10+ hour, 35+ min ago   (456+ words) In Indian art spaces, excess is not a neutral entity. When women artists indulge in art that is visually dense, colourful and layered with multiple narratives in one frame, they are often reduced to being decorative, excessive and "too much…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (157+ words) Vrat kathas shape how devotion is felt, how womanhood is learned, and how life itself is organised and gets embedded in the very texture of lived experience. Women's bodies are marked by hunger as they do not even drink a…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (736+ words) Power, Consumption And Gender: An Analysis Of Barbara Kruger's Political Art'Feminism in India Power, Consumption And Gender: An Analysis Of Barbara Kruger's Political Art Chronicling a society marked by inherent class divisions, patriarchal systems geared towards subjugation and repression of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (906+ words) Aryaa Singh is a Teaching Assistant and an MA student at Shiv Nadar University in Delhi-NCR. Her interests lie in popular culture, cinema, art and literature. Her work aims at bridging academia and creative expression, often exploring themes of identity,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (725+ words) We often treat archives as neutral records of the past, but that's not the case. Feminist scholars have pointed out that what gets stored in these archives or history is highly influenced by power. Decisions about what is kept in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (251+ words) You know, Salma, we girls are taught from childhood that having any kind of desire is a sin. It is not wrong to have any kind of experience." Every woman who is shamed for not "marrying or settling" early enough…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (175+ words) One struggles to distinguish between the two, as these differences are not representative of a female gaze because the female gaze does not exist. This idea of the gaze is not referring to the literal act of seeing from one's…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (300+ words) A poignant quote that was popularised by UK-based artist and activist Banksy says: "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable". In an age marked by disturbing cases of violence against marginalised communities, this statement holds especially true, for,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1684+ words) We wrote on a diverse variety of topics, ranging from social media and intersectional struggles, mental health, disability, queerness, and persistent caste discrimination. As the year comes to an end, let us look back at the 25 stories in 6 categories that…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago   (700+ words) It also examines the fallacies of the UN and other agencies in war zones. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize, this book is a stellar work in fiction, brilliantly documenting realities in a flat tone. A multigenerational family saga and NewYork…...