Issue 117

Responses to Manushi

From Manusmriti to Madhusmriti
Flagellating a Mythical Enemy
MADHU KISHWAR

Poem: Fruit of My Labour
JYOTHI SAMPAT

In the People’s Own Court
A Village Demands Right to Information
Compiled by SHERALLY MUNSHI with files from
MAZDOOR KISAN SHAKTI SANGATHAN

Sita in the City
The Ramayana’s Heroine in New York
ANNE MURPHY and SHANA SIPPY

Book Review: Law and Gender Inequality
The Politics of Women’s Rights in India
by Flavia Agnes
Reviewer: MANEESHA DECKHA

Story: Jirwa-Mai
by Ramanika Gupta
Translated from Hindi

Getting Away with Murder
How Law Courts and Police Fail Victims of Domestic Violence
GEETHADEEVI, MEGHANA, RAGHUNANDAN, RENUKA and SHOBHA from VIMOCHANA

My Vision for the Future:
Where the Mind is Without Fear
MRINAL PANDE

Endorsements for the
Alternative Women’s Reservation Bill

The Girl From Kathua

About the Book:

On January 10, 2018, a little girl allegedly disappeared in Kathua district of Jammu province. Even before her body was recovered a week later, a sinister narrative was launched alleging that the girl was abducted, gang raped and killed by ‘RSS-minded’ Hindus in a Hindu temple. Talib Hussain, a PDP-Hurriyat activist with criminal antecedents led the campaign, in which Patwari Sanji Ram was declared as the ‘mastermind’.

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