Rama had never thought that she would be one of those. Then again, Prakash had also seemed so…..But what was the point of thinking about all this now? Unless one was actually planning to act, over thinking things always caused trouble. And Rama did not have the courage to act.
Rama was a ‘modern’ girl, from [...]

How often have we wondered about societal innuendos? Of course, no one is to blame for what is not clearly visible to the naked eye and the filtering mind. Yes, if not peek-a-boo these deceptives are playing a game of hide and seek; cropping up here and there and then doing the vanishing act. Sometimes, [...]

Talking about vaginas is not sexy – not in the least bit. I’m not saying it couldn’t be made sexy, but we choose to keep that out and instead simply talk about them – making ourselves vulnerable, being honest, for once emerging from the forts we’ve constructed for ourselves. That fort is sexy – it doesn’t care about anything but its own defence, plays power games and cannot, will not love – loving you see, is vulnerability. That’s how it differs from admiration – to admire and to be admired involves no risk.

It was true that she liked worthless trinkets, but she could never wear 100 pounds of solid gold and live to tell the tale. If the weight did not kill her, the embarrassment would.

Gender budgeting, also known as gender responsive and gender sensitive budgeting, was first formally introduced by the Australian Government in the year 1984. But unfortunately even after twenty decades, gender budgeting as a concept and as a tool has progressed minimally, especially in countries like India where its implementation is much needed.

“Consent is not a defense- If you are 18 or elder having sex with someone under 16, it is a crime in Nevada…” Similar laws also exist in our country but how many young adults and school goers protected by these laws actually know about them?

Freedom of Expression. A much debated, analysed, construed and scrutinized issue. The press battles for its freedom, being the first to be clamped down in times of crises. A writer struggles to find the freedom to voice his or her thoughts, while trying to keep in mind the sentiments of the readers, and the state. [...]

I walked with my head down, carefully pulling the hood of my sweatshirt firmly over my head hoping to slide past people unrecognised. If there was anything I would want right now, it most certainly had to be the power to be invisible. The power to just vanish and re-appear when things seemed settled. I [...]

The construct of the “manly Englishman” of Colonial times was an idea painstakingly created in the vicinity of Oxbridge and exported worldwide in the rhetoric of imperialism and as justification for colonialism. As I type, I look around the New Bodleian Reading Room at Oxford, where I am. Several men around me are working away [...]

Prajnya organises a campaign agaisnt gender violence every year between the 25th of November and the 10th of December. Do take time to read what Prajnya is planning this year.