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By Jyoti Punwani Domestic workers and poor Muslim women in Mumbai knew what they were voting for, but may have to wait longer to see their demands met Ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, I met two groups of women voters in Mumbai. Both were completely...
By Hepzi Anthony The Mahayuti alliance won on the back of women who voted in large numbers to show their appreciation for women-focussed schemes—but the number of women in the state assembly has dropped. The Mahayuti alliance’s landslide victory in the recent 2024...
By Akansha Deshmukh As the dust settles on the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, one quiet yet transformative trend stands out: the remarkable surge in the number of women voters. Against a backdrop of political alliances and divisive campaigns, women turned out...
By Editors The speakers at this webinar on October 27, 2024 were Adinatha Chavan, editor of Agrowon; Deepa Kadam, senior correspondent at the Sakaal Media Group; Neeraj Hatekar, professor at the School of Development at Azim Premji University; and Seema Kulkarni,...
By Editors On October 19, 2024, experts discussed Mumbai voters’ concerns about the big ticket infrastructure upgradation in the country’s financial capital, and their potential impact on the state elections. The speakers were urban conservationist Shweta Wagh, senior...
By Editors On October 9, 2024, experts discussed the intricacies of coalition politics in a state that is witnessing significant political shifts ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. The fractured political landscape in Maharashtra is affecting governance. The...
By Editors Starting in September 2024, the Mumbai chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India, conducted five webinars to help the media better understand Maharashtra in the run-up to the 2024 elections to the Vidhan Sabha. Political scientists, academics,...
By Editors On October 4, 2024, Loksatta editor Girish Kuber in a conversation with senior journalist Nirupama Subramanian looked at why regional parties were finding it difficult to dominate in Maharashtra, unlike their counterparts in other parts of the country, such...
By Editors On September 28, 2024, political scientist Suhas Palshikar discussed reservation politics with senior journalist Alka Dhupkar. Once known as a progressive state, Maharashtra is on the brink of a ‘volcanic’ eruption of social tension over caste, Palshikar...
By Raihana Maqbool As Jammu and Kashmir awaits the results of the first Assembly election in a decade, it’s become clear that the votes of the women of Kashmir have been driven by three pressing concerns—freeing their sons and brothers from jails, improved...
By Sehar Qazi Voting has concluded in the historically significant assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and votes will be counted on October 8. The voter turnout recorded by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in each phase of the Assembly elections was 61.4...
By वर्षा सिंह पुरुषों के वर्चस्व वाले खेल कुश्ती की पहलवान विनेश फोगाट हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 में जिंद के जुलाना विधानसभा सीट से पहली बार राजनीतिक मैदान में उतरी हैं। पेरिस ओलंपिक में स्वर्ण या रजत पदक की प्रबल दावेदार विनेश हरियाणा के राजनीतिक दंगल में...
By Varsha Singh Haryana contributed the most number of women to India’s 2024 Paris Olympics contingent – of the 117 athletes who represented the country in the Olympics this year, 24 were from Haryana, and 14 of them were women. However, when it comes to politics, the...
By Romita Saluja Much has been written about Haryana’s skewed sex ratio, in the general population as well as in the legislative assembly. As expected, there aren’t too many women contesting the Vidhan Sabha elections on October 5. The prominent parties or coalitions...
By Rifat Mohidin For 19-year-old Amina Jan, casting her first vote in the ongoing assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir was both exciting and challenging. These elections, being held in the region after a decade, represent a personal milestone for young voters like...
By Parvathi Benu From the first election to the Haryana state assembly in 1967 after the state was carved out of Punjab in 1966 to the one in 2019, a total of 839 candidates have become elected representatives. Of this 839, just 69 women – a measly 8% – have been...
By Safeena Wani Sugra Barkati. Photo courtesy: Imran Nissar/ The Hindu A group of bandana-clad boys chaperone Sugra Barkati, a barely 16-year-old youngster, to Ganderbal constituency, one of the 90 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, which will decide the fate of...
By Sumayyah Qureshi In Anchar, a neighbourhood in the northern part of Srinagar, Kashmir, many women turned out to vote in the second phase of polling for the state’s legislative assembly elections, on September 25. Their concerns: incarcerated youth, the need for...