The Rape & Murder of Madkam Hidme: Fact-finding Report
On 13th of June 2016, Madkam Hidme, aged 16, was killed under questionable circumstances in war-torn Chattisgarh. The Inspector General of Police, SRP Kalluri claimed that she was a Maoist…
On 13th of June 2016, Madkam Hidme, aged 16, was killed under questionable circumstances in war-torn Chattisgarh. The Inspector General of Police, SRP Kalluri claimed that she was a Maoist…
Society seems dysfunctional without class structures. It is the very structures of oppression that turns the lives of the oppressed communities in the world upside down. The is one of…
Recently Republican candidate John Kasich came under fire by suggesting that women shouldn’t drink to avoid sexual assault. In response to a question posed by a college student, he replied,…
The outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) has said that “goons and anti-social elements” are creating havoc in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh in the name of anti-Maoist operations. A…
Adivasi activist Soni Sori received an official death threat from Bastar police on 4th February: "Soni Sori, should you dare to step into Bijapur, we will kill you, we will…
Two years ago I was on vacation in Maine when I started getting really, really mad. I’d been working to track sexualized violence in the Syrian war for a long…
Picture the scene: It’s the middle of the night and a man gets up to switch off the TV and get a glass of water. An 18-year-old girl is sleeping…
There is the woman who fled her home and became a refugee, escaping not just the bombings but also the threat of rape. There is the young girl whose dreams…
“Any regulated dress code from bikinis to burqas assumes that men are weak, impulsive, and untrustworthy." A woman's clothing is not an incitement to rape. M.A.D (Mad About Drama) in…
Feminism is ruining everything. In the past few weeks alone it has single-handedly threatened to ruin a poor convicted rapist’s hopes of returning to role-model status and celebrity career, allegedly destroyed masculinity, and…
By Jyotika Mansata In a world where rape features in the headlines of newspapers almost every day, one clings to the hope that there are still a few havens left…