women’s rights
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Economy
Made in Bangladesh
A note on The Aerogram’s essay on an American Apparel advertisement, in which the poster is ambivalent, valuing the textile industry’s gains for Bangladeshi women but finding the essay’s style…
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Society
A giant leap back (for woman kind)
The poster compares civil laws on marriage in India and Pakistan, arguing Muslim personal law in India is regressive, as in the case of a Haryana deputy chief minister who…
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Sweet as Sunny
A sardonic note on a US student’s turn to pornography and Bollywood interest in her, taking the story as a sign of the times and asking readers to sign a…
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Economy
(21st century) jobs for women
A note arguing Indian women must be freed from domestic labour for modern jobs, quoting a report on a Lucknow weaver family who hope their daughter will have a better…
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Society
“Mardon wala kaam kaise karogi?”
A report on Khairunnissa Shaikh, a burqa-clad school bus driver in Mumbai, with the poster’s wry comment that a burqa may not be the safest attire for Mumbai traffic.
