Today I Learnt: Patriarchy Oppresses Both Women And Men

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.
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.
This lockdown as we deal with one pandemic, let’s try and take the correct measures forward to contain the other as well.
A goon in Delhi thrashed a 17-year-old girl in a mobile store, for rejecting his marriage proposal. In the CCTV footage shown as per a report by Mirror Now, one can see how the brute unleashes his wrath on the defenceless girl. The local ruffian is in custody now and has been charged under the […]
The first woman Hindu priest in West Bengal, Nandini Bhowmik is giving patriarchal society a progressive outlook. In her decade-long stint as priest, the Kolkata-based woman has solemnized weddings in a unique way. She has performed rituals for as many as 40 marriages. A Sanskrit professor at Jadavpur University, she recently solemnised her daughter’s marriage. She is […]
It is a little embarrassing to accept that I watch BigBoss and have been watching it since it started airing in India. But nevertheless, even after sense prevailed and I stopped watching television altogether, this year again BigBoss generated an ever-diminishing curiosity in me to watch it for its line-up and I did. But this […]
Meet the budding patriarchs of India- my peers, your children and grandchildren. According to the Yuva Nagarik Study, we will all make sure that this ugly ideology lives and blossoms.