Patriarchy

How can parents help children make new friends?

How to Raise a Boy: Raising my son free of patriarchy is the real test

September 22, 2025 1:18 pm

So we talk about choices, boundaries and individualism and try to incorporate them in our lives too

Wazir Akbar Khan, a neighborhood in Kabul the setting of Part I of the novel, The Kite Runner.

The burden of being a man in The Kite Runner

August 20, 2025 7:33 pm

Beneath the novel’s more overt themes, what stands out to me most is the dominating presence of patriarchy, a system built by men, sustained by men, and internalised by men

Men’s mental health matters. More so, as patriarchy doesn’t let them speak

June 16, 2025 12:30 pm

The month of June, observed as Men’s Mental Health Awareness month, brings into focus a grim reality, as the burden of patriarchy ensures that men feel a stigma in talking about their challenges, especially around mental health

This Father’s Day, a question: Why don't men avail paternity leaves?

June 12, 2025 6:36 pm

A culture of trust, where employees don’t have to choose between family and ambition, requires more than good policy. It demands an environment where taking time to nurture your family is not a rejection of work

From George Eliot to JK Rowling: The secret male alter egos of famous women writers

June 18, 2025 4:44 pm

Five female authors masked under anonymity of creative choice.

What a common gendered phrase says about the persistence of sexism in law

May 20, 2025 5:18 pm

The saying, ‘The law is a jealous mistress’, was coined at a time when women were valued primarily for their beauty, sexuality and reproductive role. Those days are in the past, just as this aphorism should be

Anupam Mittal with his daughter Alyssa Anantara (source: Anupam Mittal/LinkedIn)

Anupam Mittal challenges traditional norms for daughter's name: 'You are not defined by men in your life'

April 24, 2025 2:48 pm

In a heartfelt post on LinkedIn, Mittal opened up about a choice he and his wife made when naming their daughter.

The incomplete feminism of ‘Mrs’ and ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’

March 02, 2025 9:05 am

Neither film can escape its limited view of caste

The patriarchy Nirmala Sitharaman refuses to see

November 15, 2024 6:06 pm

What Sitharaman said reeks of something the internet calls “pick me energy”. When she asked women to not complain and go out and do it, she essentially asked them to remain silent. Societies often love a silent woman because that gives them the power to maintain the status quo