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You see women employed everywhere, in ad agencies and start-ups, on construction sites and in fields. But if the number of women who quit jobs in India between 2004-05 and 2011-12 was a city, it would be the third-most populated in the world. Hariben Matiya, an Indian woman who has been working for decades as […]

Between 1993-94 and 2011-12, India’s female labour force participation fell by 11.4% from 42.6% to 31.2%. The inordinate burden of household work that falls on women and girls in India might be a reason why they have been consistently dropping out of jobs. A trainer giving instructions to a class of women learning to ride

College campuses must breed productive citizens – not by placing battle tanks on their premises but by teaching students to question authority The VC’s suggestion comes straight from the rightwing playbook of JNU as the site of anti-national behaviour (not to mention excessive condom use). After all, it’s only anti-nationals who need a dose of

In India, the intersection between morality and medicine can make a visit to the gynaecologist harrowing for unmarried women Most women, married or not, will only see a gynecologist when they are pregnant — or trying to be. For most – even those with the means to healthcare — the idea of a routine checkup

Governments, like citizens, need to be brave. If one woman in a wheelchair can speak up then surely countries must step up. A nation’s progress is not merely measured in terms of GDP but also in terms of inclusion and acceptance Bronze medallist Rui Si Theresa Goh of Singapore poses for the photographs on the

Removing GST from sanitary napkins and menstrual hygiene products is only one of many issues we need to address when talking about menstruation Recyclable sanitary napkins being made at a processing unit at Goonj,Delhi. Most sanitary napkins available in the market are non-biodegradable and are difficult to dispose(Saumya Khandelwal/HT) Hay, dried leaves, straw. Nature’s bounty?

Why does the five-man bench get to decide which of the three issues in the triple talaq case is more important than the others? Muslim women hold placards against ‘triple talaq’ in New Delhi(PTI) When the history of Indian women is written, 2017 will go down as the year when the Plight of the Muslim

Speaking up has consequences and, so, in the din of divisive discourse that makes way for majoritarian force, the solitary voice is now hard to hear. A note rests at a makeshift memorial for the two men who were killed May 26 on a commuter train while trying to stop another man from harassing two

The meek acquiescence by citizens to the growing intrusion of state and other actors is alarming. Members of Gau Raksha Dal holding a Protest in 2016. Does the sudden increase in vigilante groups signal an erosion of civil liberties and democratic values?(Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo) Don’t eat beef. Don’t transport cows. Don’t buy cows. Don’t drink

We do the army no favours by placing it on a pedestal from where it cannot be asked legitimate questions. We do it no favours when we seek to draw it into an emotional public debate. Military action cannot be based on populist sentiment; wars are not fought and won in TV studios. A solution,

Nothing exemplifies the moral slide from Dadri to Alwar as much as the indifference on display Anguri Begum, mother of Pehlu Khan sitting on dharna at Jatnar Mantar in New Delhi.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO) A family counts itself blessed that the 85-year-old mother is blind and is ,therefore, spared from having to watch the video of

Doctors can be super-heroes in white coats. Last year they wrote about their working conditions — long shifts, short sleep, bad food – to the state Human Rights Commission. Shifts in a stressful job can stretch to 48 straight hours. But when you’re short of five lakh doctors in the country, what choice do you