Feminism and Domestic Violence
This post focusses on domestic violence against women. It contains personal opinions which I’m still in the process of clarifying in my own mind, and is…
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In memory of Justice Verma: The Bill of Rights For Women
Justice Verma, who headed the Commission that laid down the blueprint for gender justice for women in India, died today at the age of 80. In his memory, here is the Bill of Rights…
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The bus from Dehradun: Trina Nileena Banerjee
(Trina Nileena Banerjee’s account of a bus journey from Dehradun to Delhi. Shared on Genderlog with the author’s permission.) “Chal game shuru karein!”…
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Interview: Kim Longinotto
A lot of people in India first heard of Kim Longinotto when she made Pink Saris, a documentary on Sampat Pal who has since become something of a celebrity. Longinotto, however,…
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The MANifesto project
On Valentine’s Day, I started something called MANIFESTO (on Facebook and Google+ The stated goal was simple: get men to declare what they would do towards a gender-equal…
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Extract: Seeing Like A Feminist
From Nivedita Menon’s Seeing Like A Feminist: On the uniform Indian family and marriage: “Here’s a story my mother tells from our own matrilineal past: her…
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The Discussion on VAW in India as 2013 Begins
Despite turmoil, and many heartbreaking events, 2012 saw free speech and violence against women (VAW) become mainstream issues in India, and the possibility of 2013 becoming a…
The Open Campus movement
The background: From the students of St Stephens College, Delhi University: Stephen’s was always a patriarchal, elite college – male-dominated and upper class – it has…
The bus from Dehradun: Trina Nileena Banerjee
The Open Campus movement
The Discussion on VAW in India as 2013 Begins
Rape: Myths and Reality
Link: RIP Lotika Sarkar(1923-2013)
Activist Usha Ramanathan wrote this beautiful obituary to Lotika Sarkar, who fought for gender justice and women’s rights and was, by all accounts, a phenomenal teacher.…
Marital Rape and Sexual Assault Law
It would appear at first glance, that the premise underlying the Sexual Assault Ordinance is what may be the most complete expression of patriarchy imaginable: the…
Ordinance versus Recommendations
Yesterday, the Indian Cabinet passed an ordinance pertaining to sexual assault and violence against women. The anti-rape ordinance has received mixed responses because of the Cabinet’s…
Art: Janine Shroff
Illustrator and designer Janine Shroff‘s drawings and paintings are curious things. Bizarre, eerie, often casually violent and frequently witty, her drawings depict surreal worlds populated by…
The Justice Verma Commission Report
Total equality in relationships, both with society and the State. Here’s a link to the Justice Verma Commission Report: http://www.scribd.com/doc/121781170/Justice-Verma-Report “Women must enjoy freedom and should…
