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Swiping right can go wrong
Hooking up on a dating app like Tinder often leads to happy endings but sometimes one partner reads the signals wrong and nasty situations develop Harsh Singhal (name changed), 20, a fashion design student in Delhi, met a person on Tinder who he thought was “good-looking and polite.” After talking for a day and meeting […]
Figuring it out
VIOLENT CRIMES According to the latest government figures, 1.7 lakh women were raped between 2012 and 2016— which translates to an average of four women being sexually assaulted every hour over that span. A 2017 survey revealed that 40% of transgender people faced some sort of sexual abuse before turning 18. The survey, conducted by […]
Biology cannot decide destiny
There is a difference between sexuality and gender—the two words should never be confused or used interchangeably Before we dive into the visibility regarding gender complexities, I would like to reiterate two differences in two different discourses that are significant in order to understand the points raised in this article, which also hold the potential, […]
Slotting women
From being a mother who single-handedly looks after the house and spends the day cooking and scrubbing utensils to being an object of desire for men who can entice them with deodorants, women are either domesticated or commodified in Indian advertisements Ensuring that the child grows up to be ‘taller, stronger and sharper’ by having […]
Reporting patriarchy
Journalist Priyanka Dubey’s new book, No Country for Women, documents rape cases across India. In an interview, she talks about reporting on rape and why the media needs to be more sensitive Priyanka Dubey, a journalist with BBC, has come out with her first book that documents rape cases across India. It took her six […]
#MeToo whirlwind & its after effects
The last thing women in India need is for the perfect storm of the #MeToo movement to become a storm in a teacup The #MeToo movement has become pop culture. Sounds too frivolous? No, because pop culture is serious too. Caitlin Moran writes, “Pop is the cultural bellwether of social change. Because of its immediacy, […]
Lost in censorship
The initial illustration for a billboard which aimed to wipe out the stigma around the LGBT community, was not accepted by the authorities. The new one is not very effective It’s business as usual in the bustling lane of Block B in Connaught Place. But up above something is different — a hoarding that projects […]
A delivery boy’s tantrums
I went to a friend’s place recently. We decided to order food from Swiggy – one of the most popular food delivery apps. We ordered momos from a well-known restaurant. Initially there was no problem at all. The delivery executive called us after 35-40 minutes after he was near our location. He was having a […]