Gender and Sexuality

Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

The selectiveness of medieval Muslim or medieval Rajput history in contestation is not just deliberate effort to alienate these two communities but is also a Brahmanical viewpoint that refuses to subject Peshwa or Maratha history to a similar brand of selectivity

15-yr-old Dalit ‘gangrape victim’ takes her own life: Chitrakoot, UP

In a gruesome case of gendered assault, her family members have alleged after her death that she was raped by three men in a forest area on October 8, the UP police said

Woman sets herself ablaze in front of Assembly building in Lucknow!

Policemen doused flames, rushed woman to hospital; she is said to be in a critical condition

Teen alleges rape on college campus where UP civil services exam was underway!

The class 10 student has alleged that she was raped by a college students, robbed and filmed by around a dozen more

Register ‘Zero FIR’ in case of the crime against women: MHA reminds states

Advisory comes in the wake of national outrage over the Hathras case, mentions ‘dying declarations’, and action against police failure 

Funeral or destruction of evidence: Why did the UP police light Hathras victim’s pyre?

Footage of cops surrounding the burning pyre shows how the victim's immediate family was shut out of the last rites 

Jharkhand HC pulls up police for shoddy investigation in Giridih rape and murder case

The Court, shocked at the laxity of investigating officers with no progress even after a lapse of 6 months, has ordered for the constitution of SIT to probe the case  

Chhattisgarh: It took a suicide attempt by the grieving father of a rape victim, for cops to pay heed

The minor girl had died by suicide, two months ago after being gang-raped by seven men at a wedding in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh

Hathras victim knew rape accused: UP Police start blaming the victim!

Uttar Pradesh police ‘investigation’, finds Dalit teen raped and killed was in ‘constant touch’ with the main accused. Will that impact the investigation?

Telangana: Minor survivors calls out her rapist

Despite attempts to hush up the crime, a 13-year-old survivor names the man who sexually assaulted her and set her ablaze!

Stop blaming the victim: It is Surendra Singh who needs ‘sanskari’ tutorials

The BJP MLA regularly replays his regressive, perverted ideas on rape, and the BJP is yet to take any action against him

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