sangeetha alwar, Author at The Ladies Compartment

#TodayInDevelopment: Wildlife Sanctuary Land Cleared For Ram Temple’s Pink Pillars

By sangeetha alwar November 21, 2020December 4, 2020 In Art, Culture, Today In Development 0 #TodayInDevelopment, humour 2

#TodayInDevelopment is an on-going series by The Ladies Compartment in an attempt to find sense amid the craziness that is New India.

#TodayInDevelopment: Performative Activism and Police Brutality

By sangeetha alwar June 28, 2020July 7, 2020 In Culture, POLITICS 0 #TodayInDevelopment, blacklivesmatter 0

The murder of a father and son in Tamil Nadu came at the heels of unprecedented Indian participation in the #BlackLivesMatter movement after George Floyd’s death. Yet, no such solidarity for the two men murdered by Indian police.

#TodayInDevelopment: Kerela Church Dismisses Nun For Protesting Sexual Assault By Priest

By sangeetha alwar August 11, 2019 In Art, Culture 0 #metoo, #strongwomen 0

Publishing poems, learning to drive, buying a car, and supporting the protests against rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal: Kerela-based nun Sister Lucy Kalappura’s crimes against the church.