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By पूनम पांडे

महिला अधिकारों की जब बात उठती है तो महिलाएं क्या मांगती हैं? जाहिर है बराबरी का अधिकार। लेकिन अगर बराबरी की मांग करते-करते कोई खुद शोषणकारी की तरह बर्ताव करने लगे तो…. कम से कम कुछ मामलों में तो यही हो रहा है। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं है [...]

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Women's Bill: Empowering Gharanas, Not Women

The results of recent Lok Sabha elections have driven home the very disturbing fact that politics in India is fast becoming a family business. If this trend continues, as indeed it will unless major changes are made, India will soon find itself being ruled “democratically” by just over a thousand families who will [...]

Women less happy after 40 years of feminism

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On the long and winding road to having it all, Helen Parker is making good progress. At 27 she’s forging a career as an executive with a transport company in London, she has a [...]

My Uncle Jules

by Guy de Maupassant

A white-haired old man begged us for alms. My companion, Joseph Davranche, gave him five francs. Noticing my surprised look, he said:

“That poor unfortunate reminds me of a story which I shall tell you, the memory of which continually pursues me. Here it is:

“My [...]

Come ride the third wave of feminism

Why are feminist movements categorized as waves? Certainly there have always been individual female innovators and small groups that have accomplished great progressive acts. But the wave signifies a momentous involvement by the feminist population. And just as a wave collects sand and particles, the feminist wave picks up and includes multiple issues important [...]

Tyranny of Media: Self Regulation a Myth

"Like doctors and lawyers journalists should have statutory registration. There is no shame in it. If doctors and lawyers have a licence why not journalists?" This stunning suggestion came 62 years ago from an eminent editor-journalist, the late Mr. K. Rama Rao, in an address to an Andhra journalist conclave. It is instructive to note [...]

Pubs, Liquor Shops and Women Empowerment

Original Author – ANIL CHAWLA

Maidservants working in our locality live in a slum called S. Farm. The slum had a country liquor shop. As is usual in many such shops, the shop also had an ‘ahaataa’ (courtyard). The ahaataa is an open area with bare minimum crude furniture. Customers who buy a bottle [...]

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