Jab We Met…..
After months of cajoling, conspiring and counting almost 1/3rd of our 1996 batch from Loreto Convent Ranchi met for a two-day reunion at the Angsana resort in Bengaluru on the […]
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Et Tu Rustom?
Swati Parashar The art of filmmaking is not on its last legs; it is dead and buried in India. Just because a few good films come out in a few […]
Bearing Witness and Forging New Alliances
The unmarked grave (photo by author) Swati Parashar It is International Women’s Day yet again and lunches, dinners, speeches, rebukes and achievements of women galore are visible from across the […]
FREE MINDS, RAGING HEARTS AND HOPEFUL SPIRITS
With Dr. Alpha Furbell Lisimba by Swati Parashar Madam Deputy Chancellor, Dr Christine Nixon, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Global Engagement) Professor Abid Khan, President of the Academic Board, […]
When Manto never leaves us…..
Source: Iqbal Hussain by: Swati Parashar I stare at the phone yet again, looking at the messages we have exchanged during the last few weeks. It seems like a […]
A Journey to Feminism
Sofia Summer Jaquiery (Monash University) My time as a self-proclaimed feminist is short, although I believe I have always aligned myself with feminist values. I was born in Singapore, and […]
Why we need more men talking about violence.
COURAGE Image credit: Erum Jafar Siddiqui Violence is something rarely discussed but so endemic. Violence against women and children has become the norm; accepted as human nature. What we have […]
On Father’s Day
Artist: Ty Agha It is not a day of celebration for me, but a day to ask questions, to deeply reflect on your role in my life. Am I […]
And one for the Mrs…
Photo source: http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/journey-through-india by Ruchira Garg The cleaning lady wanted me to fill some forms for her so that she could get an identity card for working in the apartment. […]
On Violence: a call toward absolute vulnerability
The promise of absolute vulnerability Elina Penttinen I have had the pleasure to engage in conversations with feminist IR scholars, who are passionate about studying women, violence and war. In […]
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