Ashwin Varghese Having been a student of humanities and social sciences in higher educational institutions in Delhi for over a decade, I have become acutely aware of how gendered our classrooms are. The perception of colleges and levels of degrees as being suitable for certain genders was very common during my college years. Looking at …
Zobia Salam The flaming red of the headscarf matched the defiance of her pointed finger, as Ayesha Renna, a student of Jamia Millia Islamia sent out a clear message to the Delhi Police personnel attacking her male friend – no. Ever since, she and female students across universities in the country have become the defining …
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Vishakha Singhania Vishakha Singhania Research Scholar in the field of Spiritual Communication and Corporate Feminism at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.
Ashwin Varghese A time use sheet, when filled reflectively, can be a potent tool to learn about gender and privilege. I was privy to this exercise during a WISCOMP workshop on Gender and Higher Education held at Kanya Maha Vidyala, Jalandhar. Time-Use Surveys are a methodological tool deployed to decipher in detail the daily activities …
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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? …
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 …
Swastika Jajoo [This poem was first performed at a TEDx talk that I had the opportunity to give at Tohoku University, Japan. The full talk can be found here I am seven, or younger. My grandmother tells me a story. The words slowly work their way into the little world of a little girl. I …
Johanna Rabindran Although, technically speaking, all humans eat food, the practices related to cooking, eating, and feeding are deeply embedded in culture and identity. Politics and power are reflected in food practices (the vegan movement, the beef ban, malnutrition, and so on). In The Anthropology of Food and Body, Counihan argues that as a site …
Rashmi Chakravarty Ramayana, the epic Hindu mythological tale holds a revered and prestigious position in not just India, but also in several other countries, like Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Laos etc. And while Valmiki” Ramayana, probably the oldest one, continues to be the most famous one, it is by no means the only one. Several other …
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