History

In this section, find articles, essays, listicles on Indian feminist icons and history of the feminist movement in India and South Asia.

Manikuntala Sen: Building A Women’s Movement Within The Indian Left | #IndianWomenInHistory

6 min read | Mar 11, 2026

Whose Bodies To Protect, Whose To Surveil: Akootai And Sexual Health Politics In Colonial India

By Ipshita Nath

7 min read | Mar 11, 2026

Women’s History Month: Mood Of The Month March 2026

4 min read | Mar 1, 2026

Chandralekha: A Dancer, Choreographer And Activist | #IndianWomenInHistory

By Shreenithi Annadurai

6 min read | Jan 19, 2026

Beyond The Record: Feminist Archives And The Politics Of Memory

By Juhi Sanduja

6 min read | Jan 12, 2026

Colonialism And Silenced Motherlines: Gender, Memory, And Knowledge

By Juhi Sanduja

6 min read | Jan 7, 2026

The WEAVE India Report: Women’s Movements And Their Struggles Against Violence

By Kalyani Menon Sen

5 min read | Dec 15, 2025

Goddesses Rewritten: Fear, Power, And The Feminine Divine

By Juhi Sanduja

5 min read | Dec 8, 2025

Yogmaya Neupane: Nepal’s First Feminist Revolutionary | #IndianWomenInHistory

By Y Laxmi Samhita

6 min read | Nov 17, 2025

Stitched Histories: Women, Textiles, And The Politics Of Memory

By Juhi Sanduja

5 min read | Nov 13, 2025

Nüshu: The Silent Script Of Sisterhood

By Juhi Sanduja

5 min read | Nov 6, 2025

Beyond ‘The Train To Pakistan’: Khushwant Singh’s Partition Fiction Reduces Women As Objects

By Nausheen Khan

6 min read | Nov 5, 2025

Fragments Of The Feminine: Prehistory Beyond Patriarchal Narratives

By Juhi Sanduja

5 min read | Nov 4, 2025

Rashid-un-Nisa: The Urdu Revolutionary Who Wrote To Change The Tide | #IndianWomenInHistory

By Nausheen Khan

6 min read | Nov 3, 2025

V Janamma: The Spiritual Social Reformer From Kerala | #IndianWomenInHistory

By Himani Sunwal

5 min read | Oct 24, 2025