Indian Feminism
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Reading list: India’s women writers who have been smashing patriarchy for generations
Meet a robust line of feminist writers from India who have been writing against male injustice since the sixth century BCE.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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How Brahma Kumaris rose from a small spiritual group in pre-Partition Sindh to a global organisation
The women-led organisation was, ironically, founded a man – Lekhraj Khubchand Kriplani, better known as Dada Lekhraj.
Zahida Rehman Jatt
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Video: Rukhmabai Raut, the woman in today’s Google doodle was one of India’s first feminists
She wrote and advocated for gender rights, particularly on issues of child marriage and women's education.
Smitha Nair
Trending
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Was Rabindranath Tagore a feminist? Read his essay ‘Woman and Home’ from 1922 to find out
May 9 marks the poet-philosopher’s 156th birth anniversary.
Rabindranath Tagore
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An Indian feminist hated the gender stereotypes in nursery rhymes, so she wrote her own
Kamla Bhasin’s rhymes tell of working moms, stay-at-home dads, and young girls who play sports just like the boys.
Suneera Tandon, qz.com
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Photographer Sheba Chhachhi on why women need their own day of solidarity
Chhachhi’s works ‘traverse early and recent feminist pathways, and engage with different durations’.
Chanpreet Khurana
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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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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Where are all the queer feminists on Wikipedia?
Women and men getting together at edit-a-thons in Delhi to fix a hole in the online encyclopaedia.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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A walk through history: The forgotten women who helped shape Delhi
Structures that are a testament to the role of women in India’s history remain anonymous or neglected.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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As Mumbai feminist group Majlis turns 25, co-founder resigns with a scathing open letter
Filmmaker Madhusree Dutta, who co-founded Majlis with prominent lawyer Flavia Agnes, has publicly announced her resignation from the trust.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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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