Women may enter the workforce in large numbers, but evidence from multiple sectors shows that participation does not automatically translate into leadership or economic power.
The 43-page report, titled ‘Attitudes towards women’s sports, sportswomen and women in India’, was launched by BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla in New Delhi.
India is gradually moving toward a model where development is not simply delivered to women, but is rather designed and driven by them. Indian women are innovators and community leaders.
At an open-air gathering at the India International Centre, poets, writers and scholars reflected on womanhood, memory, ageing and agency across generations.
Ruhi Tewari's book 'What Women Want: Understanding the Female Voter in Modern India' is a portrait of Indian democracy that sees women as its most ambitious stakeholders and perhaps even its kingmakers.
Kapila Vatsyayan, who died on 16 September 2020, was the architect of cultural institutions from IGNCA to the Central University of Tibetan Studies. She advised Nehru, Indira, and Rajiv Gandhi.
In 'Framing Portraits, Binding Albums', edited by Shilpi Goswami and Suryanandini Narain, dwells on the importance of family photographs and their visual omnipresence in our daily lives.
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.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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