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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Topic: Feminism

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Be soft, smile more, never text first—‘feminine energy’ is men’s new obsession

Uncertified dating gurus are teaching women to be suggestive, mysterious, and never loud. For some of us, this level of performance is simply unachievable. We might as well give up and become Brahma Kumaris.

Question nobody’s asking on Meghalaya murder: Why is inter-caste love a rebellion in India?

Sonam Raghuvanshi from Indore, accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, couldn’t marry the man of her choice–seemingly because her lover Raj was from the Kushwaha community.

Zubaan archive is an act of resistance. ‘Don’t be a good girl’

Zubaan Books’ expansive archival project ‘Our Stories, Our Words’, is an effort to document the “disappeared histories” of marginalised women.

How to drop the F-bomb on your first date

Feminists looking to date allies have to get crafty in an anti-women world. Welcome to the reverse Bechdel test.

Indira Gandhi to Zeenat Aman, my mother kept extensive notes on Indian women: Sagarika Ghose

I lost my mother on 15 January. Her notebooks revealed to me the restless often tortured quest that Indian women embarked on to find voice, visibility and equality.

West panic over baby bust isn’t for economists to fix. Leave it to the feminists

Wealthy countries in the West and Asia aren’t producing enough new people but are retaining existing ones longer. The question is, will this become a woman’s burden?

How feminism shaped Indian art

Mid-1900s' women artists were often exceptional presences in artist collectives with mostly male members - providing counterpoints to prevalent narratives.

New book explores unrealistic expectations women face & promotes self-compassion, empowerment

Published by Penguin India, 'How Not to Be a Superwoman' by Nilanjana Bhowmick will be released on 26th April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

I’m not happy defending Kangana Ranaut but I will—then I’ll move to fighting her on real things

Sometimes, taking the moral high ground absolutely sucks, especially when we are required to side with those we profoundly disagree with.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.