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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 […]
No eggs on their plates
Akshaya Patra violates government’s nutritional guidelines by not providing eggs in school mid-day meals. It’s a tussle between religious belief and science that needs resolving Be it a Sunday or a Monday, these disadvantaged children do not get eggs in their mid-day meals as it is against the religious beliefs of an organisation. NGO Akshaya […]
A deadly pressure
Hypertension leads to 9.4 million deaths each year globally. Of these, 1.1 million deaths occur in India. In Delhi too, the cases of hypertension are rising every year Himashree Pandey, 32, lost her husband in 2016 when he suffered a stroke because of hypertension (high blood pressure). “Vikrant was just 35 years old. He was […]
‘Had to pay Rs 500 for cab!’
December 5 was a day on which commuting by Metro was nothing less than an ordeal. I stay in Noida and that day I had gone to Janpath. While returning, I had to take the Metro towards Noida City Centre from Mandi House. The moment I reached the station, I saw a huge crowd. There […]