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Mythily Sivaraman, a file picture.

‘Women’s oppression is integrally linked to capitalism’: Mythily Sivaraman

Extracts from a conversation with Mythily Sivaraman, veteran Communist leader and women’s rights activist.

Different parts of India witnessed reform movements from the mid 19th century. Periyar E.V. Ramasamy led the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu.

Religion, gender and equality

Women and their struggle for equality are inherently tied to the struggle for democracy in India.

New Delhi, 21/02/2013: Students performing a play during a protest rally at Jantar Mantar and demanding the resignation of P.J. Kurien and protesters also demanded changes in a proposed law against sexual crimes and Parliement must enact a law against rape and sexual violence based on Justice Verma recommendation, reheblitation and compensation for survivors of rape and acid attack, in New Delhi on February 21, 2013. Photo:Sushil Kumar Verma

Missing the point

There is a need to address the factors that lead to the increase in the violence against women. For this, a more consistent examination of the socio-e

Bankura with her Masters 1992-013

Catalyst for women’s struggle

Vina Mazumdar (1927-2013) was one of the champions of women’s rights and women’s movements in independent India.

Portraits of women

Showcasing the strengths and limits of a narrowly conceived project of feminist history writing.

Towards equality

EXPERIMENTAL neutrino physics reached a major milestone on February 24 when a neutrino fired through the earth from a “neutrino factory” at the Japan

Women supporters of the Congress greet Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi on March 10.-SUBHAV SHUKLA/PTI

Towards equality

The passage of the Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008, popularly known as the Womens Reservation Bill, in the Rajya Sabha on March 9 came as a

Women Members of Parliament of various political parties unite to demand the tabling of the women`s reservation Bill, in November 2007 in New Delhi.-V.V. KRISHNAN

Woman power

The issue that has fired the imagination of women in India in recent times is their demand for reservation in Parliament and the State Assemblies.