If Your Partner Controls Where You Go And How You Dress, Isn’t It Abuse?
At the point when we talk about domestic violence, it’s exceptionally basic to consider actual violence, since it’s the most obvious kind. Yet, it’s not by any means the only kind. Domestic violence...
View Article“My Husband Does Not Earn. I Can’t Just Sit Around And Take His Beatings”
A medical mask tied around her ears and a surgical cap covering her head, she walked along the hospital corridors carrying medical supplies. After all, her new job demanded her to be on her toes all...
View ArticleDomestic Violence To Cyber Abuse, Life Under Lockdown Was NOT Easy For Women
TW: Domestic violence, abuse. “ The use of rape and enslavement as weapons of war MUST END!” said Widad Akrawi. Discrimination and violence against women have been persistent since times immemorial....
View Article“एक ट्रांस महिला के तौर पर सेक्स वर्क के पेशे से बाहर निकलने की मेरी कहानी”
फरवरी 2020 में मैंने हवस के बाज़ार को अलविदा किया था, क्योंकि इस दुनिया में मैं अपनी मर्ज़ी से नहीं, बल्कि मजबूरी में आई थी। मुझ जैसे लोगों को अगर चंडीगढ़ जैसे शहर में जीना था, तो मेरे पास और कोई रास्ता...
View ArticleNOT Just A ‘Family Matter’: Why Domestic Violence Is A Crisis We Can No...
When the lockdown was announced, all I complained about was how hard studying from home was. Never did I think of the women who are stuck with their abusers. That is the case for so many women across...
View ArticleUntil We Eliminate Misogyny, It’s Just Me And My Pepper Spray Against The World
I wonder if it’s just me. Every time I would step outside my house as the lockdown 2020 was partially getting lifted around June- to buy groceries or take a walk sometimes- the male gaze would make me...
View ArticleWhen Added Violence And Stigma During The Pandemic Endangered Sex Workers
TW: Abuse, violence. Indian society has been glorifying patriarchy for decades now. This has directed misogyny and violence against women under its over-hyped ‘Hindutva culture’. Our country’s culture...
View ArticleFarmers’ Satyagraha And The Unbecoming Governance Around It
“My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer.” — Brenda Schoepp Farmers are the...
View ArticleIs A Chinese Boycott Possible In Presence Of The Capitalistic Indian Bonhomie...
As written on June 21, 2020 The veracity behind the travesty of Indian borders must prevail. Else, one will be lost in the labyrinth of words spoken by the Prime Minister about Indo-China’s border...
View ArticleHow My Little Girl And I Made It Through The Lockdown
“It was just the other day that it was all just fine, no?” my little girl asks me. Since the morning, we’ve been watching a video on loop, in which a girl of about her same age breaks down completely...
View ArticleMental Health And Freedom: The Cost Of Being A Young Girl In A COVID-Struck...
The French fashion designer, Coco Chanel rightly said, “ A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” There is no doubt that no avenue is beyond the ability of women and girls. We’ve come...
View ArticleOur Lives Matter: When Will Society Stop Treating Women As ‘Service Providers’?
With the sudden hit of the global pandemic due to COVID-19 crisis, followed by a complete lockdown, the life of the common people, especially the poorer lot, like the daily wage earners, labours,...
View ArticleWhile Geeta Studies In Her Local Language, Her Privileged Peers Get To Taste...
“I want to go back to school.” “Bro, everything depends on implementation.” “Wow, so cool stuff.” If you are done with these twitter reviews of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, let’s move...
View ArticleFrom ‘Othering’, ‘Bullying’ To ‘Exclusion: Chronicling Caste Through My...
Trigger warning: Caste-based discrimination Caste is a ground for discrimination, disadvantages and distress. Although I experienced this first-hand as a child, I have only recently started...
View Article“I Am Neither And I Am Both.” My Non-Binary Story
Note: Read Pavel Sagolsem’s full story created by Mann Mela here. Mann Mela is a digital museum of stories about young people’s mental health in India. Through featuring real individuals’ stories, we...
View ArticleWho Is Self-Improvement’ For?
By Sadaf Vidha: The ‘rags to riches’ story trope is perhaps one of pop culture’s favourites, and for good reason. We want to believe that the work we do towards having a good life really counts, and...
View Article“I Am Neither And I Am Both.” My Non-Binary Story
Note: Read Pavel Sagolsem’s full story created by Mann Mela here.Mann Mela is a digital museum of stories about young people’s mental health in India. Through featuring real individuals’ stories, we...
View ArticleTowards Celebration And Pride: Why December 3rd Is Important To Me As A...
As a child, I never even knew the ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ existed. Shocking, isn’t it? But it is true. I’m not sure how much it would have mattered to me either if I’d known...
View ArticleHistory And Politics Have Caused Much Harm By ‘Queer-Coding’ Villains, Here’s...
Homosexualization of the villain or queering the villain refers to the idea of representing villains as queer people (not to be confused with ‘vilification of the queer’ where queer persons are shown...
View ArticleHow Increasing Marriageable Age Might Actually Hurt Girls In India
By Priti Patkar Over the past 4 years, I have been working closely with many adolescents (all between the ages of 16 and 18 years). Many of them had run away from their homes, primarily due to...
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