Japleen Pasricha
Japleen smashes the patriarchy for a living! She is the founder & editor-in-chief of Feminism in India, an award-winning digital intersectional feminist media platform. She is also a TEDx speaker and a UN World Summit Young Innovator. Japleen likes to travel solo, swim and cycle.
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What IIT Kharagpur Professor’s Abusive Remarks Tell Us About Casteism In Educational Institutions
Trigger Warning: Caste-based oppression, verbal and emotional abuse
While scrolling through my Instagram on a lazy afternoon, I came across a video of an...
Film Review: Biriyani – A Gripping Take On The Life Of Muslim Women In...
Biriyani, screened at the 11th Indian Film Festival, Bhubaneshwar, is a stark reminder of the relative, and absolute position of a woman, within the Muslim samajam, society in Kerala today.
Kani Kusruti: Setting The Bar High With Acting And Politics Around Body & Representation
In Biriyaani, Kani Kusruti plays the character of Khadeeja, who is in a loveless marriage with an older man and is battling the stigma around the identity of a Muslim woman in India.
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