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The Logic Behind India's Labour Systems Punishing Menstruating Women Resembles That Of Witch-Hunting
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (67+ words) Understand the phenomenon of hysterectomies in Beed and how its logic is the same as that of witch-hunting....
Voices From The Zenana: A Feminist Reading Of 'The Humayun Nama"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1386+ words) Dharanesh Ramesh is a native of Coimbatore and a postgraduate student of Gender and Development Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. Rooted in the belief that stories shape structures, his study and work explore the intersections of…...
To Get Justice In An Indian Courtroom, A Woman Must First Prove She Is 'Good"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (659+ words) In a 2023 custody dispute before the Delhi High Court, a mother's "independent lifestyle' and irregular working hours were used to question her suitability as a primary caregiver by the opposing counsel. She worked, and an attempt was made to punish…...
Domestic Workers And The Law That Still Won't See Them
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (439+ words) India's domestic workforce is enormous, although the numbers themselves reveal something about how little the state has attempted to count them. Government estimates put the figure at around 4. 75 million. The ILO estimates closer to 20 million. Unions and worker collectives cite…...
Beauty, Bias, And Algorithm: AI Beauty Tools And The Amplification Of Inequality In India
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (328+ words) But beneath this seemingly harmless trend lies a deeper question: if beauty is subjective, then who decides what kind of "beauty" AI produces, and how does the product it produces feel so validating? These images when created do not present…...
The 1921 Chargola Exodus: Plantation Women And The Erasure Of Intersectionality In Colonial History
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1262+ words) Feminism in India The 1921 Chargola Exodus: Plantation Women And The Erasure Of Intersectionality In Colonial History "Tea" could be considered a national drink of India. May it be a morning starter for some or just a way to take a…...
Gendered Work, Pressures Of Community Building, And The Labour Of Performing Religion
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (765+ words) While everyone enjoys the food, hardly anyone recognises the labour that goes into this process, let alone how all the work often falls on only one person. But the work doesn't end here; it's followed by rounds of cleaning, cooking…...
Beyond Abolition: Sati And The Question Of Female Subjectivity
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (348+ words) Modern scholarship tries to address this gap by bringing the woman back into the discussion. Drawing on scholars like Jyoti Atwal, Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan, and Claire Midgley, this piece attempts to rethink how the subjectivity of the immolated woman can…...
Critically Tracing'Gendered Labour In Chitra Joshi's Lost Worlds: Indian Labour And Forgotten Histories
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (515+ words) Joshi focuses on Kanpur becoming a commercially prominent urban centre, which was a large cantonment area until the middle of the nineteenth century. The cantonment area used to cover 90% of the land, and 690 acres came under civilians, eventually turning into…...
The Art Market Loves Feminism Until It Gets Disruptive
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1062+ words) In India, feminist ideas have become increasingly visible across contemporary art, fashion and popular culture, enclasped by galleries and brand collaborations. Yet, women artists continue to occupy a marginal position in the country's art market in terms of institutional and…...