Women and Children

From Shah Bano to Manusmriti: Reading Tahir Mahmood’s Writings Within a Long Tradition of “Protection” as Control

From Shah Bano to Manusmriti: Reading Tahir Mahmood’s Writings Within a Long Tradition of “Protection” as Control

Mohammad Sajjad

05 Sep 2026

6 min read

Book Excerpt: ‘Courting Equality’ Revisits the Sabarimala Case and the Case for Reading Menstrual Exclusion as Untouchability

Book Excerpt: ‘Courting Equality’ Revisits the Sabarimala Case and the Case for Reading Menstrual Exclusion as Untouchability

02 Sep 2026

6 min read

Rahul Gandhi’s Critique of Manusmriti Captures Ambedkar’s Vision of Women’s Equality

Rahul Gandhi’s Critique of Manusmriti Captures Ambedkar’s Vision of Women’s Equality

24 Aug 2026

5 min read

498-A and Live-In Relationships: Why is marriage still the reference standard for protection from Intimate Partner Violence?

498-A and Live-In Relationships: Why is marriage still the reference standard for protection from Intimate Partner Violence?

Mrudula Vanangamudi

14 Aug 2026

6 min read

Vocabulary as the Cause of Action: The limits of the Supreme Court’s latest Gender Sensitivity Report

Vocabulary as the Cause of Action: The limits of the Supreme Court’s latest Gender Sensitivity Report

Deeksha Viswanathan

11 Aug 2026

8 min read

‘The perfect victim is a myth’: How the Bombay High Court reversed Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal

‘The perfect victim is a myth’: How the Bombay High Court reversed Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal

07 Aug 2026

8 min read

Why the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s morality test for Live-In Couples is not an outlier

Why the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s morality test for Live-In Couples is not an outlier

31 Jul 2026

11 min read

‘Hospitals offer a critical window of opportunity for supporting survivors’: Making the PWDVA work in health systems

‘Hospitals offer a critical window of opportunity for supporting survivors’: Making the PWDVA work in health systems

21 Jul 2026

9 min read

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