Women & Mental Health – Bell Bajao! for Behl Sisters
The case of the Noida sisters is one of great tragedy, especially for the contemporary Indian society. Several articles and publications are exploring the reasons as to why two well educated adult women would abandon society and self preservation in the solitary confinement of their home. HT CITY has criticized the general apathy among neighbours [...]
“The Weather Couldn’t Bring Down the Spirits against Domestic Violence”
Amrita travelled with the video van as a Breakthrough volunteer during the video van movement in New Delhi. In this blog, she shares her experience with how the van is received by women in college and general public in other parts of Delhi.
Who am I?
It was 13th Feb 1999, I could not sleep the whole night, kept turning from one side to other in the bed. Early morning the labor pain became unbearable, my mother in law admitted me to the nearest hospital. After number of internal examinations, medicines and injections I was put under the knife. When I [...]
What it means to 'Be A Man'
National Award winning social activist, Harish Sadani, talks about the journey from his locality to MAVA in engaging and involving men and boys in the movement for gender rights and equality.
For the women, the valley is no paradise!
Rhythma Kaul recounts a few memory flashes from her childhood spent in the Kashmir valley.
'Marching on a Mission' – A Photo Essay on Delhi Queer Pride Parade 2010
Keeping in with the tradition of IST (Indian Stretched Time), the march started at 4 when it was scheduled for 3 in the Sunday afternoon of 28th November, 2010. Feathery masks, banners, whistles, rainbow flags and scarves and lollipops consoled our punctuality and patience. The march began in great splendour and the aura of excitement [...]
The Barricades in the Bourgeoisie
A life in the educated, peaceful upper middle class family in the urban area, more so, in the country’s capital will seem to so not be the focus of any feminist study. After all, you see little girls being welcomed into the family with expensive pink cradles as there would have been blue ones for [...]
'Mein Kampf' with Feminism
Are women today retrograding back to the societal ways of the Victorian era?
"Killing me softly with his song"
Does a girl have to face fewer challenges than a boy in terms of studies, career and finding a job? Then, why this extra challenge of equipping herself to face another human being?
Marji, my role model
Read Makepeace’s entry for Women’s Web’s ‘My Favourite Female’ contest, where she writes about a female “fictional” character who inspired her to be herself and beyond the convention.
