India’s female labour force participation rate remains among the lowest in the world. The reason is the macroeconomic environment, and unpaid work within the household.
Until the NFHS counts menopausal women, policy will not see them. And until policy sees them, the cost to their workforce participation and to the economy will remain unmeasured and unaddressed.
From Twisha Sharma to Sunanda Pushkar and Jiah Khan, India has long perfected a cruel ritual—turning dead women into the accused while the real questions fade into the background.
For generations, the work women do within the home has gone largely uncounted in national productivity measures. The Time Use Survey is an important step toward correcting that oversight.
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.
With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.
Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.
At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.
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