In her latest book Why I Am a Liberal: A Manifesto for Indians Who Believe in Individual Freedom Sagarika Ghose argues why it is so important to renew the meaning of Indian liberalism with new energy. An excerpt: Politics remains such a closed bastion of male networks and so old-fashioned in consigning women to the […]
Yesterday, India lost one of its most influential political figures, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former Prime Minister and an influential leader of the Bhartiya Janta Party. Vajpayee (93) died at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi on 16 August. The revered politician’s death saw many from the fraternity grieving the loss. PM […]
Journalists in India are under threat more so the female journalists who are rampantly targeted on various social media sites. Online abuse, threats, trolls, WhatsApp messages and at times, even offline intimidation – it is continuous harassment for some of the country’s most outspoken scribes. Worse, it’s gendered and reeks of misogyny. Author and columnist Bachi […]
How does it feel to be perennially trolled for having an ideology, belonging to a religious group or just being bold? The women we talk about here are the ones who have pushed the boundaries not just for themselves but also the coming generations. Political journalist Sagarika Ghose, entrepreneur Nazia Erum and activist Gurmehar Kaur are […]
“Indira Gandhi’s assassination was a baptism by fire for my generation. When I was researching, everyone I spoke to remembered what they were doing when Indira Gandhi died,” Sagarika Ghose told SheThePeople.TV’s founder Shaili Chopra about her new book on India’s only woman Prime Minister. “It is important for women to put their views out there […]
The year 2017 which marked the centenary year of India’s first and only woman prime minister also witnessed Sagarika Ghose’s biography on Indira Gandhi. Indira: India’s most powerful Prime Minister took book lovers by storm for its no holds barred portrayal of the iron lady of India. And will remain a book which put forward […]
She was james bond in khadi. She was India’s first political supremo. Indira’s politics is what has shaped India’s current wave of leadership style says author and journalist Sagarika Ghose. In her book, Indira Gandhi: India’s most powerful Prime Minister she presents a nuanced portrait of the first woman Prime Minister of our country. Sagarika articulates […]
Sagarika Ghose’s spellbinding portrait of Indira Gandhi excavates both the Iron Lady and the flesh-and-blood woman. Here’s an extract from the book.
Soap brand Vivel is the latest one to become a part of the feminist movement and has recently come up with a video titled ‘Ab Samjhauta Nahi’ (No more compromise). The video aims to inspire women to value their own opinions and dreams, challenge status quo and therefore maximise their potential and live a fuller life.
A man in the 250 strong audiences got up to say this to our panel. “I have left a session with Shashi Tharoor and come to listen to you. He is talking of the past, while you all are about our future. For the sake of my daughter I want to listen to the new […]
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