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• The Journey Of Indian Women In Electoral Politics

  

  India’s women-centric policies were conceived mostly under global influence, until the rising women voter turnout in the country changed the trend.

  Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

• Bihar's Electoral Secret: How Nitish Kumar Created Women's Vote Bank With Women-Centric Policies

  

  When the Narendra Modi government introduced the Women’s Reservation Bill, it was seen as an attempt to polarise women voters towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but, when it comes to polarising women voters, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is way ahead.

  Umesh Kumar Ray
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  The Case For Affirmative Action And Reservation In India

  

  The support for the Women’s Reservation bill reaffirms India’s faith in affirmative action even as it highlights its dichotomous allegiance to ‘meritocracy’ at the cost of inequity.

  Rakhi Bose
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  Red Lipstick And Bindi: Symbols Of Feminist Defiance

  

  The Women’s Reservation Bill has been passed after 27 years. The struggle for a seat at the table has been long. We go to the table being us. As women who want to redefine, reconfigure and reset the narratives. We begin with lipstick and bindi.

  Chinki Sinha
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  Diary Of Nostalgia

  

  Nostalgia is like wearing rose-tinted glasses but on some nights, it is good to return to the good old days when a condom could transform into a piglet and an antenna was the medium through which we saw the world outside of our little worlds

  Ashutosh Salil