Tag: feminism
From a caste symbol to a national icon: why more young women are discovering Ambedkar
For decades, Ambedkar’s legacy was read almost entirely through caste. Now, young women across caste lines are finding another Ambedkar — the one who fought for the Hindu Code Bill and women’s legal equality. This piece asks what that discovery means, and where it can go wrong.
Chanda Kochhar and the Fallacy of Capitalist Women Empowerment
Chanda Kochhar had been an icon of capitalist women empowerment for a long time. Her fall shows the hollowness of the oxymoron.
Triple Talaq ban won’t end Muslim Women’s Agony
A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court banned the instant triple talaq, a rarely practised form of divorce by a small section of Sunni Muslims, after delivering a split 395-page […]
