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 […]
This is the second in a three-part series on gender and the 2019 general elections I wrote for IndiaSpend She may be the head of her village, but making rotis for her extended family of 22 is still her responsibility. Hunched over the small chulha (earthen stove) in the family house at Hussainpur village in Haryana’s Nuh
Muslim women: nearly 7% of the population, less than 1% in the Lok Sabha Read More »
Women voters are turning up in record numbers, outnumbering male voters in 16 states. Yet political parties, with just two exceptions, remain loathe to field them in the elections as contestants. My deep dive for IndiaSpend examines the data: To understand how some political parties seem to have woken up to the need for greater
As women voters surge, number of women candidates tells the same, sad story Read More »
This is the first in a three-part series I wrote for IndiaSpend, looking at the 2019 Indian general election from a gender angle. To understand how some political parties seem to have woken up to the need for greater women’s political representation ahead of the general elections scheduled for April and May 2019, you have
Record Women Voters’ Turnout But Few Women Contestants Read More »
I spoke to Sujata Manohar, the Supreme Court judge who wrote the judgment on workplace sexual harassment guidelines two decades ago, on what she thinks of a contemporary movement. New Delhi: Before the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of April 2013, there were the Vishaka guidelines passed by the Supreme Court in August 1997.
“MeToo is a protest movement, doesn’t always lead to change” Read More »
One of three Supreme Court judges to pass the path-breaking Vishaka guidelines on workplace sexual harassment, Justice Sujata Manohar spoke to me about India’s MeToo movement and its larger implications. Before the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of April 2013, there were the Vishaka guidelines passed by the Supreme Court in August 1997.
Justice Sujata Manohar: ‘MeToo is a Protest Movement, Doesn’t Always Lead to Action’ Read More »
In IndiaSpend, I look at the state of India’s shelter homes for children to discover endemic abuse and, worse, absolute apathy. She has no memory of her early childhood, no recollection of her biological parents and no idea of how or why she got separated from them when she was about three years old. What she
Abuse of Children in India’s Institutions Reveals Nationwide Crisis of Reform Read More »