Equity & Privacy- A Delicate Balance

In this article, the author Isabel Roy aims to critique the concept of privacy against a feminist background. In Indian society, privacy, discretion, and personal space are notions that are supposedly borrowed from Western ideologies. The paper argues that though privacy embraces autonomy and non-interference, the nature of privacy caters to the experiences and margins created for and by a specific gender group and has a disproportionate effect on the rest of the population. It also explores the idea of gender equity to be inculcated within the concept of privacy as an appropriate solution. Continue reading Equity & Privacy- A Delicate Balance

The Case for ‘She’roes in the Army: Unscrambling the Gendered Underpinnings through Babita Puniya

The Apex Court has unequivocally highlighted its quest to bid adieu to entrenched gender inequalities, especially the forms which stem from stereotypical notions. The author of this article analyses the landmark decision in Babita Puniya and inspects the gendered underpinnings of the ‘difficulties’ which are attributed to having women officers in command positions. Continue reading The Case for ‘She’roes in the Army: Unscrambling the Gendered Underpinnings through Babita Puniya