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It seems like the fate of a development studies student is to be cynical and dissatisfied in an educated but distant way.
I wish every girl in the world could grow up in a city like this, a city that doesn’t frighten her.
An exclusive interview with Anand Ahuja, founder of bhane., a global-minded clothing brand with an Indian heart.
There is a need to reclaim notions like Swadeshi and Swabhimaan from jingoists and rid them of their unnecessary historical baggage.
Nothing epitomises ‘casual’ more than a free-flowing lungi.
We are being told a story; one that elevates downright misogyny to the revered status of Indian Culture.
Even in a country as inherently classist as India, a lower class man has far more power than an upper class woman.
Apart from what it dresses in, one needs to constantly monitor where the body goes, who it is seen with, and when it can appear in public places.
Male Justice has marched on undaunted, and mutated into more potent and prurient forms.
That a woman is raped every few minutes in the country is more than just a statistic for us crime reporters. It is our bread and butter.
As a woman, you are never entirely independent and detached; everyone has a stake in keeping your freedom in check. And they will never let you forget that.
Nascent pictographs created from the controlled symbiosis of needle and ink on nothing but bare skin hold a certain allure for this writer.
