The Restrictive TISS Library Timings: Curbing Students’ Access to Knowledge
Administration drastically cuts down the hours available for students at the TISS library. Here's how this will reduce students' access to knowledge.
Why Higher Cut-Offs For Women In Bangalore Colleges Is Regressive
The decision to keep higher cut-offs for women than for men for admission into pre-University in Bangalore is discriminatory. Here's how!
How LSR and Other Women’s Colleges Limit Their Students
Women's colleges like Lady Shri Ram are seen by many as an empowering space but they continue to be institutions defined by patriarchy and caste.
How My School Constantly Discouraged Me For My Dalit Identity
The school's constant discouragement proved that if an upper caste student is involved in multiple activities, she is an ‘all-rounder’ or ‘multi-talented’, but when I do the same, I am 'distracted'. Its disapproval of my Dalit identity was more than evident.
NITC’s Homophobic Administration Banned LGBTQ Week On Campus
Deemed "negative", "unnecessary" and "not good for an engineer", NITC administration banned LGBT week that traditionally takes place every year, in order to stop the "promotion of homosexuality" on campus.
Students Of Tamil Nadu Central University On Hunger Strike After Wrongful Termination Of Faculty...
The agenda behind such an immediate action by the Central University of Tamil Nadu is clearly to silence the emerging voices within the campus – both from the faculty and the students, and thereby uproot the inception of faculty-student relationships that have the potential to limit this centralisation of power.
‘सुसाइड नोट’ पर प्रतियोगिता करवाने वाले इलाहाबाद यूनिवर्सिटी के छात्रों के नाम खुला खत
कार्यक्रम के तहत 250 शब्दों में सुसाइड लेटर लिखना है। आज तक मैंने ढ़ेरों लेखन प्रतियोगिताओं के बारे में सुना, लेकिन ‘सुसाइड नोट’ किसी लेखन प्रतियोगिता का विषय हो ये पहली बार देख रही हूँ|
Valentine’s Day At DU: Worshipping A Virgin Tree And Objectifying Women
Hindu College boys’ hostel organises the ‘virgin tree puja’ and the male students belonging to the Anga wing of the hostel in St. Stephen’s take the Angha oath on the night of Valentine’s Day, every year.
What Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad Teaches Us About Due Process in the #MeToo Era
A case in point as to why due process not only fails women, but suppresses and intimidates them, is that of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad (SLS-H).
IIT Madras Students Protest Against Anand Teltumbde’s Imminent Arrest
Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student’s collective at IIT Madras, staged a protest against the imminent arrest of Anand Teltumbde – in other words, the State-sanctioned curbing of free speech.
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These Are The 15 Women Who Helped Draft The Indian Constitution
On this Republic Day, let us take a look at the fifteen powerful women who helped draft the Indian Constitution.
Is Menstrual Blood Really Impure? A Scientific Take On Myths & Facts Of Menstrual...
A science based rationale to challenge myths surrounding impurity of menstrual blood by understanding what composites normal blood and menstrual discharge.
Dalit Women Learn Differently: Experiences In Educational Institutions
The obvious concern here is the adverse representation of lower castes and tribes in higher educational institutions, despite the formulation of reservation laws that were implemented five decades back. And with such a scarce representation of SC/ST groups in general, it is quite obvious that the percentage of women from these minority groups is even worse.