India's Maternal Care Crisis: Is There A Solution?

Nitu Paswan was four months pregnant when she met a community worker from the?Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action. Paswan, a 25-year old from Dombivli, a cit...

NITI Aayog To Soon Unveil Policy On Important Sectors

Taking forward its project of creating a national agenda in consultation with the states, the NITI Aayog will soon come out with policy papers on critical sectors such as a...

Exhilarating Thespo 17 Concludes

#Chennaifloods: How Climate Change Discourse Is Marred By Gender Bias

Ever since the devastating images of Chennai deluge have been flooding our television screens, with a choked-to-neck social media trying its best to fill in the gaping blan...

#Chennaifloods: How Climate Change Discourse Is Marred By Gender Bias

Ever since the devastating images of Chennai deluge have been flooding our television screens, with a choked-to-neck social media trying its best to fill in the gaping blan...

Women's Rights Must Be A Major Part OF Any Climate Deal

This Human Rights Day is particularly significant. In Paris, negotiators are trying to come to agreement on a global climate treaty, and a lot is on the line -- especially ...

In August's Company

This columnist may have missed out on the action for August but what a month it's been! We opened our column with Drishyam, which found remake in several Southern languages...

Cinema’s Daring Ventures

We all want to or have at some point wanted to cast aside the veil that shrouds questions pertaining to sexuality. Put the patriarchal hold on gender along with its ascribe...

Human Rights Day 2015 - Human Rights In Childbirth As A Global Movement

In May 2012, the first ever Human Rights in Childbirth Conference took place at The Hague. The conference brought together lawyers, doctors, midwives, anthropolog...