Is Feminism a Farce?
Enakshi critiques feminism in a conversation with her husband and family friends. An exclusive for Different Truths. Last week, my husband and I got involved in a debate with...
Feminism: A Vision to Implement Equality
Suchismita GhoshalSuchismita Ghoshal from West Bengal, India is a professional writer, poet, published author, storyteller, content writer, book critic and columnist. She has co-authored for more than 140 anthologies,...
Celebrating Women: The Year That Was!
Firebrand feminist, Payal, our columnist, says that from within the murk and gloom of crime against women, there were many who rose from the ashes like the mythical Phoenix....
Simran and Other Bollywood Babes: Coming of age
Even though a slim minority, we are ready to own up to our hidden reality, rather than be the ‘good’ daughter/sister/wife that lives her lives for others rather than...
Hokey Godmen and the Mask of Celibacy
Self-styled guru and father-figure Huzoor Maharaj Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh ji, is the latest Godman, who simply put could not control his urges and felt that his status in...
Tracing the Roots of Change: Feminism in India and the 50s and 60s Born Women
Feminism being multicultural and diasporic, the needs of women across nations are grossly dissimilar, conditioned by familial, societal, racial, marital, economic, cultural and individual subjectivity. Samrudhi analyses feminism, tracing...
A Country for Women: Feminist Beliefs make it Happen
Payal takes a look at the Top Ten countries of the world with skewed sex ratio at birth, due to the patriarchal system. She talks of the winds of...
Voices Beyond Barriers: Time to Bring out the Real Feminism in India
Delhi-based Samrudhi reviews the narrative about feminism and feels that the true spirit is missing in India. Here’s her opinion, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The...
Two Sides of a Woman: Rebellion and Submission
By subverting our politically inclined feminism, boys exploited us even further by a pretend admiration for the fact that we were breaking taboos that made us, in fact, more...
Hairy Lesbians, Man-Hating Women, Rabid Feminists and Other Weirdos!
Payal takes a hard look at either side of feminism, with its various colours and hues. Her bold, erudite, tongue-in-cheek approach makes us pause and think. Read more about...