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TopicIndian women

Topic: Indian women

Dear Rajkumar Santoshi, Indian women before 1947 weren’t just wives, mothers, or rebels

Preity Zinta’s 'Batwara 1947' experience revives an old myth: that women’s lives began and ended in the kitchen.

India has changed for women, but violence has now become the norm rather than an exception

Legal equality transformed opportunities for women, but violence, conservative attitudes and unequal implementation continue to hold millions back.

India’s women face a double burden at home and at work. It keeps them out of jobs

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.

Menopause is missing from NFHS-6. It says nothing about women between 40 and 59

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.

Twisha Sharma’s death became another public trial of a modern Indian woman

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.

Indian mothers’ care, sacrifices are glorified. TUS data reveals their invisible labour

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.

What happens when ‘women’s work’ becomes a profession? It’s still men who rise

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.

Why don’t Indian women play sports? Safety concerns, lack of time

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 leads in women empowerment—gender budgeting, legal protections, Panchayati Raj

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.

Ramayana through Sita’s eyes, writing in ChatGPT era—Delhi celebrates Women’s Day with poetry

At an open-air gathering at the India International Centre, poets, writers and scholars reflected on womanhood, memory, ageing and agency across generations.

On Camera

Indian queers will settle for flower over the bouquet. No marriage equality? Recognise live-in

Live-in relationships are a conundrum for Indian law as courts build the framework case by case, often leading to more questions than answers.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

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.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

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.