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#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: From sexual harassment/assault to improper adjustments

By sangeetha alwar August 5, 2019August 11, 2019 In Art, Comic Series, Culture, Humour, POLITICS 1 #metoo, #PattanhiJois 0

In March 2018, On J. Brown’s podcast, Beryl Bender Birch, one of Pattabhi’s famed students, said, “Oh my God, everybody knew!”

The Badass Women of Indian Politics : Election 2019

By Mansi Maheshwari April 29, 2019 In Art, Features, POLITICS 0 Election 2019, General Elections 0

As a young woman, I am always looking for other women whose examples I may follow. The kind of women who are badass;

Of Dynasties, Chowkidars and Bhakts: Election 2019

By Anjali Menon April 18, 2019 In Culture, Features, Intheirwords, POLITICS 0 Amit Shah, Anjali Menon 0

Walking back home, I saw an old man seated on the footpath- his eyes glued to his mobile phone. He was watching a video,

Sabarimala: How Mainstream politics Has Failed Women…Again

By Anjali Menon January 9, 2019 In Features, Intheirwords, POLITICS 0 Anjali Menon, Equal Rights 0

A day after India welcomed a New Year, it also erupted into a furore as two women, both under 50 years of age,