150 years ago, a childless mother birthed India’s movement for emancipation of women
Almost 150 years ago, Anandi, the childless mother, birthed the movement for the emancipation of Indian women.
Legends
Akbar and Women: Was He The Feminist Among The Mughals?
When his own daughters were born, it was meticulously recorded by Abu’l Fazl that the celebrations were ordered to be as elaborate as those for the birth of sons.
Mukta Salve: The first female Dalit writer and a student of Savitribai
The first female Dalit writer who expressed her views against the discriminatory practices and norm of the society and a student of Savirtibai Phule.
Women Empowerment Through Three Generations
They show that a family with an empowered woman is the basis for strong, outspoken and independent women. Their story also pushes the edges of women expression and freedom by proving that the revolution starts from within.
Ramabai Ranade: Women’s Rights Activist Of 19th Century India
Ramabai Ranade was a social worker and activist. She was one of the first women’s rights activists in the 19th century who worked for the emancipation of women. In a time when women did not have rights and freedoms, Ramabai Ranade worked to liberate them.Â
Esther Duflo deserves her Nobel as an economist, don’t call her the ‘wife’
This sexism is an everyday issue where women are being left out of important roles, their achievements overshadowed and sometimes even usurped by the men around them
Measuring Mahatma Gandhi’s Relevance In Today’s World
Today when the world is a much divided world with arms and weapons of mass destruction being accumulated by all countries, Mahatma Gandhi’s values are not only relevant but important than ever before.
Are Mahatma Gandhi’s Ideologies Relevant For Today’s Youth?
Several young people feel that the principles that took the world by storm in the mid-1990s are redundant today. Amidst controversies surrounding the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the average millennial’s trust and faith in his figure is not so constant anymore.
Powerful Amrita Pritam Quotes That Resonate with Our Feelings Even Today
She was fearless and fierce. India’s most iconic female poet, Amrita Pritam moved people with her writing on love, pain, and partition. She was a women’s rights champion but most of all someone who understood their expression and reflected it through her writings. She was unapologetically about her views, and she questioned subjugation of women […]
Celebrating Indian women of history on postal stamps
Women’s history has a facet we must celebrate. Women have been part of Indian stamps for decades. The First Stamp of Independent India was issued on 21 November 1947. The first Indian woman on postage was Mirabai, issued on October 1, 1952 and was for 2 annas. Since then hundreds of Indian women stamps were issued […]
