The lipstick and the burkha
Inspired by a recently released movie, Shoma Chatterji explores how the lipstick and burkha establishes a woman’s identity in public spaces and liberates them in private.
THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
23 August 2017
Women
POLITICAL WEAPONS
The lipstick and the burkha
The lipstick and the burkha
TRIPLE TALAQ
Misery personified
Activists and supporters are urging the Supreme Court to ban the practice of triple talaq. Ramesh Menon says that the government will have to courageously act on the sticky issue to ensure that thousands of women get justice.
COMMERCIAL SURROGACY
To be banned or not?
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 introduced in the parliament proposes a ban on commercial surrogacy. Shoma Chatterji finds out if this will help in checking exploitation of women.
ENTERPRISING WOMEN
Weaving harmonious threads of change
Women of a small village in Uttar Pradesh are weaving not just colorful yarn but also communal harmony in their region. Swapna Majumdar reports.
WOMEN'S DAY
Revisiting the mothers who protested AFSPA
A new book tracks down the women who stripped naked 12 years ago to protest against rape and rights abuses under AFSPA. Banamallika Choudhury reviews Mothers of Manipur.
RECYCLING AGENTS
Waste pickers live, work with pride
A glimpse into the lives of women waste-pickers in Pune by Suchismita Pai.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
There’s nothing to be ashamed about disability
An inspiring account of Malini Chib, disability rights activist and author, who talks about how she got around to developing a strong disability identity that she wants to “celebrate” rather than reject.SURROGACY BILL
Banning commercial surrogacy
A brief overview of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 by PRS legislative.
SOLAR POWER
Meet the solar sisters
In remote villages of Rajasthan women are assembling small, portable solar lamps and then travelling to different hamlets in the region to retail them. Renu Rakesh reports.
WOMAN'S CONSENT
Painting the country Pink
Will a ‘NO’ from a woman remain ‘NO’? Asks Shoma A. Chatterji while reviewing the movie, Pink.
WASTE DUMP
Residents of a municipal dumping site fight back
The women of Meghpar village of Kutch District are fighting the big port town Gandhidham municipality which is dumping its waste in their village. Vimal Kalavadiya and Shvetangini Patel report from Kutch.
WATER & ACCESSIBILITY
Hill women no longer panic over water scarcity
In many part of rural India, women spend most of their time walking long distances to collect water for their household's needs. Nitin Jugran Bahuguna visits the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand where the women no longer have to worry about fetching water from long distances thanks to an intervention that has brought potable water right to their doorstep.
ACID ATTACK SURVIVORS
Lucknow’s new landmark Sheroes upholds the indomitable spirit of humanity
Manjari Singh reports on the opening of the Lucknow branch of Sheroes Hangout, a café run and managed by acid attack survivors under the guidance of the humanitarian organisation “Stop Acid Attacks”.India Together offers an excellent forum for people from diverse fields of expertise to present their views, share their experiences and raise questions about where our country and society are headed in the future.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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GIRLS' EDUCATION 
FINANCE
LITERATURE
WORK+LIFE
- Girls get the power to refuse child marriage
- Why rural girls need more than just sanitary napkins
- A better life through literacy
- Struggling against the double whammy of caste and gender
- Pro-life or pro-women’s rights?
- What’s turning women in labour away from hospitals?
- Barefoot auditors ensure health for tribal mothers
- Sterilisation deaths: What’s new, after all?
- Mahasweta Devi in cinema
- Where hidden identities wait for justice
- Should films have statutory warnings on violence against women?
- The strange tale of the 'son' who wasn't!
- Should our anti-dowry law shield husbands too?
- Why Pooja got 'mad'
- Why dowry will not die
- A murderous arithmetic
- For rape survivors and families, the nightmare continues
- Manipuri mothers want an end to the killings
- What to expect when you watch the most talked-about film today
- Give us the strength!
- The women whose voices we seek to stifle, but can’t
- Empowering rural women: Moving beyond 50 percent
- Competing effectively in MP panchayats
- Discarding veils, embracing change
- Must women play football in sarees?
- Panipat power plant pollutes with impunity
- Panipat power plant pollutes with impunity
- Awakening the somnolent state
- Lessons from tribals on surviving and thriving
- Where dignity is the first and most pressing need
- India’s “third gender” enters poll fray with new hope
- Rape laws have changed, but what about the judiciary?
FINANCE
LITERATURE
- Feminism is about leading a non-degraded life
- A different destiny in writing
- Recording a woman's life
- Who is a feminist?
- The lipstick and the burkha
- In search of Binodini and her peers
- A gallery of failures
- Paddling hard against the flow
WORK+LIFE
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