Who Gets The Chance To Celebrate? Exclusion Of Marginalised Women From The Festivals And Cultural Spaces When festivals are defined by caste boundaries, marginalised women are the first to be pushed out and excluded.

When The State Turns Authoritarian: Wangchuk’s Arrest And The Fall Of Democratic Activism The recent arrest and detention of Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA) has drawn widespread condemnation for the arbitrary nature of the arrest, raising questions about the state of democracy…

Being Feminist: Negotiating Strength And Vulnerability; Rethinking What It Means To Be A Woman Once I realised the joy and strength of female friendships, of being a girl’s girl, there was no looking back.

Mission Global Sumud Flotilla: Reports Emerge Of Activists Being Tortured While Attempting To Deliver Humanitarian Aid To Gaza The Global Sumud Flotilla continues to draw international attention as investigations and diplomatic reactions unfold around Israel's starvation of Gaza.

No POSH In Politics: Workplace Safety Denied To Party Functionaries  With Indian politics already being deemed as the dirtiest of all professions, the impact of this judgment, which prevents the application of the one law that reassures women of their dignity and empowers them to seek employment,…

Breaking Stereotypes In Children’s Literature Stories are never just stories for children. The books read early on plant ideas, form impressions, and influence who they might become.

Hunger And Abuse: How Aid And Survival Turn Into Tools Of Sexual Exploitation For Women In Gaza Women in Gaza demonstrate a larger, historical pattern that women are one of the most affected by war, whether by acts of violence or exploitation of their vulnerability.

Press Freedom Under Siege: The Adani Case And India’s Democracy How money and power are able to direct the course of the printed news, marginalise dissent, and quell voices conflicting with their interests.

Ceaseless Journeys And Invisible Lives: ‘Homebound’ As Social Commentary 'Homebound' serves as a reminder in the alleys of propaganda films; a reminder of suffering, social ostracisation and the receding back of the modern State.

Gender, Caste And Mental Health: Mood Of The Month October, 2025 To create discourse and shed an urgent light on the intersection of gender, caste and mental health, FII is looking for submissions throughout the month until the 25th of October 2025.

When Suicide Threats Become A Tool Of Control In Intimate Relationships Threatening self-harm thus becomes a tactic of “silent control”, shifting blame and emotional burden onto the partner being targeted.

Unequal Uprisings: The Gendered Costs Of Youth-Led Movements Violence against women during recent youth led movement can be seen as asserting social control over women's bodies.

Festive Season And Pink Tax: Gendered Marketplace With Huge Price Disparity The gendered burden of festive celebrations is overlooked by the romanticisation of family meals, festive decorations and overloaded schedules

The Death Of Young Woman In Jadavpur University Campus: Another Story Of Media Sensationalism Women’s bodies get policed everywhere. The news video in question has displayed numerous pictures and videos of the young student and provided a character sketch.

New UN Report Finds That Women’s Jobs Face Greater Threats From Generative AI As AI technology rapidly evolves and automation becomes an inevitable reality, the failure to implement effective policies aimed at ensuring the economic well-being of workers and addressing widening economic…

Trapped By The Indo-Nepal Blockade: Livelihood Crisis For Families On The Margins As Gen-Z-led protests in Nepal spark unrest and an emergency-like clampdown, thousands who depend on cross-border trade and healthcare are trapped in uncertainty.

Matcha Is Political: Matcha, Mockery And The Politics Of Basic Femininity Matcha becomes a stand-in for many things: effort, joy, care, attention, and taste. Each of these, when performed by women in public, becomes vulnerable to attack.

Safe Abortion Advocates Call For Urgent Action To Ensure Universal, Stigma-free Access To Services In India Members of the Alliance demand abortion to be seen not merely as a healthcare intervention but as a fundamental human right, and champion its vision for a future where all persons have the…

Why Can’t Women Just Be Still And Rest? Womanhood, in many Indian households, is first rehearsed through labour. Not only physical labour, but emotional vigilance as well.

Assam Becomes The First Indian State To Offer Indian Sign Language (ISL) As An Elective Indian Sign Language or ISL has found a way into the school curriculum in Assam. ISL has been offered as an elective subject for grade 11 by the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB).

Contraceptive Choices: The Feminist Faultline Of Women’s Economic Freedom On World Contraception Day, we must say clearly: contraception is not just about family planning, it is about freedom.

Kerala’s Grindr Case Highlights Why Age Verification Is Essential To Protect Children Online While verifying each user's age can be time-consuming and expensive, the failure to verify the ages of users on the internet, even outside of dating apps, can be catastrophic.

UK To Introduce A Legal Definition Of ‘Honour-Based Abuse’ HBA is understood as abuse which is meted out in the name of protecting or defending the honour of a family or community.

The Semiotics Of Interpellation: Althusser Through A Feminist Lens Althusser's concept of interpellation, while being central to sociological studies, has also established itself in the understanding of how gender is constructed symbolically in culture.

How Feminist Are Our Child Adventure Heroes? An Investigation Of Indian Children’s Stories Of Adventure If feminism is conceived as an ideology and movement advocating for women’s rights and equality, the answer to the provocative question, 'Is feminism dead?' is probably 'yes' for some. The…

‘Why Were Women Enslaved?’: Periyar’s Uncompromising Demand For Liberation In this book, Periyar questions the deep-rooted systems of patriarchy, caste, and traditional ideas about masculinity.

The Nepal Protests And Regime Change: The Power Of Youth Activism The protests are a blatant reminder that the youth are no longer just silent spectators but active agents demanding accountability and change through greater mobility, activism, and representation.

The Burden Of Being Brown, Female, Queer And Unwelcome Amidst Global Anti-Immigrant Protests State and institutional complicity plays a crucial role in reinforcing the hostility faced by immigrants, leaving even the legal citizens to bear the consequences of racism and xenophobia.

Sushila Karki’s Rise Signals A New Era For Women In South Asian Politics In a region where politics has long been the domain of dynasties and strongmen, the rise of Sushila Karki as the first woman Prime Minister of Nepal signals a profound shift. Chosen for her integrity, not lineage, her…

Deconstructing The Tradwife Trend: Indian Bahu And Homemaking For The Algorithm The tradwife phenomenon is marked by racial and class privilege while Indian food and homemaking influencers are shaped by caste and class stratifications.

Candy-Coloured Renaissance: Finding Feminist Joy In Aesthetic Pleasures Beyond The Male Gaze No matter how subjective joy might be, for me, it lies in window-shopping for aesthetic outfits and accessories while revelling in the pleasure of the self-admiration it would bring me.

How Did Kerala Record Lowest Infant Mortality Rate Of 5 Kerala’s efforts in addressing gaps in maternal and neonatal care to achieve lower MMR and IMR rates can be a roadmap for the rest of the country.

Who Gets To Roam Free? Bridging The Gap In Children’s Access To Public Spaces Boys often lingered on their way to school to play or talk with friends. Most girls never paused unless accompanied, and even then, cautiously

The Feminist Joy In Being Unapologetically Me My feminist joy is in choosing to take myself seriously, not in a heavy or arrogant way, but in the quiet, steady way that says: I am enough, as I am.

Jobs, Wages, Futures: How US Tariffs Push Indian Women Into Crisis Donald Trump’s sweeping 50 percent tariffs on Indian exports are shaking more than trade balances they are devastating women workers in textiles, seafood, jewellery and leather. From Tiruppur’s garment lines to Bhubaneswar’s shrimp…

Public Health Failure: Tragedy In Indore Exposes Gaps In India’s Hospitals The presence of rats in an intensive care unit, especially a neo-natal intensive care unit, of Indore's largest government hospital only shows the long road to improving public medical facilities in India.

Using Gendered Swear Words As A Feminist: Unlearning Misogyny in Profanities How can I truly be a feminist when I know I succumb to such verbally violent swear words, dripping with misogyny?

Kangana Ranaut Calls Dating App Users ‘Neech’: ‘Good Woman’ Lens, Shame And A Fight For Women’s Choice In India Kangana Ranaut calls dating apps 'degrading,' echoing the 'good woman' ideal'. Yet, they empower Women's choice in India’s patriarchal setup.

‘Param Sundari’ Review: A Tale Of Coconuts, Stereotypes, And Xenophobia In attempting to emulate 'Chennai Express' applying the same formulae over a decade later, 'Param Sundari' also delivers a 2-hour disappointment.

We Hate Indian Moms Until We Become Them We, too, are now expected to be selfless, graceful, crisis-managing multitaskers who never complain. And before we know it, we’ve become what we resented.

From Powdered Faces to Feminist Awakening: Questioning Eurocentric Beauty Growing up, I powdered my face to mimic the fair-skinned heroines of Bollywood, unaware of the colonial roots of these ideals.

Spaces Of Care, Spaces Of Solidarity: Feminist Joy In University Girls’ Hostels I've come to realise that girls' hostels in universities are spaces of solidarity, to come together and be there for each other.

Rise Of Child Labour: End Of NCLP Centres Leaves Thousands Of Children Without Support. The closure of the NCLP centres is a serious hindrance in education, safety, and dignity for the most vulnerable children.

Afghan Women Left Under The Rubbles Of Earthquake: ‘No Skin Contact With Males’ Rule Makes Survival Gendered In Afghanistan's case in particular, structural violence intersects with gendered expectations, cultural roles, and prohibitions which create an inevitable situation where women face…

The Feminist Paradox: Beauty Standards And The Resistance Within The desire to be noticed isn’t inherently wrong; it’s human. But it becomes painful when that visibility is tied to beauty, when our worth is measured against standards we didn’t choose.

Plea In Supreme Court For Trans Inclusive Education In Schools: Binary Education Marginalises Transgender Students A report published by UNICEF, underlined how girls and LGBTQIA+ children have difficulty in navigating schools, since they are often “gendered”.

The Feminist Joy In Menstrual Solidarity: Finding Comfort In Shared Stories And Spaces As a young girl navigating the awkwardness of growing up, it was my first time experiencing what the internet calls "Menstrual Bonding."

Pawan Singh Sexually Harasses Female Co-Actor On Camera: New Levels Of Rape Culture And Impunity If an actor or a professional in the media industry harasses a fellow professional, that must be the end of his career in the industry.

The Elusive Confession: Arundhati Roy’s ‘Mother Mary Comes To Me’ 'Mother Mary Comes to Me' is bold, as any memoir must be, but also paradoxical. Roy manages to be utterly confessional and yet curiously elusive at the same time.

The Gendered Face Of Climate Change: Women As Bearers Of The Greatest Climate Risk The gendered dimension of climate change is required to be addressed with inclusive and sustainable approaches to ensure equitable solutions for all socially vulnerable communities.