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Balancing the feminine with masculine Rubina Dilaik says 'feminism is pointless' unless a man lets his woman's identity bloom
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (23+ words) Television superstar Rubina Dilaik has shared her thoughts on feminism and the balance between masculine and feminine energies, highlighting how true feminism c...
Pride is almost here! Check out the best dating apps for LGBTQ women.
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (278+ words) We know Pride is all year round, but there is something special about the month of June. We're not there quite yet, but if you want a main squeeze for all the parades and parties, you gotta start looking now....
AIIMS doctors must terminate 30-week pregnancy of minor rape victim, says SC
1+ week, 5+ day ago (781+ words) Reiterating its pro-choice stand, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a curative petition by AIIMS doctors for reconsideration of its order to terminate a 15-year-old rape victim's 30-week pregnancy, saying it has to be the choice of the…...
Beyond The Record: Feminist Archives And The Politics Of Memory
4+ mon, 22+ hour ago (387+ words) In a small caf" after hours, a group of friends sits together. Their table is covered with paper scraps, glue, and photocopied images....
Self-Defence And Its Long History In Resistance Movements: Need For Redefining As A Feminist Political Act
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (31+ words) What are the five steps to escape danger? Stay alert, be active, react quickly, hit the weak spot, and off you go. Done. This is your "Self Defence 101", a clea...
Lessons from the Maharashtra Civic Polls: Why Progressives Need to Urgently Focus on the Booth
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (696+ words) After a six-year delay, the Maharashtra state election commission notified the local body polls in the state only after the intervention of the Supreme Court last year. The elections were held between December 2025 and February 2026. In addition to this delay…...
Voices From The Zenana: A Feminist Reading Of 'The Humayun Nama"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (753+ words) Mughal history in India has largely been seen as a great imperialist project, based on the emperor's war achievements. It always had an obsession with battles,...
Postscript: Doing Democracy, The Feminist Way
2+ week, 3+ day ago (509+ words) Earlier this year at Behan Box, we found ourselves grappling with a fundamental question: how can our journalism be more useful to the people it serves? Beyond reporting, how do we build a living, breathing community'one that includes both our…...
PM Modi's Feminist Image Is a Manufactured Myth Driven by Politics
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1190+ words) India has all of a sudden found a new messiah of women's empowerment. Who? Who else? Prime Minister Narendra Modi! While the entire Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is singing this tune, hyping up Modi's "commitment to women's empowerment", actor-parliamentarian Kangana…...
Womanhood And Love Are Political: An Analysis Of Srishti Chaudhary's Lallan Sweets
3+ week, 4+ day ago (430+ words) 'Joy is a very militant thing,' author Arundhati Roy once said. This was especially true for Indian women in the 1990s, an era when they were compelled to follow the script of being 'good' women. However, Tara Taneja from Srishti Chaudhary's…...