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Fane remarks, in her article published in 1975, that it is the underlying Hindu beliefs of "women are honored, considered most capable of responsibility, strong" that made Indira Gandhi culturally acceptable as the prime minister of India, [148] yet the country has in the recent centuries witnessed the development of diverse ideologies, both ...
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
On 9 August 2024, Dr. Moumita Debnath [3] [4] a second-year postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal, India was found dead [5] in a seminar hall on the college campus. An autopsy later confirmed that she had been raped and murdered.
Sakshi Venkatraman. May 9, 2024 at 4:40 PM. John Nacion. “Mean Girls” star Avantika is speaking out about colorism in India and the negative perceptions of darker-skinned women from South ...
Zoya Afroz (born 10 January 1994) [1] is an Indian actress, model and a beauty pageant titleholder. Afroz won the title of Miss India International 2021 competing at the Glamanand Supermodel India contest and will represent India at the Miss International 2022 beauty pageant in Japan. [2] Afroz was previously crowned as the second runner-up at ...
Joshi is a pageant director for Mrs. India Home Makers (MIHM). Its goal is to bridge the gender gap. [15] Joshi works on gender sensitisation programs. She has interacted with the trans community in schools and universities. [16] She is currently the president of an international beauty pageant for trans women named Miss Universe Trans [17]
Raja Rammohan Roy's efforts led to the abolition of Sati under Governor-General William Cavendish-Bentinck in 1829. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's crusade for improvement in the situation of widows led to the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Many women reformers such as Pandita Ramabai also helped the cause of women.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a non-fiction book written by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo in 2012. It won the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize among many others.