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feminismIndianationalismsindoorIn Hinduism, sindoor is a symbol of a married woman's chastity, love and fidelity towards her husband. This potent mark inscribed on the forehead and in the parting of a woman's hair serves as a reminder of her heterosexual identity, unavailability to other men,...
20) in what they term as "governance feminism." This paper will look at the phenomenon of governance feminism and the feminist will to power through state coercion, through the case study of the legislative reforms undertaken in India in the aftermath of the protests against sexual violence in...
118 in India. Europe has had five 500-year summers in 15 years. Hell is coming. 40 degrees above normal. The poisons released by melting Arctic ice. A city of 9 million people loses water. Mexico Hailstorm Blankets Western Areas Under 3 Feet of Ice. Heatwave cooks mussels in their shell...
A guest post fromIda Roland Birkvad. Ida is a PhD student in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. Her thesis interrogates the concept of Aryanism, which she understands as a set of contingent and contradictory relations connecting India and Euro...
As with the women in India, the women of the Green Belt Movement recognized that by protecting and replenishing their natural environment, they were also laying the groundwork toward equitable economic development. Roughly during the same time that the Green Belt Movement was taking off, the Love...
As with the women in India, the women of the Green Belt Movement recognized that by protecting and replenishing their natural environment, they were also laying the groundwork toward equitable economic development. Roughly during the same time that the Green Belt Movement was taking off, the Love...
'New' Feminisms in India: Encountering the 'West' and the Rest The role of the 'west' in defining feminism in India has been the subject of many contestations and critiques. Conversing with different theorists, I look at instances of 'new' feminisms in India through initiatives such as ...
It examines what new insights emerged as sexual violence and harassment became a touchstone for naming what ails women in India, in public life and for feminist politics. The essay goes on to point out how the special focus on violence has obscured the contexts structuring and constraining ...