Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
‘We are considered servants, not humans’: Women of Jai Bhim Nagar reveal the violence of domestic work
As the first rays of dawn hit the broad, grey-bricked footpaths of Powai’s Hiranandani locality, Darshana begins her day. Inside the blue hues of her current “home”— the tarpaulin-covered dwelling within which she, her family, and hundreds of others rendered homeless by the BMC-led demolition of their houses, have been living for the past five months—she starts her day with work. She washes dishes, cleans the cement side-walk on which rest the mattresses her family and she sleep on, and prepares meals on wood-fired chulas using the limited utensils she was able to salvage before the kitchen in her home was destroyed by bulldozers. By the time the sun shines bright, she has readied her two children, fed them, and sent them to school.
Dharm Sansad: Has the woman Hindutva ‘leader’ calling for rape of Muslim women been arrested yet?
New video from hate speech at Chhattisgarh Dharma Sansad goes viral; Kalicharan was the only accused arrested after the event, still no action against the woman leader
CITU decries SBI’s anti-woman guideline
As per new rules, the bank will only give temporary status to pregnant women applying for jobs
20-year-old woman assaulted, paraded on the streets of Delhi
Delhi Commission for Women has demanded action and arrests of men and women seen assaulting and parrading the woman, reportedly a rape survivor
Karnataka Veil Issue: Should Muslims Choose the Veil Over Education?
Even within the college in question, there is no consensus within Muslim students.
Hijab controversy takes an ugly turn in Karnataka
An Udupi college disallows hijabs inside classrooms, hindering Muslim women from getting an education
Maharashtra: Woman Sarpanch killed in Raigad
The deceased was identified as a 48-year-old sarpanch of a local gram panchayat, though her identity has been kept confidential so far
No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?
The Union Cabinet’s clearance to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years has set social media abuzz
Bulk of Beti Bachao program funds allegedly spent on advertising
According to the Committee on Empowerment of Women report, nearly 80 percent of the funds for the scheme were used for its advertising and not on sectoral interventions
UP: Siddharthnagar SC students waiting for a functional hostel for 11 years!
UP govt’s long delays in building SC girls hostel render funds of Rs. 4.45 crore wasted; CAG report deems only one out of the sanctioned seven SC hostels as functional with the aid of neighbouring school
Journalists for Afghanistan: A fundraiser for colleagues targeted by Taliban
The Network of Women in Media has launched a fundraiser from sales of stunning photographs taken by well known photojournalists
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
South Asia
Pakistan: Farmers Protest Govt’s Corporate Farming Plan
To invite big corporate investments into the country’s agriculture sector, Pakistan has announced the building of six canals on the Indus River.
Gender and Sexuality
IMSD condemns the assassination of the world’s first openly gay Imam
“No God, gods, goddesses, prophets or saints may be invoked to justify the killing and/or terrorising of fellow human beings”.
Gender and Sexuality
When marriage is tyranny: Justice Shakdher’s judgment reads down the marital rape exception as a constitutional imperative
In contrast to the verdict delivered by Justice Hari Shankar, his brother judge hearing the matter, Justice Shakhder’s judgement in the May 2022 case hearing the constitutional challenge to the exception to marital rape provision under Section 375, strikes it down as anti-constitutional. The matter will now go before the Supreme Court where the constitutional challenge lies pending for two years
Gender and Sexuality
How Justice C Harishankar, in upholding the exception to marital rape, delivered a reasoning fir for the dark ages
One judge of a division bench of the Delhi High Court, Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception of this form under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a reasoning that is also facing constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court for the past two years
Labour
TN: Samsung Workers Continue Protest, Accuse Management of Vindictive Action
The union has decided to hold a protest in front of the SIPCOT unit on February 20 and serve strike notice on February 21, if the talks scheduled on February 19 do not bring any positive outcome.
Rule of Law
Strengthening the rights of victims: Legal milestones and the path ahead
In Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court reinforced principles for striking a balance between victims’ rights and fair trials in India’s legal system by upholding due process, victim participation, and prosecutorial accountability
Communalism
Communal Tensions Erupt in Bihar’s Jamui: Alleged stone-pelting during religious procession leads to violence
Religious procession turns violent, internet services suspended, and political tensions rise as state assembly polls approach