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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The British government is offering farmers a lump sum payment to quit agriculture
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Amid the Ukraine war, India is replicating what it did when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
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A mysterious threesome in ‘Haraamkhor’ director’s new film
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19th-century letters between two sisters reveal early records of avian life in Madras
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How India missed the bus – and why we must catch up now
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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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Watch: Naturalisation ceremony of new US citizens held at the Stonewall monument during Pride month
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Watch: Iraq’s all-amputee football team is on a mission to restore morale to its players
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‘You’ll have to bear with me for the next 50 years’: Shah Rukh Khan celebrates 30 years in cinema
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Watch: UK’s viral sensation ‘Dancing Grannies’ show off their bhangra moves
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Eco India: How cigarette butts can be deadlier than most plastic waste
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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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Start the week with a film: ‘So Long, My Son’ and China’s warped development
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A mysterious threesome in ‘Haraamkhor’ director’s new film
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Watch: Ranveer Singh tests his survival skills with Bear Grylls in Serbia
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Did a Marathi film released in May predict the current political crisis in Maharashtra?
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‘Shamshera’ trailer: Ranbir Kapoor plays a rebellious bandit in period drama