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J&K rape case: Lies, false binaries used in defense of accused
By Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal
There are two predominantly visible strands in the heinous rape and murder case of 8-year-old Asifa. One is the perpetuation of the crime and the other is the discourse in defence of the culprits
There are…
Backstory: Women’s Day Thoughts: Lives on the Edge of Blank White Space
The most important image of women in the media was their “non-image”: Margaret Gallagher’s succinct formulation dating back to 1981 inspired some of us in journalism to look a little closer at what was then termed as “women’s representation…
NDTV’s Uma Sudhir gets 2017 Chameli Devi Jain award
Press Trust of India | New Delhi Last Updated at March 4, 2018 20:45 IST
Uma Sudhir of NDTV bagged the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award for the year 2017.Sudhir, executive editor of NDTV (South), was chosen for the recognition for…
Life, uncertain and precarious
As you enter Balukhali refugee camp for the first time all you will notice is the amount of dust that clouds your vision, settling on your hair, clothes, seeping into your shoes and even finding its way into your mouth. Through the haze an…
असमा जहाँगीर, तुम्हे सलाम !
तुम्हारा कद बहुत ऊँचा नहीं, बल्कि देखा जाए तो दरमियाने से कम ही था; भीड़ में होती तो तुम अक्सर नज़र न आती . जब तक जलूस उस जगह तक नहीं पहुँच जाता जहाँ पुलिस या रेंजेर्स(पाकिस्तन की पैरा-मिलिट्री फ़ोर्स) उसे रोकते. तब तुम सबसे आगे होती, पुलिस…
NON-FICTION: INTEGRITY ABOVE ALL
When a pioneering journalist pens her memoirs, you pay attention. Especially when she is Zubeida Mustafa of Pakistan, a long-time feminist and champion of social causes who, from her editorial perch at the daily Dawn, witnessed momentous…
Who’s afraid of laughing women?
Written by Mrinal Pande
As girls, our generation was often reprimanded for walking with long, manly strides or laughing out loud. Girls from good families were only permitted to giggle when teased by fathers, brothers and uncles or when…
After 5 yrs, Assam tea garden girl to return to school: ‘Learnt importance of education’
She had to quit school five years ago when she was in Class VI to help the family deal with medical expenses of her ailing mother.
Seboti Pahariya has to wait till January to rejoin school. The 17-year-old has waited five years already.…
Students of Jharkhand village school convince parents to call off child marriage
Married girls aged 15-19 years are twice more likely to die during childbirth, UNICEF reports.
Sarita, 15, and her friend Mali, 14, are nothing short of stars at the middle school in Punsa village, about 25 km from the steel hub of…