Author: Ayndrila Banerjee

It’s not easy to live in a world when you’re stripped off of  your right to wear anything you like, writes Ayndrila Banerjee Nausheen Sultana was 14 years old when she decided to wear a hijab. Now she is 29 and works as a software engineer in Bengaluru. The hijab row that had erupted in […]

Bollywood’s attempt at normalizing homosexuality could is doing more harm Following the abrogation of Article 377 in 2018, a move that liberated many closeted sexual minorities, the Indian film industry encashed the opportunity by bringing out movies depicting homosexual or transsexual relationships. Most of those films aim at normalising the hitherto-taboo subject and have gone […]

Most women feel it’s pertinent to seek the man’s approval before making financial decisions There was a time not so long ago when the idea of working women was taboo. Women are now allowed to have jobs but the money they earn is more often managed either by their husbands or by a male member […]

The school bell rang for recess and children huddled to eat their meals. One could feel the excitement in the air. Both teachers and students appeared to be relieved to be back in school. Studying in a physical classroom in the presence of a teacher, casually chatting in between classes, taking notes, and learning lessons […]