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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicGender norms

Topic: Gender norms

High-society fashion became gender-bending in the 1920s. It was the ‘freaking’ parties

Gender-bending fashion became first-page news after World War I. There was a circle who were keen to try out new looks, no matter how bizarre.

‘Small step, big difference’ — Rajya Sabha to introduce ‘gender-neutral’ language, drops ‘no sir’

The announcement came in response to MP Priyanka Chaturvedi's letter stating that use of 'no sir' in response to questions asked by women parliamentarians was 'concerning'.

Caring or cleaning? Distinction between nursing and domestic work is fuzzy

In Politics of Precarity, Panchali Ray writes how the nursing profession has struggled to be recognised as trained labour and not as domestic work.

On Camera

Awami League desperately needs new leadership. It’s looking for it in wrong places

What Awami League needs now is not an answer to who will succeed Hasina or even a debate on whether Hasina should return to Bangladesh, but a new leadership on the ground.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.