Why does India’s Hindu right refuse to believe Muslim women when they say the hijab is not a sign of oppression? The Hindutva project to ‘save’ Muslim women As scholar Hilal Ahmed recently wrote, the “Hijab controversy has exposed the interplay between patriarchy and communalism” in India. But this is in no way a recent development – the Hindu right …
The occasion is Dussehra and along expected lines, feminists are out in numbers in their attempt to prove that Ramayana, the tale of Maryada Purushottam Rama, reeks of misogyny. An image wishing everyone a happy Dussehra that is doing the rounds on social media says, “Never draw a line around a woman.” Swara Bhasker claimed it was the best thing …
Amidst the controversy surrounding the Tanishq Jewellery’s A Twitter user uploaded a picture of a comment made by one of her friends on her Tanishq Jewellery post. pic.twitter.com/r9PbKGATfA — Saira Shah Halim سائرہ 🇮🇳 October 13, 2020 “You know I am COVID-19 positive and my old mother-in-law cannot cook and my husband and son have never entered the kitchen…so there …
