The Not So Holy Act Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama

April 10, 2023

What happens when the representatives of God are caught with misdemeanours and sexual misconduct. It leaves the common person wondering what to believe or disbelief? The recent case of the Dalai Lama, in a public gathering, held a minor boy on his lap and as he kissed him, he also...

The Bombshell Diva Is A Mother Too

April 8, 2023

The narrative of an ambitious woman not making a good mother is changing at a breakneck speed. As more urban women are joining the workforce, they have begun donning the role of the nurturer and the provider. Unlike the past, many mothers now have a say in the choice of...

Indian Sarees A Trend in Fashion Forever

March 30, 2023

When and why did the saree lose its lustre? Yes, the saree did become a garment less worn by the increasing number of working women in urban India. Women began choosing comfort over the whole nine yards of saree fabric. It was being worn only for special occasions. But the...

‘Dkhar’ is a slur in Shillong

March 18, 2023

It was in 1979, that the unwilling Bengalis of Shillong had to slowly start to make an exodus, out of the tranquility of the quiet hill station, that they called home. They were being referred to as the Bangladeshis or the infiltrators into the state. This neo nazi sub nationalism...

Women Army Officers Are Equally As Lethal As Their Male Counterpart

March 4, 2023

If India has celebrated warrior queens like Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi, Razia Sultan, and Rani Chennamma of Karnataka, why is it abnormal to accept women on the war front in the 21st century? The question that arises today is, why do we still only associate the armed forces with...

For The Taliban, God Is A Man

February 25, 2023

The recent ban by the Taliban on the sale of contraceptives or any device used for birth control by woman is another pushback towards the development of an entire race of the subjugated Afghan women’s rights issues. Afghanistan has not only banned the autonomy of a woman and her body...

We Need To Remove Stigma attached to disease Vitiligo

February 18, 2023

Mamta Mohandas the Malayalam film star has been diagnosed with vitiligo. After battling cancer, this is her second battle to overcome.Women suffering from life altering diseases is slightly different from a man with the same issues. It is seen that women have a far more devastating result with diseases, that...

Mutilating clitoral hood is not the rite of passage to womanhood

February 11, 2023

Female Genital Mutilation or FGM, is the greatest human rights violation. It is about the genital of a woman that is mutilated without her consent. This itself is a major crime. Unfortunately, one doesn’t have an accurate number or a report of this practice, as most of the victims are...

HIGH POTENTIAL OF THE UNSEEN NORTH-EASTFASHIONISTA

February 10, 2023

The north-eastern regions of India are a fashion paradise. Most women and men are very “with it” in the fashion scene. They take real pride in dressing up well for all occasions. However, when people think of the northeast of India, they do not think of fashion. It is known...

It is to be seen how justice will be delivered in such sticky situations, as marital rape, where marriage to date is the basis of patriarchal rules

January 21, 2023

Is there anything that is debatable or valid as the autonomy of a woman’s body? Or is this only an idea of a radical feminist movement? Must this be thwarted before it becomes an issue that society is frightened to address? The answer to these questions even today remains as...