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VARIETY

| 6-minute read

Patriarchy, Schools, Molestation, Rape Culture

Bois Locker Room: When your friends can imagine raping you

The hope for change lies in the attempt to sensitise the men to look at girls and women as fellow human beings rather than as objects of prey.

Dr Yamini Shaista

VOICES

| 2-minute read

Holi, Holi harassment, Bhaang, Indian festivals

Through the female gaze: Here’s why I, a woman, love Holi

The wet shirts. The bhaang. The lascivious dancing. What? Why can't women have some fun?

VARIETY

| 3-minute read

Manoj kanti deb, Rape, Molestation, Tripura

Tripura minister reportedly gropes woman in Modi's presence: Why the PM can’t afford to remain quiet on this

It is bewildering the BJP has not sought an explanation from the minister in question, not even promised an inquiry. The party blames the Left Front instead.

@vsinghhere

ART & CULTURE

| 5-minute read

Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla, Stalking, Depression

25 Years Of Darr: How Shah Rukh Khan's 'Darr' shaped molestation, depression and love

Why did we root for a stalker 25 years ago? Because 'Darr' established a method to Rahul’s madness.

Nairita Mukherjee

@NotThatNairita

ART & CULTURE

| 4-minute read

Molestation, Vulgar, Bollywood songs, Shah Rukh Khan

10 Bollywood songs to ‘molest’ by

Statutory warning: There isn’t one

Nairita Mukherjee

@NotThatNairita

POLITICS

| 6-minute read

Vishakha guidelines, Molestation, Sexual Harrassment, Metoo movement

#MeToo: Surviving the badshah of the newsroom

Now in politics, he was once called God's gift to the press. But his real gift seemed to lie in hunting female journalists and treating them as 'prey'.

@_sabanaqvi

VARIETY

| 6-minute read

Thomson reuters report, Molestation, Rapes, Violence against women

Why crimes against women are not just a law and order problem

Most laws to protect women do not address the underlying cause of violence, that is, societal attitude towards women and inherent patriarchy.

Soumitro Chakraborty

@soumitro_c

VARIETY

| 3-minute read

Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Goat raped

8 men rape pregnant goat in Haryana: Is it time we pack men off to Mars?

We cannot afford to leave women (now, even animals) to the bestiality of men.

@DailyO_

VARIETY

| 4-minute read

Flashing, Molestation, Women's safety, Rape

As crimes against women rise, why are we stuck up on the length of the dress

A woman is not even safe in her own house, not even with the man she is married to.

Mayuresh Ganapatye

VARIETY

| 3-minute read

Railways, Mumbai Local, Viral Video, Stampede

Why it was easy to believe the Elphinstone stampede victim was molested

As cops investigate if the viral video showed sexual assault, we as a society need to ask ourselves some questions.

@DailyO_