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Personal laws are a major challenge for Muslim women: Kadeeja Mumthas
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (251+ words) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Personal laws have been disguised as unchangeable divine words against modern Muslim women who are progressing with education and a sense of democratic rights, former Kerala Sahitya Akademi vice-president Kadeeja Mumthas said on Monday, adding that the persistence of…...
Pink Saheli Smart Card for free bus travel to be rolled out in Delhi from January
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (577+ words) NEW DELHI: There is good news for women in Delhi ahead of the New Year, as their long wait for the Pink Saheli Smart Card for free travel in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses is set to end. The Delhi…...
A life that refuses to be silent: Dhwani Patel turns challenges into courage and creativity
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (557+ words) GUJARAT: SOME lives begin with struggle. Some lives become a struggle. And some lives, like Dhwani Patel's, turn struggle into strength quietly, relentlessly, and with unbreakable courage. Born in Ahmedabad in 1990, Dhwani Pravinbhai Patel entered the world in a precarious…...
Of dance, dialogue, and devotion
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (201+ words) Chennai is home to countless sabhas, each brimming with talent and events every Margazhi season. At its core, these sabhas provide a wider platform for diverse art forms to thrive and celebrate them. The festival transcends artistic pursuits and serves…...
Punjab Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samiti polls to be held on December 14, 50% seats reserved for women
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (263+ words) CHANDIGARH: Punjab will hold the long-overdue Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections on December 14, with 50 per cent of seats reserved for women to boost their participation in grassroots governance. The elections are being seen as a litmus test for political…...
High time for intersectional feminism
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (360+ words) At the end of October, it emerged that women sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak, Haryana, had been forced to show photographic e The former two are contractual workers who have since been suspended following a complaint…...
Women hold up more than halfof Bihar’s earth
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (234+ words) Around her is a colony that hugs a highway rushing back to Patna. The highways of Bihar today all seem scripted by Pirandello'a play in search of characters. Wide strips of shining new tar, all very 21st century, but mostly empty....
Right arm, wrong choice: MHA tattoo rule puzzles Delhi High Court
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (204+ words) NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has questioned the rationale behind recruitment rules that disqualify candidates from joining the armed forces for having tattoos on the right forearm, while permitting them on the left side. A division bench of Justices…...
About and beyond women
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (318+ words) Soha Ali Khan's podcast, All About Her, doesn't fall into the typical "by woman, for women' trope but goes beyond it, with conversations that come both as a bre Soha Ali Khan's podcast, All About Her, doesn't fall into the…...
Devi Awards: Panellists stress financial independence for women
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) HYDERABAD: The stereotypes should be broken. Women should not lose their femininity in the name of feminism " that's the change I would like to see," said author and director Mrithika Santhoshini at the Devi Awards organised by TNIE on Sunday....