June, 2021 Movie review: An intersectional analysis of the movie Nil Battey Sannata, a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari 3 minutes read Set in the backdrop of the picturesque city of Agra, Nil Battey Sannata gives us a peek into [...]
May, 2021 A look at the abysmal conditions faced by menstruating women in the Indian informal sector, with a focus on the garment industry 5 minutes read Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), as defined in 2012 by a Joint Monitoring Program of the WHO [...]
March, 2021 From the Editor's Desk - Snippets of what The Blue Divide brought to you in March 2021 2 minutes read All ‘people’ needed to do was to ask women. Scrolling through The Blue Divide’s social media, I come across [...]
April, 2020 Occupational hazards that exist for women in the street vending work 5 minutes read Street vending as a profession has been in existence for centuries and our history textbooks are a testimony to this fact. In all civilizations, there [...]
April, 2020 Occupational hazards suffered specifically by the women manual scavengers in India 4 minutes read “One of India's greatest shames is the failure to eliminate the practice of manual scavenging, the evilest and most degrading prevalent practice of untouchability in [...]
March, 2020 Outlining the challenges of the large female work-force in the handloom industry 5 minutes read The humdrum rhythms of the machine and the colours on the tapestry are often used as symbols for the immaterial wealth harbored by the [...]
March, 2021 Examining the multifaceted forms of gender-based discrimination experienced by women in the construction work industry 5 minutes read As individuals with significant social privilege, the ambit of our imagination is constricted by our worldviews. Our picturizations of the construction [...]
March, 2021 An attempt to lift the veil off the female manual scavengers who are non-existent on paper 4 minutes read Although, ideally, ethically and constitutionally, one should not have to - picture a manual scavenger… I bet most of the [...]
February, 2020 Stories about hardship, mortality and unequal pay that the bangle manufacturing industry tells us 4 minutes read “Meri Pyaas Na Bujhi Re Barasaat Maa, Barasaat Ma Chhananachhan Chudiyaan Khanak Gayi Dekh Sahibaan …” “...chudiyaan bazar se mangvaa de re [...]
January, 2021 A light conversation with members of an SHG, situated somewhere in the hills of Darjeeling 3 minutes read I was welcomed warmly by the members of a Self Help Group, and even offered a cup of chia (tea) in [...]