This post is written by Ishita Goyal, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their humanity”- Nelson Mandela In September 2018, the Hon’ble Supreme court of India decriminalised homosexuality. With the landmark ruling, same sex relations were legalised, giving homosexual couples the myriad rights that heterosexual […]
Mapping the caste footprints of a modern Indian city
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermathAre Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This post has been written by Srestha Chatterjee. Sreshtha is an alumni of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata (Department of Sociology). Her research interests lie in caste, society and urban lifestyles. A general understanding that exists among most of the urban […]
Menstruation the dirty word: Can talking about it within households improve the condition?
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This post is written by Sanjana Choudhury, a student of Media Studies in Delhi University. The history of how sanitary pads came into being dates long back in time when pads were silent coupons. Like every other thing essential to life and sustenance, pads too were created […]
Sex workers in India: A curious case of legality and morality
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermath This blog has been written by Ramsha Hashmi of Tamil Nadu National Law University, India. Ramsha is a researcher and a prolific blogger who focusses on various gender and social issues. Did you enjoy watching Sanjay Lela Bhansali’s critically acclaimed move “Gangubai Kathiawadi” which depicted the triumphant […]
Gender violence and pandemic: An alarming match made in India!
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This blog is written by Taqdees Fatima, a student of Ambedkar University, New Delhi. Taqdees frequently writes on issues such as gender violence, women studies amongst others. Thomson Reuters released a report in 2018, that categorised India as the most dangerous country for women. The report received […]
Is euthanasia an incorrigible moral damage?
This post is written by Wayne Ramwell, Senior Tutor at University of Manchester, Law School, UK. Wayne’s research interest include legal theories, euthanasia among many others. Introduction – Context Lawful assisted dying (aka. euthanasia) is a recurring issue in the United Kingdom. It was previously debated in the House of Commons in 2015 and was […]
The Contemporary Canon: A New Course For Poetry
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This book review is written by Bilal Khan of Christ University, Bengaluru. As a student of English Literature, Bilal is fascinated with book reviews and opinion pieces on poetries. What is the English Canon? Or, to start, what is even a canonical body? To reduce it to […]
Misogynistic “Motherfu***er!” : Reflections on the underlined sexism in cuss words
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy, Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex, Law School, UK. Do you cuss often? No that’s not the question that I intend to ask here. Well .. we all do. Indeed cuss words have become an integral part of our daily vocabulary. It is certainly not my job here […]
Gender neutrality and power dynamics in public spaces
This post has been written by Brinn Pierce, a student of International Development Studies at University of Sussex, UK. Her research interests include gender and sexuality. The binary bathroom system is a near-complete colonial construct. Our society has long ago accepted this system as fact. In truth, It has helped create this fact, and in […]
The Defeat of Choice: Reflections on the abortion laws
This post is written by Bilal Khan, a student at Christ University, Bengaluru. In today’s cosmopolitan world, it is almost impossible to not register even slight changes in other countries. But the Supreme Court of the USA’s decision was anything but unnoticeable. On 24 June 2022 Roe Vs Wade ruling was overruled. But what does […]