The Forgotten Princess: Life and Work of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Among the fifteen women in the Constituent Assembly, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur has a mighty little chance of being recalled. To be fair, she does have more search results on Google. Perhaps because of her title or her association with Gandhi. Both of these aspects were very much her, none less than the other. But she was certainly more than just it. Astha Jain lays down a lucid and detailed account of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur who was much more than her title and her Gandhian philosophy.
Mandatory Appointment of Woman Director under Companies Act, 2013: A Feminist Critique
Though Section 149 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013, is touted for its progressive stance. But can a mandatory provision exhaust the patriarchal climate of the boardroom? Gayathri Balasubramanian asks some pressing questions on the efficacy and implementation of the provision. And if it will affect overall gender disparity and stereotypes in the workforce.
Women in Constituent Assembly: Reasserting the Agency of Dakshayani Velayudhan
In a special series on the women in the Constituent Assembly, we revisit the making of the first Dalit women, Dakshayani Velayudhan. By revisiting her through the Constituent Assembly Debate Archives, we wish to enunciate her experiences and platform her agency.
It’s Time to Ban Female Genital Mutilation in India: Here’s Why
By Prerna Murarka, fourth-year law student, ILS Law College, Pune.
Maternal Mortality in India
Digvijay Singh Editor’s Note: In developing countries like India, maternal mortality ratio is still very high. Different socio demographic factors are responsible beside the medical
Man: A Legally Disabled Race
By Pranav Gupta, Symbiosis Editor’s Note: The author believes that some of the present laws in India discriminate against men. More specifically, the author discusses Section
Behind the Guise of ‘Guru’: Sexual Harassment Against Students
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Gurus, or teachers have always been thought of as the most noble, most selfless beings. They have always been thought of
Female foeticide
By Gayatri Loomba The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata Editor’s note: Female foeticide is the gory practise of sex-selective abortion, which renders
Unionisation of sex workers in India
By Tarunya Shankar Editor’s note: India recently decriminalized prostitution, making the profession legal but retaining brothel ownership as illegal. This afforded protection to women from
Regulation of prostitution in California
Tarunya Shankar Editor’s note: Prostitution and all activities related to it including solicitation, offering, and so on, have been deemed criminal offences by the State
Interest of Hindu Women in Coparcenary Property under Hindu Succession Act, 2005
By Deepali Kumar, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi “Editor’s Note: India has been a patriarchal society where women have been unfairly discriminated against. This was reflected
Sex Selective Abortions
By Harpreet Kaur, UILS, Chandigarh “Editor’s Note: This paper analyses in detail sex selective abortions in India. It describes the crisis with reference to the
Gender Justice: A Myth?
By Neha Sharma, NLU Jodhpur “Editor’s Note: The society may have advanced, but the condition of women in our country fails to improve. Even today,
Reproductive Rights: Unpractised Theory
By Soumya Singh Chauhan, UILS, Chandigarh “Editor’s Note: This paper deals with the issue of reproductive rights of women, an issue that remains a distant dream.
Current Scenario and the Third Gender
By Srikanth Bhaskar & Swetha Vadarevu, GNLU Editor’s Note: The terms third gender or third sex are used to describe individuals who are neither male
UNMDP Program and the Third Gender
By Sudhanshu Jatav, GNLU Editor’s Note: This paper discusses the role played by the United Nations Millenium Development Goals (MDP) Programme in the development of the
Case Studies, Statistics and Survey on Hijras
By Swati Bisen, GNLU Editor’s Note: In light of the twentieth century, this paper deals with the current scenario of hijras in India and urges
Family, Marriage and Kinship
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Notes on Family, Marriage and Kinship. FAMILY IN INDIA – a domestic group, consisting of adults and children, may contain one or
Scheduled Tribes
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Notes on Scheduled Tribes Varied in terms of their socio-economic and political development Change – complete, in transition, resistance to change –
