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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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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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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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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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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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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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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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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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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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24 final: Mumbai City beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant for second Cup title
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, as it happened: MCFC win second Cup title