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Asmita Bakshi

Asmita Bakshi

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The writer is a law graduate and ball of rage. She tweets @asmitabee and eats everywhere

By Asmita Bakshi

Dismal reality of Indian women in the age of Time's Up movement

There are a few parallels one can draw between the Aziz Ansari incident and Mahmood Farooqui case, experientially, if not legally.

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How Kashmir's future survives a curriculum in conflict every day

Students, parents and teachers are the biggest symbol of resilience as they managed to tackle the board exams in November, after a four-month-long shut down in the Valley.

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Coldplay in Mumbai and a sky full of dust

It was a beautiful concert. It was an experience of a lifetime.

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Author CS Lakshmi on detective fiction, feminism and celebrating women

She has created a body of work which is quietly combative and vociferously encouraging.

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Pink introduces us to feminist man and patriarchal woman

Meet the unicorns of the discourse on feminism.

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Indian State has crept into our bedroom, but not to protect us

With altruistic surrogacy, outlawing porn and sexuality, government has become the most unsettling voyeur.

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Innocent until proven guilty for some, not Kanhaiya Kumar?

The maxim that is invoked when convenient.

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The forbidden diary of the infamous Chhattisgarh goat

Join me in a sound that is both my war cry and how the state responds to crimes against women: meh.

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Indian men don't like to masturbate? Our beef with religion explained

If these statistics are anything to go by, we’re either a bunch of liars, or we’re all prudish.

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What our politicians can learn from Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

[Alert] This is probably a little too ambitious for you.

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