In our contemporary times, it is precisely the complex histories of militant anti-capitalist women’s movements that are erased with the easy utterance implied in the phrase “Happy Women’s Day.” To put it simply, the overused “Happy Women’s Day” has become a symptom of a political erasure – the erasure of complex histories of women’s participation […]
With ‘normalcy’ slowly limping back to Kashmir after around seven long months, the ghosts of what has been happening and what recently happened in Kashmir will continue to haunt the women of Kashmir. The women here not only deal with the societal issues, but also get an ever-rising share of grief due to the conflict, […]
A recently released Oxfam report informs, women and girls perform 3.26 billion hours of unpaid carework each and every day – a contribution to the Indian economy of at least Rs 19 lakh crore a year, which is 20 times the entire education budget of India in 2019 (Rs 93,000 crore). At the same time, […]
A survey conducted by the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), and Gender at Work, found that over a third of all respondents working in media houses have experienced sexual harassment at their workplaces, and a large percentage of them had never attended a training workshop on sexual harassment, as required by the law. […]
On 6th February, a group of men barged inside the premises of Gargi College, a women’s college in Delhi, shouting Jai Shri Ram. Many of the students alleged that they have been molested and harassed by these men. However, what stood out was not this assault on the idea of security within the premises of […]
In this essay, the author Aniruddha Dutta, explore trans-queer community spaces far away from the metropolitan cities, their relative invisibilization, and discusses their purposes, their histories, and highlight the often unacknowledged labour behind their sustenance. The last months of the previous decade ended with a flurry of LGBTQIA+ pride walks in not just metropolitan […]
রোকেয়া সাখাওয়াত হোসন, একজন বাঙ্গালি লেখক, চিন্তাবিদ, সামাজিক কর্মী, নারীবাদী, এবং ব্রিটিশ অধিকৃত ভারতীয় উপমহাদেশে নারীশিক্ষার অন্যতম পথিকৃৎ। তাঁর জন্ম এবং মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী উপলক্ষে তাঁকে সম্মান জানাতে “কলমের আঁচড়” কাটছেন সামসুন নিহার। “সোনার পিঞ্জরে ধরে রেখো না আমায়, আমারে উড়িতে দাও দূর নীলিমা।” মুক্তির এমন আকুতি একবিংশ শতকের বিশ্বায়নের কালে বসেও আমার মনকে শিহরিত […]
“And it wasn’t my fault or where I was or how I dressed. The rapist was you. The rapist is you. The Judges, The State, The President”. Thousands of women in Santiago, the capital of Chile, chanted these slogans in a choreographed performance that went viral. Pramod Gupta writes about this viral video – its context and politics, in the backdrop […]
The primary criticism regarding the Transgender Person’s bill is about the certification, where sex reassignment surgery (SRS) becomes mandatory for being identified as transgender. There is a fundamental misconception and rampant ignorance underlying this: gender isn’t supposed to be determined by what is there between our legs. Gender is not sex. Gender is performative; it […]
A group protesting the rape of a girl in Unnao by the BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, the attacks on her and her family, and the murders of witnesses in the case, were arrested by the police in Kolkata on August 7. A GroundXero report. The protest rally under the banner ‘Unnao-er Pashe Amra (We […]
বহু প্রতিক্ষীত আকাশধোয়া বৃষ্টিতে ভেসে যাচ্ছে শহরের রাজপথ। মানুষের ভিড়, ব্যস্ত ট্রাফিক সব কিছুকে তুচ্ছ করে গভীর চুম্বনরত এক সমকামী যুগল। পথচারীদের কৌতুহলী দৃষ্টি, ঈষৎ ভ্রূকুঞ্চন পাশে সরিয়ে মিছিলে হাঁটতে থাকা সহযোদ্ধাদের উল্লাসধ্বনি মনে করিয়ে দেয় আমাদের দেশে ৩৭৭ ধারা উঠে গিয়ে সমপ্রেম স্বীকৃত। সমকামী, রূপান্তরকামী মানুষদের নিয়ে আয়োজিত মিছিল, অনুষ্ঠান ও আলোচনাসভার মধ্যে দিয়ে […]
This piece discusses the recent sexual harassment allegations against a popular political figure in Kolkata’s student-youth spaces of activism. Engaging with the political concerns which came up in the context of this event, Jigisha Bhattacharya addresses the gendered nature of Kolkata’s universities and activist cultures, while focusing particularly on Presidency University. Simultaneously, she explores the […]
ভারতে সমকামী, রূপান্তরকামী মানুষদের আন্দোলন ক্রমেই সঙ্ঘবদ্ধ হয়েছে, বিভিন্ন অধিকার ছিনিয়ে এনেছে ও তথাকথিত মূলস্রোত বাধ্য হয়েছে সমাজের নানা ক্ষেত্রে তাঁদের স্বীকৃতি দিতে। দেশের নাগরিক হিসাবে নির্বাচন প্রসঙ্গে এই মানুষদের ভাষ্যগুলি জানা প্রয়োজন হয়ে পড়ে –লিখছেন সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তী। দেশের সমকামী, রূপান্তরকামী সম্প্রদায়ের দীর্ঘ কয়েক দশকের আন্দোলনে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলির ভূমিকা, অধিকাংশ প্রান্তিক, সংখ্যালঘু সম্প্রদায়ের মতো এই সম্প্রদায়ের […]
Dozens of Mumbai-based groups condemned and protested the “clean chit” given to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment scandal that has rocked the judiciary. A GroundXero report. Complaint and Proceedings An affidavit submitted on April 19 by a former employee of the Supreme Court (SC) alleged that the sitting Chief Justice of India […]
Women at RIE Bhopal have been demanding an extension of curfew timings, clean water on campus, 24*7 library access, resignation of the Chief Warden, and more. A GroundXero report. The Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal, is a constituent unit of NCERT, and is responsible for training teachers from five states and two union […]