Indian Women Archives - Different Truths

December 2, 2025
Debjani Guha
Cover Story, Education & Career, Gender, Human Rights

Education, Employment, and Empowerment of Women in India: From 1986 Onwards

Deblina and Debjani’s research shows that women are in better position than before, which was unimaginable even two or three decades back. They talk about the various initiatives taken by...

June 10, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Gender, History & Culture, People, Trade, Travel & Food, Travelogue

How Manipuri Women Edged Out Men in War & Trade?

The Nupi Lan (Women’s Wars) of 1904 and 1939 led by women against the British Army are memorialised by Mothers’ Market. The proactive role played by women left its indelible...

March 13, 2022
Chirantan Sarkar
Cinema, Gender, Politics, Special Feature

A Narrative on Women, Feminism, Sexuality and Politics in Contemporary India

Sonia Gandhi’s unperturbed state in her husband’s funeral is acceptable to the urban and sophisticated Indians as Sonia Gandhi is cloning a ‘male’ behavior and thus striving to achieve...

March 7, 2022
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Special Feature

Is Empowerment of Women a Distant Dream?

Women roughly constitute half the population but in every aspect women still remain grossly under-represented. Certainly, the women in the largest democracy of the world are ranked much below top hundred...

July 20, 2020
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Literature, Special Feature

The Affair

Dr. Amrinder Kaur BajajDr Amrinder Kaur Bajaj is a senior gynaecologist, an award-winning author, columnist, and poetess. She also writes editorials for newspapers like The Times of India, Tribune...

March 15, 2019
Rupa Rao
Advocacy, Gender

Empowerment by Sisterhood

Rupa RaoRupa is an army child who schooled in 9 towns in 12 years. She graduated from Jabalpur; did MBA, and Law from Mumbai. Travelling, learning about cultures, imbibing differences,...

June 21, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Gender

Indian Eve: Still a Long Way to Go

Ruchira tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a girl-child or a woman in the patriarchal Indian society, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. For...

April 18, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Gender, Governance

Toilet Trauma: Do Indian Women have the Right to Pee With Dignity?

There are no proper women’s toilets at public places. Will it sound very odd if we start an agitation for proper lady’s toilet, now? We live in a world...

March 22, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Fashion & Beauty

The Wonderland of Traditional Indian Jewellery

Ruchira tells us about some popular ornaments from various parts of India that women still love to adorn and possess, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Since...

February 25, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Economy, Potpourri

Modi vs. Modi, From Chicken Soup to Indian Marriage Vows, Alone on Valentine, Pumpisthan the Evil Eye

Nirav Modi, in connivance with bank officials and political masters, left a $1.8 billion hole in Punjab National Bank’s books. Taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of this...

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