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Mind the Gap: What's in a name? Plenty if you're a married woman

India, June 9 -- When I got married, I switched from Khanna, the name I was born with, and took on Bhandare, the name my husband was born with. Pick your battles, I rationalized at the time. In any c... Read More


Mind the Gap: Sindoor and its aftermath

India, June 2 -- How many military operations can you name? Most will remember Operation Blue Star, when Indira Gandhi ordered troops into the Golden Temple in 1984, some might have heard of Operation... Read More


Adolescence, consent & the grey zone for Pocso

India, May 31 -- In May 2018, when she ran off to "marry" him, she was 14 and he was 25. When her mother went to get her back, she refused to return and, so, the mom filed a police complaint. By the t... Read More


Mind the Gap: The weighty business of words (and why they matter)

India, May 5 -- Earlier this week at a consultation on 'honour' killings, senior advocate Vrinda Grover asked: Can we please find another word to describe the murder of young people by their families ... Read More


Justifying caste killings in the name of family honour

India, May 3 -- You might just miss it tucked away inside your newspaper. A few paragraphs that don't even begin to tell the story. The one of love, and dying for it. The one where choosing a partner ... Read More


Mind the Gap: Who is a woman? UK Supreme Court ruling is a setback to transgender rights

India, April 28 -- A woman is defined as someone who is born biologically female, Britain's top court has ruled. The interpretation is for purposes of the country's Equality Act, the landmark five-jud... Read More


Mind the Gap: How Donald Trump's tariff policies could impact women workers

India, April 21 -- On April 2, 2025, the president of the United States, Donald Trump announced that a set of reciprocal tariffs would apply to all imports to the US at rates between a 10% base tariff... Read More


In rape cases, stop victim-blaming and morality talk

India, April 19 -- Twice in as many weeks, the Supreme Court has expressed its disapproval at the Allahabad high court. The most recent was over a bail order to a rape accused where the high court mad... Read More


Mind the Gap: "We will see change only if we keep talking"

India, April 14 -- For 23 years, Khabar Lahariya has been reporting the news from Bundelkhand, a hilly region between northern Madhya Pradesh and southern Uttar Pradesh. Led entirely by women, most of... Read More


Mind the Gap: Why ASHA workers in Kerala are angry

India, April 7 -- On the 50th day of the protest, Padmajam from Trivandrum decided to join the other women in chopping off her hair, except, unlike the hundreds of others who cut off a few inches, she... Read More