“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens”-Michelle Obama Michelle Obama is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world. She says it like it – coming from a simple upbringing, her comments touch people in a […]

While it may seem like a tangible problem, patriarchy is much more. It is seen, unseen and elusive and we unknowingly participate in it till we learn what it means to be complicit.

A society that prefers a male child has already condemned its women to an unequal world.

Women who defy social norms, and make their own choices are often labelled rebellious.

Dear parents, teach your sons and daughters what equality is, let them raise their voices against the wrongs and empathize with those who are suppressed.

Now the Green Gang is 14,942 women-strong and has grown beyond UP to Haryana, Delhi and even Rajasthan, says Angoori Devi.

“Should half the world’s population have a completely separate category of rights assigned to us – women’s rights? And should these rights, accorded by virtue of us being the less privileged gender, simply be a part and parcel of recognising that we too are human beings? Or do they need to go further than that to […]

The social media hashtag #MeToo has taken over everyone’s timelines. It is a sad truth that all women have felt sexually harassed or exploited at some point of time in their lives. It is not a vague generalization to say that “you can’t be a woman and not have encountered a creep.” It is a […]

Fairy tales are nothing but a society’s accumulated defiance to gender recalcitrance. As young girls, we were exposed to the realms of fantasy, magic and beauty through fairy tales or the regional versions of them, but no one seems to have looked through the purported significance of these fairy tales. Most of these fairy tales […]