Breaking Stereotypes
Lt. Col. Ankita walks down memory lane into a sewing class, full of sparkling wit and humour. An exclusive for Different Truths. So, it was during the summer vacation...
Home, Family, Marriage: The Collapse of the Triad Patriarchal Institutions
Home, marriage, and family – are the hottest topics of sociologists today, for all these institutions that belong to the patriarchal society are under erosion because empowered women find...
Non-Acceptance of Transgenders in the Middle East
Transgenders and other in-between gender preferences find no acceptance in most of the Middle East countries, informs Shormita. An exclusive for Different Truths. Gender binary plays a major role...
Pride Month and the Corporate Sector
Pride month celebrations had been postponed to November due to the pandemic. The corporate sector in India and abroad is sensitising their employees and making workspace conducive to the...
Transgenders, the Third Gender, Deserve Equality
Shormita discusses the deplorable condition of Transgenders and argues in favour of their equality, strengthened by the Supreme Court’s verdict in April 2014. An exclusive for Different Truths. Transgender...
Why we Need to Choose the Right Battles against Patriarchy
There was a bandwagon of our Bollywood actors and starlets copy-pasting ‘smash patriarchy’ caption across their Instagram stories in solidarity with Chakraborty. After “nepotism,” “patriarchy” was the next trending...
Will Transfeminism be a New Movement in India?
Transfeminism, a Spanish term, came into vogue in the late 1980s. During that period many feminist working group meetings called for the inclusion of trans women into feminist politics,...
Karwachauth: An Epitome of Tradition or Patriarchy?
Indian festivals based on marriage, the observance of Karwachauth, of Teej, Chhath, Vat Savitri, etc. are all centred on longevity – not of women but men. Patriarchy is insidiously...
Shivelight: The Semiotics of Resistance Through Storytelling
In Shivelight and Other Stories, Jayita talks about the semiotics of resistance through storytelling. It’s from a woman’s perspective. An exclusive for Different Truths. ‘Shivelight’ is the title story of...
Marginalised Bengali Widows Created a Rich Repertoire of Veg Dishes
While the marginalisation and exploitation of Bengali widows is a sad tale, their ability to navigate and negotiate against the odds, created a rich repertoire of vegetarian dishes in...