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Kavita Krishnan
Kavita Krishnan is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Kavita Krishnan argues in her new book that more autonomy means more safety for women in India
An excerpt from ‘Fearless Freedom’ by Kavita Krishnan.
Kavita Krishnan
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Two women, two policemen: The Ishrat Jahan and Pragya Thakur cases are a study in contrast
By asking us to accept the fates of Jahan and Thakur, Hemant Karkare and DG Vanzara as normal, the BJP is appealing to the worst prejudices of Indians.
Kavita Krishnan
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Indefinite strike by Bihar’s ASHA workers is another reminder that they are overworked, underpaid
The ASHA unions in Bihar are demanding government employee status and a minimum wage.
Kavita Krishnan
Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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SC stays Bombay HC order that minor’s groping without ‘skin-to-skin contact’ is not sexual assault
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Civil offence for Hindus, crime for Muslims: The triple talaq ordinance is plainly discriminatory
Deserting one’s wife without a valid divorce is now a criminal offence for Muslim men but a civil offence for men of other communities. The ordinance must go.
Kavita Krishnan
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‘It’s like blackening faces’: Why I am uneasy with the name and shame list of sexual harassers
We cannot afford to throw away due process and adopt vigilantism.
Kavita Krishnan
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Period leave debate is a reminder that workplaces must provide for women’s needs
A Mumbai media firm’s offer of a day’s leave during menstruation has polarised opinion. But it is backed by cold facts and feminist scholarship.
Kavita Krishnan
Video
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Watch: Doctors suture head injury of farmer under mobile phone lights after tractor rally
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Watch: Meet Simba, the first lion cub born from artificial insemination in a Singapore wildlife park
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Watch: Massive deployment of forces outside the Red Fort in Delhi a day after tractor rally violence
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Watch: Rekha Bhardwaj, Yashraj Mukhate collaborate for a capella version of Bollywood song ‘Insaaf’
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Caught on camera: How Deep Sidhu was chased away from the farmers’ protest at Red Fort in Delhi
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Threats to Gurmehar Kaur show how politicians use the deaths of soldiers as fodder for jingoism
Soldiers and their children pay the actual costs of war, while politicians reap the harvests from those wars.
Kavita Krishnan
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After Bengaluru, this is what women should say loud and clear to men
What we need is a commitment to defending women’s unqualified, fearless freedom and a zero-tolerance policy for victim-blaming.
Kavita Krishnan
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Strange silences, skewed concerns: The heartbreaking disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed
The inaction of the police and university authorities is baffling.
Kavita Krishnan
The Reel
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Digital premiere of Tamil movie ‘Master’ on Amazon Prime Video
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Satyajit Ray at 100: Why Sharmila Tagore considers ‘Devi’ her best collaboration with the master
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Netflix acquires Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’
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‘Love Scandal & Doctors’ trailer: In AltBalaji web series, drugs, crime and murder at a hospital
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‘Aelay’ trailer: Tamil drama about an ice candy seller stars Samuthirakani, Manikandan
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A road to empathy and solidarity: A reading list on Kashmir
To move ahead, we need a new imagination.
Kavita Krishnan
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By trying to silence campus activism, education policy report is ignoring voices of India's students
The world over, student movements have been instrumental in bringing about social change.
Kavita Krishnan
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'Those who sought to defame and tarnish JNU tend to live in an echo chamber'
Kavita Krishnan's rejoinder to Amita Singh's claims that a Scroll piece tying her to a controversial university dossier were 'a figment of hateful imagination'.
Kavita Krishnan
The Field
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Hockey: India concede two goals in final quarter to go down against World no 2 Argentina
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Pant, Ashwin among four Indians in contention for newly-introduced ICC player of the month award
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Sourav Ganguly complains of chest pain again, to be readmitted to hospital: Report
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Pause, rewind, play: When Djokovic won his first Major at 2008 Aus Open to foretell his dominance
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Being locked up for months in bio-bubbles is unsustainable, says Australia’s Aaron Finch