stems largely from an old crisis: The exit of women from

Who can quarrel with free washing machines, except to point out that it reiterates a belief in what male-dominated parties hold to be woman’s true place? Someone should tell them, it’s not behind the spin cycle. It’s in the House. And it’s time women voters delivered that message. The demand for 33% reservation of seats

In the run-up to the International Women’s Day, it’s good to celebrate the undeniable gains on our road to gender equality. But it’s also worth remembering just how far we have to go — and how little has changed. Six decades after the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, the continuing prevalence of dowry remains India’s

The MeToo Movement undoubtedly gave a few women a voice and a platform, but it left out the vast majority of India’s working women, women employed as domestic workers, in brick kilns, as farm labourers, in garment factories. Dalit, tribal, trans and marginalised voices were never heard. Despite new laws passed in the aftermath of

In the past few years, India has broken traditional silences on sexual abuse, on consent, and on the rights of sexual minorities. It’s time to break another traditional silence It takes courage to push a conversation that evokes almost zero public sympathy in an audience that is inclined to believe that consent has no place

The end of a year is a good time to take stock – just how much we’ve achieved, how much more must be done and, this year in particular, how much is in danger of being lost We do know that the pandemic’s economic impact has been higher on women. At the end of the

To stop gender-based violence, target attitudinal change through interventions in education, ad campaigns and other behaviour change communication A study of violence during the lockdown by Saravana Ravindran and Manisha Shah published on(AP) Head bleeding, the woman had managed to get to a police station in Delhi only to be told to come back with

The solution is not to ban interfaith marriage, as this ordinance effectively does, but to make it easier for citizens to exercise their autonomy, regardless of parental approval At the heart of the issue is a fight for our rights as women to lead independent lives with dignity(Shutterstock) Twenty years ago, Asif Iqbal wanted to

Online child sexual abuse is worse than the pandemic that has resulted in its horrific rise. Increasing economic vulnerability and kids out of school have contributed to a 400% increase in the sexual exploitation of children in videos in 2020 On November 14, news of a raid in 76 cities by the CBI led to