by Anupama Bijur | Jun 3, 2024 | Features, InkSights
Nearly a month after he left India after videos of him, allegedly sexually abusing scores of women came out, suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna returned to Bengaluru on Friday, May 31. In a move he may not have anticipated, women officers from the Special...
by Anupama Bijur | May 2, 2024 | Features, InkSights
In the run-up to the Lok Sabha Elections, when there were a host of burning issues like jobs and inflation to address, women became the target, victims and pawns, as rape tapes, misogynistic and sexist remarks brought political campaigns to new lows. The NWMI has...
by Anupama Bijur | Apr 1, 2024 | Features, InkSights
Many cities in India are experiencing water scarcity this summer. In Bengaluru, there’s a water emergency. According to Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, of 13,900 public borewells in the city, 6,900 have gone dry, and water in the Cauvery river, the chief source...
by Anupama Bijur | Mar 1, 2024 | Features, InkSights
*The death toll in Gaza passed 30,000 according to figures released by the Gazan Health Ministry on February 29, 2024. Of this, around 25,000 are women and children, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on the same day. Around 80 percent of the Palestinian death...
by Anupama Bijur | Feb 1, 2024 | Features, InkSights
InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.