Is marriage, as BJP MLA Vikram Saini implies, a political tool? One that could now be used by non-Kashmiri men wanting to marry 'fair-skinned Kashmiri girls'?
...Full StoryCrimes against women in India are spiking. Yet, instead of controlling men, society casts a severe eye on what the woman was wearing and who she was with. It's time we stopped listening.
...Full StoryShahid Kapoor-starrer 'Kabir Singh' highlights toxic masculinity. It is a big hit. It was liked not just by men, but by women too, many of whom are comfortable with the Kabir Singhs in real life.
...Full StoryWhy do advertisers assume that only men can enjoy sports and that women abhor the idea of their partners prioritizing the World Cup over them?
...Full StoryThe state of Bengal is on edge with different political factions violently targeting each other and civilians becoming cannon fodder. Even Imran Khan's Tagore gaffe didn't make Bengalis laugh.
...Full StoryThe CM is acting as the political, moral and cultural ambassador of a ghost community that has been forced out of its crumbling state long ago. The Bengalis who are everywhere but in Bengal.
...Full StoryMarriage may seem outdated but is the idea of love and romance too?
...Full StoryWhy I am filled with dread in Bengal today. By a broken statue. A riot in the street. Packs of local criminals turned netajis. Will my freedom as a woman in West Bengal soon die?
...Full StoryOpen relationships are quite in vogue, I am told these days. And, yet something snaps in me when the word ‘nice’ is used to describe the woman he is ‘cheating on!’
...Full StoryIs the real problem over letting women into barred holy places actually allowing the sexes to mingle? And perhaps to forget the purpose of visiting a holy place? What is that purpose anyway?
...Full StoryLet’s get real. Family values are a joke. Wives in India are treated as slaves. For sex and more.
...Full StoryWhether it's female film stars or a celeb neta like Priyanka Gandhi, we are scared of strong women who challenge stereotypes. Isn't that why we force female netas into only 'decent Indian clothing'?
...Full StoryIn India, out of 1000 marriages, only 13 result in divorce. But given the abysmal state of the lying-cheating-beating Indian shaadi, this is simply sad news.
...Full StoryThis model of class-impaired, so called 'feminist' rhetoric either divides women on socio-economic parameters or homogenises them into a universal, faceless, 'sex ki bhuki' matrix. Either is deeply insulting and totally false.
...Full StoryCan Apsara Reddy be a champion of mainstreaming the marginalised and changing the gender game, for both Rahul Gandhi and the Congress?
...Full StoryMy heart was broken for doing what I always have. Loving too hard. And searching for such love.
...Full StoryWhile the feminist-activist may think she is insulting Rahul Gandhi with her taunt-tweet on sex, she may just be winning him more brownie points.
...Full StoryIs Professor Kanak Sarkar a symptom of a rampant desi mard chauvinism that wants a virgin to wed, and other women to molest outside the homestead?
...Full StoryInstead of talking about how they overcame PCOS, depression or domestic violence, the latest social media trend is making women look back at their old hairstyles or lip colour. That is only one reason why I am staying out of the #tenyearchallenge.
...Full StoryThe book explores the artistic and ideological journey of a Marathi thespian, and the price he had to pay.
...Full StorySince when did the City of Joy become the City of Bhoi (fear) for lovers?
...Full Story‘My husband was impotent, he sexually abused me. Then, my in-laws took me to a guruji...’
...Full Story[Book extract] If sex is available easily, there’s nothing wrong in a woman lusting after it, not waiting for emotional connect.
...Full StoryWhen will we begin asking serious questions about a case full of loopholes?
...Full StoryWhy do we, women, not articulate our likes and dislikes when it comes to sex? Why are we always the provider?
...Full StoryThe visual orgy begins with the overpowering voice of a man spelling out BDSM for beginners.
...Full StoryBe it on a crowded street corner or a deserted highway. Or in the darkness of our own bedrooms.
...Full StorySpare us the look of pity or the compelling need to find us a partner.
...Full StoryThe beauty and fashion industry is made to balance itself on the idea of being thin.
...Full StorySex remains largely hush-hush and filth mostly in our minds.
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