Mainstream Weekly

Rape and the Politics of Hate

Krishna Majumdar — 2014-07-14T17:25:05Z

WOMEN‘S WORLD
Nirbhaya in December 2012 and Badaun in May 2014 are nothing less than landmarks for women in India,—landmarks in their conscious-ness of what men do, and can do, to them. But the statement made by the TMC MP, Tapas Paul (also a popular actor), caught on camera and released last week, go even beyond the violence, sometimes fatal, that individual women face throughout their lives. He is seen addressing a meeting, reportedly of his party members, and is heard saying that he (…)

- 2014

In Response to Dr Gilbert Sebastian

Krishna Majumdar — 2013-04-28T17:55:33Z

COMMUNICATION
This is in response to the article published in Mainstream on March 16, 2013, "Patriarchy and the Rise of Sexual Assaults in India: An Explanation" by Dr Gilbert Sebastian.
Violence against women is a fact of life in India, as indeed in most parts of the world. As Dr Sebastian rightly points out, from female foeticide to infanticide, from domestic violence to molestation to sexual assault, females are neither safe unborn or born, inside the home or out of it. Undoubtedly a (…)

- 2013

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Krishna Majumdar — 2008-04-07T08:35:56Z

COMMUNICATION
This is with reference to the article “Strengthening Molestation Law for Women's Safety in India” by Minakshi Sethy and Prabira Sethy in Mainstream (March 8, 2008).
The menace of sexual harassment faced by women everyday is undeniably taking on dangerous proportions. It needs to be looked at very seriously because without a clear understanding of why this phenomenon is spreading so widely across the country, we cannot really hope to combat it, much less get it under (…)

- April 5, 2008