Gender

This Gandhian Organisation Has Rehabilitated More Than 2,000 Vulnerable Women Over 25 Years

Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM) is an NGO based in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. It was founded by former Member of Parliament, Chennupati Vidya, in 1969. While working at Gandhi&rs...

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Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make For Better Students

Last week, two researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) presented a study that suggests gender-neutral course literature helps s...

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Feminism Through The Ages In India: An Empowering Journey

A hard hitting film that underlines a woman’s freedom to her body and sexuality, the recently released movie Pink has been making people sit up and ask questions that we...

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How A Group Of Men In Agra Are Working To Empower Women & Stop Domestic Violence

Till about a year ago, Sunita used to detest spending time with her husband. She says, “On most nights he would be drunk and the alcohol brought out the animal in him. H...

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Emma Watson: Speaking Out About Feminism Opened A 'Pandora's Box' Of Threats And Criticism, Actress Reveals

The last two years have been a baptism of fire to say the least, I learned just how little I know and also how much. It was my scary first step as an activist, a word I never ...

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Menaka Gandhi Asks Women Facing Online Abuse To Use #IAmTrolled

In a move welcomed by women, especially active users of social media like Facebook and Twitter, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi announced on Tuesday that wo...

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Gender Identity: Artistic Expression Vs. Aesthetic Oppression

In conversation with Raheem Mir, who is challenging the demarcated gender boundaries in the Indian classical dance form, Kathak, Raheem Mir is a man who is passionate about Ka...

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Engineering Gender Equality With Design

In a new book, Harvard behavioural economist Iris Bohnet offers fresh ideas to address complex gender bias A lot has changed in the 21st century. The battle to empower women, ...

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The Art Project Making Paper Vaginas To Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Paper vaginas are helping to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) by empowering women to be proud of their bodies.The United Nations Population Fund estimates th...

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Investing In Teenage Girls: What Is World Population Day?

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With proper investment in their education and health, they could transform their countries' economies and futures. I...

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REVIEW: HAPPY PATEL - KHATARNAK JASOOS IS BIG ON INTENT, LIGHT ON LAUGHS

The actor-director’s spy spoof aims for absurdist satire but collapses under stere...

January 21 2026

POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026