“My mother Prof.Saroj Sood always believed that everyone deserves an equal chance to a healthy happy future,” Sood wrote in his Instagram post.

Patriarchal frameworks, operating through societal norms, organized religions and conditioning make women acquiescent and complicit in their own oppression

Should women be able to take up space on the internet? Can this be done safely? What are ways in which women can protect themselves and their communities from online abuse? On Feminist Rani this month we explored the theme of Cybersecurity –  threats, challenges, and opportunities. In a panel discussion held at St. Pauls […]

In her latest column, Kiran Manral addresses the issue of domestic violence in India and takes the example of Secret Superstar to make the point that we must raise our voice and challenge any conversations that normalise abuse. The other day the offspring went with the spouse to watch Secret Superstar. He returned, his face […]

Whether it is alright to kiss in public, and have sex before marriage.

Our perceived sense of empowerment and our vocabulary of success may be warped says Gayatri Jayaraman at the June edition of Feminist Rani, a SheThePeople concept and effort to bring contemporary views on feminism and increase dialogue on the subject. Register for Feminist Rani Gayatri breaks the myth that women who are rural, empowered and […]

Women in India’s epics have an enhanced sense of being feminist

Is India’s film industry scared of the word Feminism? Do we give too much attention to what and how our stars think? Are they really feminists if the industry is yet debating gender pay gap? Or where women surge and grow basis the choice of the Khans?  Recently Lisa Haydon who played a bold role in […]

With Wit and humour, he puts the spotlight on some key issues

Why and how all-male networks tend to form, even in the media, and asks when women will get the equivalent of an old boys’ club?