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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicWomen in India

Topic: Women in India

Who was Ramabai Ambedkar behind the songs & statues? She suffered, sacrificed, snapped back

Ramabai’s early death on 27 May 1935 stoked the mythology around her. To many Dalits, she is Ramai but to Ambedkar, she was Ramu— ‘What if you had not found these orders of poverty sweet?’

Witch hunts have a new victim—married women

A survey on witch hunts in Bihar found that almost half the women they spoke to were accused or attacked due to jealousy over their financial status.

More women migrated into India in 2020 while more men left, finds UN report

World Migration Report 2024 by Organisation for Migration, a UN body, also found that India was largest recipient of remittances & 2nd-biggest source of international students.

Rising women’s participation in workforce likely led by distress not economic growth, says study

Self-employment among women was up 14 percentage points to nearly 65% between the quarter ended June 2018 and the quarter ended December 2022, according to the report.

Indians are growing fatter, and the problem is biggest for wealthy women, shows NFHS data

An analysis of NFHS data shows that obesity is more prevalent among women than men. Income, age, and regional differences appear to play a weighty role too.

‘They don’t want to marry him, they want to be him’ — What Shah Rukh Khan means for women in India

In a new book, economist Shrayana Bhattacharya uses the career of SRK to emphasise the barriers that prevent women in India from stepping outside the home and into the workplace.

Guddan, Mayuri, Molkki, Imli — Hindi TV series are finally doing something revolutionary

Hindi soaps have long resisted reality and lived in their havelis with kilos of jewellery. That’s changing now because news has gotten so bad

On Camera

Hrithik Roshan & Jr NTR in Janaab-e-Aali is exactly what a dance-off should not be

Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.