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In the last week of August, jewellery brand GIVA launched its Raksha Bandhan campaign featuring actor Kriti Sanon. What followed was outrage—mainly over the clothes Kriti was seen wearing. GIVA pulled the ad from all media, saying it did not wish to hurt people’s sentiments. But Kriti had already emerged as the unlikely hero of the controversy before GIVA’s decision.
May 3 is observed across the globe as World Press Freedom Day. But this year there is not much to cheer about.
According to the World Press Freedom Index 2026 recently released by Reporters Without Borders, India has slipped to the 157th position, down six places from 2025.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report 2025 was released recently. In its 19th edition, it is the longest-standing index which tracks how 148 countries fared in closing the gender gap. In 2025, the global index stands at 68.8 percentage points (to be read...
The Indian women’s cricket team winning the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (WC) for the first time was a watershed moment, undoubtedly. Not just for the game but for Harmanpreet’s girls who lifted the cup, for the future of women’s cricket, for the many girls it will inspire and for women’s cricket finally finding a legitimate standalone status, and not just as an adjunct to the men’s cricket team.
When schools across Kerala reopened this June, students returned to classrooms with more than just new timetables. This year, they will be learning from newly revised textbooks that reflect a more inclusive and progressive worldview. As part of a major curriculum...
What did the suffragette movement, the two World Wars, the Vietnam war, the Great Recession and the Ukraine invasion have in common? The answer may surprise you. Women’s cosmetics, especially red lipstick, are frequently modes of resistance, rebellion and propaganda....
Adolescence, the widely appreciated new British television miniseries available in India on Netflix, has shown us the impact of the manosphere, a term coined to describe a network of interconnected websites and online communities that share a misogynist and male...
If "The Subtle Art of Undermining Women" were a book, it would likely top the best-seller charts. As it's International Women's Day, it's concerning to note that achieving gender equality is getting harder with each year. In 2025, we mark the 30th anniversary of the...
This month's InkSights is dedicated to NWMI’s 19th National Meeting from 31 January to 2 February, 2025 in Guwahati, Assam. Around 200 journalists gathered from all over India to attend the meet. This year’s public meeting focused on Media, Conflict and Climate...
It’s 2025 and the participation of women in the labour force in India does not give us much reason to cheer. Not only that, women occupy very few decision-making posts, too. Women make up 48.4% of India’s population but contribute less than 18% of the GDP, according...
UPDATE CDSCO has since issued a statement announcing that "The proposed amendment in Rules is for clarification for the benefit of consumers and is not changing the status quo. The strengths as defined in Schedule K, will be available without prescription, as it is...
June 30 is celebrated as World Social Media Day. While technology is empowering and enabling, it has also helped to transfer and recreate misogyny, sexism and violence against women in social networks. A few years ago, extreme misogyny existed on platforms like...
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...
InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.