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Rama Srinivasan
The writer is a Marie Curie postdoctoral Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the author of Courting Desire: Litigating for Love in North India
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Dear Editor, I disagree: I am a German citizen. Engaging with the far-right isn’t so simpleSubscriber Only
March 06,2025 07:10:34 AM
The biggest problem with progressive parties isn’t that they haven’t spoken to the right, it’s that they haven’t underlined their commitment to universal human rights.
Thu, Mar 06, 2025
‘False’ dowry cases are not evidence of feminism gone rogue — they only show that India’s justice system is failingSubscriber Only
January 13,2025 16:42:35 PM
Women may be more predisposed to use provisions such the section 498A against fiancés and husbands ‘appropriately’ if they were perceived as rights-bearing citizens whose intentions and motivations were not always suspect. Instead, women and marginalised communities tend to approach the police and courts as a last resort.
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
Lawyer-author Rohin Bhatt’s book offers an eyewitness account of the fight for queer marriage rights in IndiaSubscriber Only
January 05,2025 02:00:01 AM
That the separation of law and emotions has never held true is something that has guided social science and humanities writing on law for some time, but lawyers still seem to find this demarcation useful. This book, however, recognises that a conversation on who you are, whom you love, and with whom you want to establish one of the most important relationships of your life should not shy away from emotions
Sun, Jan 05, 2025
Dynastic politics, sons and nephews – why reinvention may be more important than family tiesSubscriber Only
July 18,2024 18:53:20 PM
Leaders like Bal Thackeray, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad represented a new wave of politics that often required aggressive, ruthless and/or cynical politicking, but should their successors — who enter the political arena with privilege — continue in the same vein?
Thu, Jul 18, 2024
Why ‘Chamkila’ should make us think about caste realitiesSubscriber Only
May 16,2024 13:40:44 PM
Indians' art, sexuality were stigmatised by the colonial state. Why haven't we gotten rid of that legacy?
Thu, May 16, 2024
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s lesson on ‘kartavya’ for Narayana MurthySubscriber Only
November 15,2023 07:07:50 AM
Societies will remain hierarchical and patriarchal beyond dictatorial parental figures who demand selfless labour from the young. But the least the subjugated can demand in any world order is to not live in a humourless world with no time for the simple pleasures of life
Wed, Nov 15, 2023
Pragya Thakur, Kerala Story and Cupid’s arrow – a very filmy political taleSubscriber Only
June 09,2023 13:31:13 PM
There is only so much that a Member of Parliament and one of the most successful, albeit universally panned, Hindi films in recent times can do to halt someone seeking love in their tracks
Fri, Jun 09, 2023
Rise of radical preacher Amritpal: The lure of Khalistan can be located in diaspora’s search for a homelandSubscriber Only
April 12,2023 12:23:08 PM
It is the source of identity that years and even a lifetime, in the case of the second generation, in another country is not able to provide to diasporic groups
Wed, Apr 12, 2023
Men demand, women compromise: Marriage according to Sima Taparia in Indian MatchmakingSubscriber Only
August 25,2022 15:26:48 PM
Rama Srinivasan writes: Men in the Netflix show, Indian Matchmaking, often appear to be frozen in time. But the women, even in their self-absorption, are refreshingly confident.
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
What arguments in marital rape case reveal about insecurity of patriarchySubscriber Only
February 09,2022 04:00:01 AM
Rama Srinivasan writes: Powerful men have explicitly laid out their view that sex against the wishes of their wives is not a crime, legal or moral, while others are in the mood for a marriage strike against what they perceive as a men’s rights issue.
Wed, Feb 09, 2022
Religion aside, caste, class and patriarchy ensure that most Indians aren’t free to choose who they marrySubscriber Only
July 20,2021 03:32:10 AM
Rama Srinivasan writes: Findings of the recent Pew survey on inter-community marriages should be read in this context
Tue, Jul 20, 2021
Priya Ramani acquittal opens new paths for Indian feminist movementSubscriber Only
March 02,2021 04:12:37 AM
The acquittal of Priya Ramani can be a real opportunity for us to make sexual consent a dialogue in the broader public sphere where stories shared by women without fear of retaliation through legal means can become catalysts for change.
Tue, Mar 02, 2021
Campaigns against inter-community relationships are a way to redirect anxieties over large-scale structural disruptionsSubscriber Only
December 14,2020 03:05:56 AM
Society looks back to its past or at who women choose to marry or kiss for the source of its problems when, in reality, these are engendered by large-scale structural transformations introduced by the current government.
Mon, Dec 14, 2020
The right identitySubscriber Only
October 30,2018 00:28:36 AM
Evolving feminist narratives in India must resolve the fault lines that have emerged.
Tue, Oct 30, 2018
Germany’s Özil momentSubscriber Only
July 28,2018 00:45:05 AM
Footballer’s case points to the country’s failure to address everyday racism.
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