Articles by: Ravneet Param

Why didn’t she leave?

Why didn’t she leave?

Ghastly narrative surrounds Shraddha Walker’s alleged murder by her live-in partner, Aftab Poonawalla. She was in an abusive relationship, as is claimed by her friends and corroborated by her conversations with those around her. I do not intend to rake up details of Shraddha’s death, as the least we can do is give her dignity in her death which she[Read More…]

by 21/11/2022 Comments are Disabled India
Seeking Accountability In Romantic Relationships

Seeking Accountability In Romantic Relationships

  When bell hooks speaks about the radical potential of sisterhood, she is informed by her experience as a Black woman in a white-dominated feminist space. When Virginia Woolf asks for a room of one’s own, she not only points to the condition of women within Victorian morality in general, she also reiterates her own lived experience as a woman[Read More…]

by 09/11/2022 Comments are Disabled Patriarchy
Living room as a space of feminist solidarity

Living room as a space of feminist solidarity

Didi kabhi shadi mat karna (Didi, never get married). Durga’s voice reverberated in the house during our morning ritual of chatting over a cup of piping hot tea. Durga, one of the thousands or probably lakhs of immigrants from Bihar, helps me with household chores. Mine is the first house she comes to in the morning, primarily because I have[Read More…]

by 18/04/2022 Comments are Disabled Patriarchy
German Gynasts, Unitard And Patriarchy

German Gynasts, Unitard And Patriarchy

German women’s gymnastics team’s stand to wear unitard once again opens up the debate on agency and choice In Tokyo Olympics 2020, the German women’s gymnastics team decided to not wear a leotard, taking a stand against sexualization of women’s bodies. German gymnast Elizabeth Seith commented that “It’s about what feels comfortable. We wanted to show that every woman, everybody,[Read More…]

by 05/08/2021 1 comment Patriarchy