‘Why does the city belong more to men?’ — how Indian women are reclaiming public spaces
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‘Why does the city belong more to men?’ — how Indian women are reclaiming public spaces

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

   
Women Walk at Midnight group amid the brightly lit Paharganj streets | Zenaira Baksh/ThePrint

Women Walk at Midnight group amid the brightly lit Paharganj streets | Zenaira Baksh/ThePrint

‘Good girls’ don’t go to Delhi’s Paharganj at night. ‘Go home!’ is what they hear

A group of women walks around Paharganj market at midnight to reclaim the streets and revel in the freedom that men take for granted. Read Zenaira Bakhsh‘s report.

Mizoram CM-elect Lalduhoma: Ex-cop quit IPS at Indira’s request, 1st MP disqualified for defection

In 1984, ex-IPS officer Lalduhoma was tasked with negotiating peace with MNF, then a militant outfit. Today, his Zoram People’s Movement has trounced ruling MNF & is all set to form govt, reports Sourav Roy Barman.

A big-ticket wedding for BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi’s MLA son & IAS fiancée — 4 cities, 3 lakh invites

Over 1.5 lakh expected to attend nuptial events of Bhavya & Pari. Card-and-‘peele chawal’ invites to go to all in family’s Adampur seat. BJP leader visits 86 villages to extend personal invites, reports Sushil Manav.

Modi’s popularity stronger now than any point in 1st term. 10 takeaways from election results

Congress’s inability to expand its base while BJP does so, relative absence of Hindutva in campaigns & Congress still being unable to match BJP in direct contest are among key takeaways, writes Shekhar Gupta.

Animal didn’t even get biology right. Vanga fanboys are mansplaining periods to women

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Ranvijay Singh doesn’t need a sanitary pad. He needs a diaper, writes Shubhangi Misra.

How do you tour a state and miss the BJP landslide? Congress believed its own propaganda

Only one thing unites the BJP’s victories in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and it has very little to do with the local factors that are now being trotted out, writes Vir Sanghvi.

2024 isn’t about north vs south. See BJP’s limitations & do the maths

India’s political geographies display BJP’s strengths & vulnerabilities. Nobody understands this better than BJP and it is because of this hard-headed realism that it keeps winning, writes Shekhar Gupta in this week’s ‘National Interest.’