
Migrant Women and Freedom
Jyoti used to live in Gagodhar, a small village in the Ujjain district of Madhya
Jyoti used to live in Gagodhar, a small village in the Ujjain district of Madhya
The picture of a standing mother in a kitchen is ubiquitous. From dawn till beyond
I After a night’s sleep intermittently interrupted by sharp, penetrative period cramps, announcing the arrival
Hey, It has taken me months to pen this down—a letter I suppose I’m writing
The machinery of our global capitalist economy is designed to exploit caregiving and domestic labor,
Seeing my mother hate the kitchen and my aunt love it, I was very confused.
Gantala Press, a Filipino women’s press that I founded while employed in a private library,
For an audio-visual project on outward migration from Bihar, I was speaking to professor Brahma
For the longest of times, women are portrayed… No. Not even portrayed. Simply, “Women belong
The marketplace is not merely a place of trade; it is a realm of labor,
Asako Yuzuki’s Butter lures readers in with its hypnotic bright yellow cover, much like margarine.
A handbook is an assortment of guidelines or instructions on a specific topic. But a
For some, Women, Labour, and Resistance may seem like disconnected terms—each standing alone, with no
We’re ending the year with this call for inspiration. Every year it feels we are
After nearly three years, I came to see you. I was certain that you would
“A bold account of those who dare to tell their stories of struggle, and even
The aromas of different spices and herbs engulfed all my senses the moment we stepped
Two books, this week, have kept me sane. One is Michelle Good’s collection of seven
“Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies” –Nawal El-Saadawi, Memoirs from
‘Dilli Ki Sair’ is an audio rendition by Afreen Akhtar of the eponymous Urdu short
Let me break a poorly kept secret—most of us love to gossip. We may not
In Tamil Nadu, the vaasal or threshold of a house is an integral space where
The Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 ignited one of history’s largest forced migrations
Justice is essential for a feminist (re)imagination of society. One that forges a just world
There are many stories of Indigenous communities and their relationship with nature and wildlife, reflecting
The Celebrate Silver project began with Peter Butrus Zabaneh. Nancy wanted her father’s inspiring life
Yaad-e-maazi azaab hai ya rab Cheen lay mujhse hafiza mera (Lord, the memory of the
Scatter-brained last night, And astride a dragon, I hoped to never think of cleaning the
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