My grandmother died suddenly in early 2019. I sat by her side the night before she died, stroking her arm. In the four days after she passed, I hugged more people than I usually do in a month. In regular times, I don’t feel very comfortable with touch, but in my grief, the embraces, the …
Bhaswati Mahanta Gender, even though as a social construct, is a way to express my identity. Whereas education is a stepping stone on the path of achieving a more accepting society with less discrimination. The society in which we live has different perspectives of viewing people from different genders. Years of internalized patriarchy and misogyny …
Swastika Jajoo This article delves into the Kawaii cultural practices which have been deeply embedded in the Japanese society. These practices involve infantilization and objectification of young pupils and women. Read the article here
Ashwin Varghese For the past one year, I have been conducting fieldwork for my doctoral research, in police stations in India. This phase in my research has made me reflect more and more on the trope of ‘objectivity’ in social sciences. Reflecting back on methodology courses in my Masters and Doctoral coursework in Sociology, I …
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Male and female, The truth and the tale; Rich and poor, The victim and the doer; The haves and the have-nots Just think of the endless battles we’ve fought! Putting the other low, Won’t set the ‘Self’ aglow Keep sulking, keep shifting the blame Remain trapped in this tiresome game! Am I just my body? …
“The first time that I was exposed to people from different backgrounds and cultures was when I shifted to Pune for college. Instead of big cultural shocks, it resulted in me acknowledging how having a different environment causes minor differences in instinctive thought processes. But more importantly, that with acknowledge and reflection, we can work …
Is your campus inclusive? Is it accessible? It is gender-sensitive and gender just? Do you feel safe on and around campus? Do you think people different from you feel safe? Can you think of any measures to make your campus more compassionate? Reflect & Share Log-in Gender wants YOU to observe and reflect on YOUR …
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A Post by Meenakshi Nair Cities – arguably constructs of the human mind – are experienced by and in human bodies marked by gender, caste, race, disability, age, weight, class, and religion. These identities intersecting with one another create different bodies such as that of a healthy rich Brahmin woman or a poor Dalit man …
Johanna Rabindran I’ve spent hundreds of hours poring over floor plans, the more complicated the better. I trace the path from bed to doorstep. I squeal over open corridors and tiled balconies and rooms built around a central courtyard. I’ve designed libraries, schools, palaces, tree-houses, bookshops, gardens and toy-rooms, all for the sheer pleasure of …
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