women

What Would It Mean If Women Were Allowed to Dream?

Salma’s Women, Dreaming is a feminist text; a generational tale of women bound to each other by blood, marriage, and proximity.

Illustration by Nirupa Roy

Sex, Stories, and Power Trips

We are being told a story; one that elevates downright misogyny to the revered status of Indian Culture.

Sacred Cows, Indispensable Women

Sacred Cows, Indispensable Women

Even in a country as inherently classist as India, a lower class man has far more power than an upper class woman.

The Moral Policeman's Guide to Spotting Immorality

The Painfully Noble Origins of Moral Policing

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.

Words for a Silent Space

Male Justice has marched on undaunted, and mutated into more potent and prurient forms.

Reporting Rape

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.

The Virtue of Visibility

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.

Tall, Dark, and Dangerous

As The Dark Knight Rises approaches, we ask ourselves why women find Batman to be the most desirable of all superheroes.

The Other: Part Three

Female artists were given the illusion of freedom of expression but in actuality were socially restricted to painting the domestic lifestyle.

Citydog

What is it about white picket fences that gives us a false sense of security?

Let’s Slutwalk

Women are heading countries and scaling Mt. Everest, but apparently they still can’t decide what to wear.

Compromise

His story was nothing new, I guess, to most working in the “biz”, but to me, it was quite repellent.