Historical Strands

In striking verse, how the women saints of Bhakti movement told their stories

While celebrating their devotional verses, it is important to acknowledge the inequities they battled too.

Chitra Srikrishna
· Mar 13, 2023 · 07:30 am
St Catherine of Siena to 13-year-old Aradhana: Starvation and self-denial across the ages

Are eating disorders as we know them today linked to the prolonged refusal of food, especially by girls, celebrated as miracles in medieval times?

Anu Kumar
· Oct 17, 2016 · 12:30 pm
Untangling the knotty politics of African women’s hair

Traditionally, African women wore their hair in different ways to signify class or marriage status. Now with globalisation, hair is becoming less traditionalised and more politicised.

Sharon Omotoso, The Conversation
· Oct 07, 2015 · 02:30 pm