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An attempt to strangulate progressive voices: AISA on DU order mandating permission for protests
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (322+ words) New Delhi, A day after Delhi University issued a directive mandating 72-hour prior permission for any protest or gathering on campus, the Left-backed All India Students' Association rejected it, describing it as an attempt to "strangulate progressive voices". On Monday,…...
Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit-2026: Kejriwal vows full govt support to industry to beat China
1+ week, 3+ day ago (305+ words) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday promised all necessary support and facility to the industry in Punjab to compete with China in the manufacturing sector. Kejriwal gave the "guarantee" during the inaugural session of the Progressive…...
Women's Day should not drift towards western-style feminism: Rashtra Sevika Samiti general secretary
3+ week, 3+ day ago (368+ words) New Delhi, Rashtra Sevika Samiti general secretary Seetha Gayatri Annadanam on Saturday said International Women's Day should be channelled in a constructive direction rooted in Indian cultural values. Asked how the nearly 90-year-old organisation views International Women's Day on March…...
This script of sexuality demands radical edits
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) In his 1912 essay, "On the Universal Tendency, Freud states clearly, "Where they love, they do not desire and where they desire, they cannot love. "Sexuality is to feminism what work is to Marxism: that which is most one's own, yet…...
'Feminist' Aishwarya Rai raises voice against street harassment: ‘Don't blame your dress or your lipstick’
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (313+ words) Actor Aishwarya Rai has never been one to mince words, especially when it comes to issues that affect women everywhere. Now, the actor has raised her voice against street harassment, saying the burden should never fall on the woman, or…...
Huma Qureshi says the word ‘feminism’ is used very negatively nowadays: ‘Nobody is saying to put men down’
4+ mon, 20+ hour ago (334+ words) Huma Qureshi talked about the concept of feminism and how it is misconstrued a lot nowadays. The actor said that the idea means well for both men and women. | Bollywood Huma Qureshi has spoken about how the word feminism has…...
Class, gender, race: The politics of self-care
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (629+ words) It was Socrates who essentially said: Put your own mask on first. "Epimeleia heautou" or "care of the self" was central to his discourses on ways to tackle life's challenges, including parenting. A 4th-century-BCE book by his pupil, Plato, describes…...
Bonnie Blue reportedly punched in face, accused of ‘setting feminism back’ amid her Bang Bus tour
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (366+ words) Bonnie Blue, the notorious adult film star, was reportedly punched in the face by a woman during one of her events in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The altercation occurred during her "Bang Bus" tour, which took a dramatic turn as the…...
Materialists director Celine Song trashes Broke Man Propaganda accusations: ‘It's become fashionable to be classist"
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (225+ words) I asked if Celine had heard about the "broke man propaganda" that she is accused to propagating with her film. Hundreds of women all over the world are making TikToks about how yet another rom-com is "telling women to go…...
'Andhra Tate' Sandeep Reddy Vanga faces wrath of Deepika Padukone's fans: ‘Ego got hurt so blame feminism for it’
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (272+ words) Sandeep Reddy Vanga has earned the internet's ire for an unsolicited jibe on feminism in his post amid the Deepika Padukone-Spirit row. Deepika had exited Spirit, Vanga's film with Prabhas, last week. Triptii Dimri was announced as her replacement a…...