Aditi Sharif: Recently, when I decided to log in to social media, the news and posts…
Category: South Asia
The Chewing Gum Doctrine of Pranoy Niketan
Maskwaith Ahsan: Everyone at Pranoy Niketan wore a sombre expression. A women’s conference had just been…
Moumita, Tanu, and Rape Culture: An ‘Explanation’
Aditi Sharif: Being an over-sensitive and undisciplined person, I used to avoid social media platforms as…
My Mother’s Ramadan – The Exploitation of the Women’s Labour in Indian Festivals
Moumita Alam: Scene – 1 My mother is dozing in the chair. The cuckoo’s coo and…
History, Partition, and Women: Extracts from “The Other Side of Silence”
Aditi Sharif: The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 has become an inevitable part of…
Dalit Women’s Autobiography: A Space Where Subalterns ‘Speak’
Aditi Sharif: “My Mother used to weave aaydans. I find that her act of weaving and…
Pedophilia : Another sign of social degradation and what can be done?
Rifat Zahan: Although I don’t think there is any need to give a definition, I will…
A piece of cloth neither has any gender nor any religion
Purnasha Aurora: Forcing someone to remove their hijab, and forcing someone to wear hijab- both are…
Pakistani court sentences woman to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’
WC Desk: A Pakistani court sentenced a woman to death on Wednesday after finding her guilty…