Elections 2018: Number of women MLAs down to 9% from 11% in 2013-’14

There are only 62 women among the 678 MLAs who won in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.

Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 14, 2018 · 11:16 am

Video Series: Why Malati Devi Choudhury feel like a school student while drafting the Constitution

Episode 5: Malati Devi Choudhury fought a less visible but important battle to ensure Dalits, tribals and women were given equal rights in an independent India.

Smitha Nair

· Feb 04, 2018 · 08:45 am

Video series: Leela Roy inspired an entire generation of women in Bengal to embrace active politics

Episode 4: Leela Roy was a force to reckon with in an undivided Bengal and her role in rescuing women and refugees in the Noakhali riots is noteworthy.

Smitha Nair

· Feb 03, 2018 · 08:30 am

Video series: How Hansa Mehta influenced the words in the UN Declaration of Human Rights

Episode 3: “She was responsible for changing the wording in the UN Declaration of Human rights from human rights for men to human rights for all people.”

Smitha Nair

· Jan 26, 2018 · 04:00 pm

Video series: How Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit became the voice of Indian democracy on the global stage

Episode 2: “No one had stepped up to talk about Britain role in World War II in that language. And I think her voice mattered a lot in that context.”

Smitha Nair

· Jan 26, 2018 · 08:45 am

Video series: The story of Dakshayani Velayudhan, one of the women architects of the Indian Republic

Episode 1: She was the only Dalit woman to be elected to the Constituent Assembly and one of the 15 women to have left their imprint on the Indian Constitution.

Smitha Nair

· Jan 25, 2018 · 04:22 pm