The professor at Government Arts College, Ooty says the authorities have been working in cahoots with her harasser to prove her wrong. She was even transferred out of the …
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Factory-Made
A critique of our education system which aims to create grade-oriented, obedient academic robots instead of creative, thinking individuals.
The First Question
A poem about how the first question someone asks when a crime against a woman takes place is always aimed at the woman herself.
Iran Feels the Wrath of a Movement Held Down For Too Long
The death of Mahsa Amini unleashed outrage at the government's treatment of women that had long been simmering beneath the surface.
New Report Sees Law Enforcement Agencies’ Role in Furthering Hate Crimes in India
"There is a clear pattern which suggests that incidents of hate crime against religious minorities have occurred largely in BJP-ruled states," the report by the US-based NGO CMRI adds.
Sajid Khan: How Men Evade Accountability
This vindication of Sajid Khan with his return to public life in the ongoing season of Bigg Boss is proof that accountability is rare for men in a deeply …
A Rape Survivor’s Memories II
'In the memories of her adolescence / A desperate fly always tries to fly...'
With Netflix’s ‘Ancient Apocalypse’, Graham Hancock Has Declared War on Archaeologists
The new ‘docuseries’ makes grand claims about our ice age ancestors. Here’s why you should proceed with caution.
COP27: One Big Breakthrough but Ultimately an Inadequate Response to the Climate Crisis
The big news of COP27 was agreement to establish a fund for ‘loss and damage’. But many lamented the summit’s overall outcome, saying it falls short of a sufficient …
How Women Holding Flowers Held Japanese Courts to Account
For a protest movement to succeed, it must fit within the cultural landscape of its environment.