Women's Narratives
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How three 18th century ‘deviant mothers’ defied social norms in their novel writing
Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Smith, and Mary Robinson’s novels feature defiant heroines who resist the tyranny of forced marriages and indifferent parents.
Aditi Upmanyu, The Conversation
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Sangita Jogi is part of a family of manual labourers. This is what the book of her art says
In ‘The Women I Could Be’, draws the lives she imagines.
Urvashi Butalia
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‘Why Loiter?’ Ten years have passed since the seminal book on women alone in cities was published
A personal account of walking in India’s cities and re-reading ‘Why Loiter?’
Anandi Mishra
Trending
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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‘No educated person will vote for the BJP. What is the point of studying if we do not get jobs?’
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This new book contains 40 simple lunches that will keep children energetic at school
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View from the Margins: A Miya poet on how Hindutva's rise has scarred his community
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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Meet six wise women who shaped the development of philosophy in the West
Recalling the wisdom of ancient women both expands our view of history and reminds us of the gendered elements of modern complex thought.
Dawn LaValle Norman, The Conversation
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Meet three female philosophers you have probably never heard of in the field of big consciousness
We have to ask ourselves why the philosophical ideas of Mary Calkins, May Sinclair, and Hilda Oakeley have been largely forgotten.
Emily Thomas, The Conversation
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Why an Indian girl chose to become an American woman
‘India failed women and India failed me.’
Abhinanda Bhattacharyya, qz.com
Video
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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‘Never marry a poet’: A Pakistani feminist on the dangers of the hypocritical intellectual male
Attiya Dawood’s ‘Sindh ki Aurat Sapney Sai such Ta’ debunks an intellectual’s separation of the mind and the body, the personal and the political.
Asad Alvi
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‘It’s totally worth it’: Experiences of women who breastfed their children while at work
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Scroll.in speaks to three women about how they manage their babies’ feeding schedules around work.
Neha Bhatt
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Why this literary heroine could never chill, and why you shouldn’t either
You are drawn to Jo March not because of who she was but because of who you are.
Manasi Subramaniam
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Equals in the jungle, Colombia's women guerrillas brace themselves to go back to a patriarchal world
Demobilised women guerrillas may struggle to enjoy equality once they reintegrate into civilian life in society known for its machismo.
Anastasia Moloney
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International Women's Day: A Hindi tract with feminist ideals from a time before feminism was known
'Seemantini Updesh', written anonymously and published in 1882, talks to married women about issues such as widow remarriage and female sexuality.
Mrinal Pande
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A campaign reminds us of the missing person on the director’s chair
52 Films by Women asks its users to pledge to watch a film by a woman every week. How does India measure up?
Damini Kulkarni
The Field
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Football: Odisha FC to compete in the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals