abuse Archives

Daisy Irani and the Dark Reality of Children in Showbiz

Daisy Irani’s story of abuse has put a spotlight on children in entertainment, a distinctly adult industry which is no place for a child. The world of showbiz is a murky one that commodifies children and catapults them into adulthood.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 23, 2016

Gender

The Only Resolution India Needs to Make in 2021: To Reduce Crimes Against Women

According to NCW data, 23,722 complaints of crimes against women were received in 2020, the highest in the last six years. For all the cases reported, there are hundreds that go unreported. Can we make the country safer for women this year?

Arré Bench July 10, 2016

Bollywood

Thappad Review: Anubhav Sinha’s Film on Domestic Violence Settles for Easy Solutions

Although it is backed by a compelling performance by Tapsee Pannu, Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad serves a crowd-pleasing definition of feminism that is more interested in making a statement rather than interrogating the status quo.

Poulomi Das July 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Chauvinism Has Met Its Match: Meet India’s Dissenting Women Artists

The last few months have seen the rise of poetry and parody as powerful tools of protest. And leading the revolution are artists such as Megha Rao and Saloni Gaur, popularly known as Nazma Aapi. The emergence of a clear voice by India’s women is a comforting reassurance that their perspective will be recorded.

Nair Da June 29, 2016

Gender

If You’re Friends With a Sexual Harasser, You’re Part of the Problem Too

The toxic reaction to Tanushree Dutta’s attempt to share her story of harassment by Nana Patekar underlines how it isn’t just a victim’s responsibility to speak up. It took my friend being publicly accused of harassment for me to see I’d played my part in the crime by not confronting him when I should have.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee June 19, 2016

Gender

Why Women Are Afraid of Calling Out Toxic Women Bosses

In progressive industries like mine, few women want to complain against another woman. How was I going to admit, even to myself, that my powerful female boss was a monster, while simultaneously complaining about the lack of women in leadership positions?

Anonymous June 17, 2016

Gender

It’s Time For the Shy, “Sensitive” Men to Speak Up

A lot of the inappropriate behaviour we are seeing in this #MeToo era was dismissed as “boys being boys” when we were growing up. For years, “sissy/sensitive” guys cringed, but kept shut not wanting to be bullied or left out. Now is the time for them to speak up.

Aman Pandey March 1, 2016