When a “womel” replaced a “manel”
By Kalpana Sharma If all-male panels are called “manels”, what should we call an all-woman panel? Womels? People, meaning even well-intentioned men, get irritated when women remind them that it is possible to attempt some kind of gender balance when...
NWMI demands dropping of cases against journalist Poonam Aggarwal
The cases are under the Official Secrets Act and abetment to suicide on Poonam Aggarwal for her February 2017 Quint video (later removed) exposing the Indian army’s exploitative ‘sahayak’ system
Why Irom Sharmila Lost
By Chitra Ahanthem Several analyses abound as to why Irom Sharmila, icon of the struggle against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, was trounced in the Assembly elections. Chitra Ahanthem explains why no one – man or woman – stood a chance against sitting chief...