by NWMI | Mar 13, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Laxmi Murthy A day after the declaration of the results of the Assembly elections in which she garnered only 90 votes to sitting Chief Minister Ibobi Singh’s 18,649, poet and activist Irom Sharmila announced her decision to conclude her brief sortie into electoral...
by NWMI | Mar 9, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Ammu Joseph I read this series of op-ed articles on the elections in UP backwards, starting with “The clarity the secret ballot enables” (The Hindu, 9 March 2017), not realising that it was the third piece by Neelanjan Sircar, Bhanu Joshi and Ashish Ranjan of the...
by NWMI | Mar 6, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Jyoti Punwani While reporting on elections, it is easy to talk to men. Even if women are present on the scene, they tend to remain silent while the men talk. It’s a rare reporter who feels women’s views are worth soliciting, and rarer still is one who...
by NWMI | Feb 24, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Ammu Joseph Issues of special concern to women are missing from election campaigns in the five states where Assembly polls are currently on, according to this Hindustan Times video in which Lalita Panicker is in conversation with Aasheesh Sharma. Is this because...
by NWMI | Feb 20, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Divya Arya Its mostly smiles, silence, sometimes giggles and if I am able to crack a good one maybe some laughter. But rarely is it conversation. Meeting young women in Uttar Pradesh is like facing an exam. You only pass if you’re able to draw them out. Thinking...
