gender
The making and unmaking of a star
On the life and times of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first social-media celebrity.
Laxmi Murthy | Jul 26, 2018
Questioning Sairat’s politics
The caste and gender dynamics of Nagraj Manjule’s ‘Sairat’.
Firdaus Soni | Jul 25, 2016
Of love’s austere and lonely offices
The film Aligarh has ruffled the feathers of conservatives within and outside Aligarh Muslim University.
Samiya Javed | May 26, 2016
Women in labour
What are the implications of the rise in commercial surrogacy in India?
Vrinda Marwah | Mar 30, 2015
Of nymphs and flowering trees
Female rites of passage – Ramanujan’s Kannada tales and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Lora Tomas | Mar 20, 2015
Campus gender politics
Students at Indian universities demand better gender sensitisation.
Asmita Das | Feb 20, 2015
Cinematic dissent
A new book on dissent in Southasian film highlights the gender, class, caste and religious fractures of the region.
Jyotika Virdi | Dec 12, 2013
Castes and moulds
Abha Sur exposes how caste, class and gender prejudices continue to shape Indian science.
M V Ramana | May 05, 2013
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Politics and the Hindi press
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Caste, sexuality and tawaif subcultures in postcolonial India.
