अरे जौहर छोड़ो पहले आग में जलने वाली महिलाओं के बारे में सोचो

आप गुस्सा हैं और होना भी चाहिए, आखिर देश की शान की बात जो है। लेकिन ऐसी ही शान और ताकत तब भी दिखाने की ज़रूरत है, जब किसी नारी पर अत्याचार हो रहा हो। किसी महिला को प्रताड़ित किया जा रहा हो। कोई औरत आग में जल रही हो और वो आग जौहर की नहीं दहेज की आग है।यह मेरा नहीं इस देश की हर महिला और हर बेटी का कहना है। उसका सवाल है कि एक फिल्म के विरोध में अपनी ताकत दिखाने वालों आप तब कहां थे जब देश में किसी औरत पर अत्याचार हो रहा था? तब जब दहेज की आग में देश की कई बेटियां जल रही थी? आज एक फिल्म के विरोध में पूरा देश खड़ा है, लेकिन यह देश तब एकसाथ नहीं होता जब एक औरत को दहेज के लिए ज़िन्दा जला दिया जाता है।

Dear Parents, Stop Treating Marriage As An Initiation Into Adulthood

Universally, marriage is considered to be a milestone event. But, in our culture, it is a lot more than that. With such a high premium placed on matrimony, tying the knot is almost an end goal. People start saving for the big fat wedding as soon as they have children. Boys are raised with the utmost pressure to make enough to be a breadwinner for his “hum do, humaare do.” Girls are nurtured to be nurturers of their future families, treated at least at some level as “paraayaa dhan.” It’s like our whole lives are one big glorious march towards the mandap. But, wait for it… marriage is even more than this one big life goal. 

10 Bold Artworks That Prove Menstrual Blood Is Nothing To Be Ashamed Of

“Menstrual blood is the only source of blood that is not traumatically induced. Yet in modern society, this is the most hidden blood, the one so rarely spoken of and almost never seen.” So said poet, activist and scholar Judy Grahn, in her seminal book, “Blood, Bread and Roses: How Menstruation Created The World“. And she couldn’t have put it more perfectly. Grahn’s words rang truer than ever when I came across a number of artworks on Instagram. Each of them depicted an experience that was incredibly familiar, and yet somehow never saw the light of day.

A Decade Of Rainbows: 14 Powerful And Fierce Messages From Delhi Pride

 

What started out a tiny group of people marching from Regal Cinema in 2008 has today become a massive celebration of all LGBTQ Indians in the heart of the nation. Yes, the tenth annual Delhi Queer Pride has just come to a close, and it was a lovely, vibrant, clamorous occasion, as people came out in hordes to fly the rainbow flag high.

One of the things that we love so much about Pride are the creative, witty, snarky, assertive, colourful posters that bob along over a sea of heads. And we couldn’t not document them for posterity! So here are our picks:

It Is Time We Talk About Gender Wage Gap & Encourage Women To Fight For Their Rights

This is no secret to us all that even in the 21st century, there exists a huge wage gap between men and women. For equal work, women get paid lesser than their male counterparts. But this is the tip of the iceberg and fixing the problem requires a much deeper understanding of the issue.