Can a girl choose who or how she wants to love? Can a boy choose who he wants to marry? If a girl says ‘I do’ to her partner and both of them consensually fall in love before the legal age of marriage, is there space for that love to exist?
In cinema, the working woman is often managing the twin axes of shame and pride. What is the work she is supposed to do? What is she not? We take two cinematic pieces- which focus on women and work…
Annie Raja is the General Secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women. In over 65 years of its existence, the NFIW has rallied behind issues that affect women’s rights as workers, as well as their full citizenship in this country.
“Stay at home, stay safe. Just chill out at home, everyone told us,” murmur many young women in long distance phone calls, voice notes and Whatsapp messages, tenuous lines keeping us together during lockdown.
The Third Eye presents a new video series that invites spoken word artists, performers and theatre practitioners to interpret lesser known womxn’s writings, those that offer an alternative history of India.
“My mom has been going to office since forever. The lockdown was the first time she was constantly with us at home.” Shivam found a 16 mm filter on Instagram and decided to make short videos of his mother at work.
A young girl in 21C India writes a letter to Savitribai Phule. Savitribai Phule was the first woman to be a teacher, and also the first person to set up a school for girls in India.
In Episode III of Stay Home, Kitna Surakhsit? we explore the role of the bystander – yes, people like you and me – in situations of gender based violence.
What does a farmer look like? Whatever the image that sprang to your mind just now it’s likely to have been the image of a man.
Can the law control when, how and whom we love? Can a woman’s desire be policed even further?
