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Swati Saxena
Swati works as a researcher at a non-profit. She is interested in politics, literature, gender, and society. She has an MPhil in Development Studies from University of Oxford and a PhD in Public Health from LSHTM.
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Love marriages must be protected, for sake of lovers, societySubscriber Only
April 09, 2018 17:29 IST
Recent Supreme Court judgment states that “the human rights of a daughter, brother, sister or son are not mortgaged to the so-called or so-understood honour of the family or clan or the collective”
Mon, Apr 09, 2018
Why 2017 was a significant year for feminism in India?Subscriber Only
December 28, 2017 09:38 IST
Even the Merriam-Webster dictionary declared that the word for 2017 is 'feminism'
Thu, Dec 28, 2017
Tackling nepotism: Society, government need to level the playing fieldSubscriber Only
March 29, 2017 16:21 IST
Merit and academic/professional achievements can never exist in a classless isolation. In real world, there are no level playing fields.
Thu, Mar 30, 2017
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Befikre: What the latest Bollywood fare misses about ‘modern love’Subscriber Only
December 22, 2016 18:33 IST
The focus is on protagonists own struggle with love and relationships; there is little or no involvement of parents or for that matter even society.
Sun, Dec 25, 2016
Of bucket lists, ticket stubs: The false philosophy of latest travel trendsSubscriber Only
August 22, 2016 16:42 IST
Travel is not the only and rather seldom the means to broaden one’s horizons or change a person for the better. It is not some neatly packaged version of your personal Eat-Pray-Love.
Mon, Aug 22, 2016
From Grimm to Disney: How popular fairy tales have evolved into new age feminist anthemsSubscriber Only
July 12, 2016 13:08 IST
Disney is rewriting and completely reimagining the fairy tales with strong feminist heroines and brave young people subverting gender roles and traditional ideas of romance and courtship.
Tue, Jul 12, 2016
Revisiting Charles Dickens’ Hard Times: Narendra Modi and the myth of a self-made manSubscriber Only
May 02, 2016 15:39 IST
The rhetoric of ‘if a chai wallah can become the PM why can’t you?’ is dishonest on several counts.
Thu, Jul 02, 2020
How a silent women revolution is underway in the villages of Uttar PradeshSubscriber Only
March 08, 2016 14:41 IST
In the RGMVP model, they saw the tremendous power of the group and the strength that comes through collective organisation and therein lays the genesis of an innovative idea
Tue, Mar 08, 2016
Shani Shingnapur temple protests: Can’t worship women as goddesses and also deny them right to praySubscriber Only
January 28, 2016 11:48 IST
If religious customs are not in tune with contemporary ideas of women rights then for every one step forward there will be two steps back.
Thu, Jan 28, 2016
Sunny Leone interview: A classic case of a man silencing the woman by hijacking her storySubscriber Only
January 21, 2016 15:37 IST
Our society’s discomfort with sexuality and especially with women’s sexuality has meant that it has always tried to view sexual pleasure with guilt and shame.
Thu, Jan 21, 2016
The Ordinariness of Genius: Through the characters of Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Tamasha’Subscriber Only
December 24, 2015 09:48 IST
In 'Tamasha', Ved is supposed to be finally living his creative vision. And yet no one takes a moment to acknowledge the fact that his quest of rediscovery has no basis
Thu, Dec 24, 2015
Eunuchs in India: Through the prisms of society, history, and politicsSubscriber Only
December 17, 2015 12:00 IST
The existence of eunuchs in the society, challenges the system not only to acknowledge multiple sexes, but also to accept the idea, in myth and reality, that sex and gender can be changed within an individual’s lifetime.
Thu, Dec 17, 2015
India needs to rethink proposed changes to labour laws: Here’s whySubscriber Only
December 08, 2015 09:51 IST
NDA’s new Labour Code Wage bill may not be the best answer to boost economic productivity.
Tue, Dec 08, 2015
The End of Polio?Subscriber Only
August 27, 2005 00:00 IST
The first and last stages of an initiative are always the hardest. During the final stages of smallpox eradication, critics said that it wa...
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