‘Hormonal’ female students need curfews, says India women’s minister in latest gaffe

‘Hormonal’ female students need curfews, says India women’s minister in latest gaffe: NEW DELHI // Female students need curfews to protect them from their “hormonal outbursts”, India’s women’s minister has said, sparking ridicule on social media. Many Indian universities impose curfews on women while allowing male students to stay out at night, a policy critics…

Online women abuse is on the rise

Online women abuse is on the rise: Mallika (name changed) was one of my friends. She was known to be a ‘timid girl’, who spoke softly and judiciously chose her words. Probably for her introversion, she was very reticent about what had been done to her. The incident came to light much later. It was…

Amnesty blasts India on rights record

Amnesty blasts India on rights record: The Amnesty International’s annual report for 2016-17, which was released last week, has drawn attention to the widespread human rights violations in India. These abuses have taken place in many parts of the country and in most fields of life where citizens have enjoyed a constitutional guarantee of basic…