We continue our discussion between Damini and Nidhi.  Dhamini speaks to Nidhi Goyal, founder, Rising Flame, and one of the authors of the report - ‘Neglected and Forgotten: Women with disabilities during the COVID crisis in India’. Nidhi is also a woman with a disability. They engage with the question of access to digital spaces for women with disability. Discussions around difficulties faced by disabled women involved in providing essential services. Tune in for more details! 

As the coronavirus epidemic began to spread, the Indian government immediately established a lot of protocols. But how was all of this to reach persons with disabilities?  In this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini speaks to Nidhi Goyal, founder, Rising Flame, and one of the authors of the report - ‘Neglected and Forgotten: Women with disabilities during the COVID crisis in India’. Nidhi is also a woman with a disability.

In this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini speaks to Madhumita Venkatraman and Dr Arunabala, two of the five authors who worked on the report called Eight Questions Answered: Domestic Violence and the Indian Workplace. She asks them about the current work from home situations and shouldn’t domestic violence also be seen as a workplace issue? 

In the final episode of the Pride Month series, Dhamini Ratnam talks about the LGBTQ+ movement in the 2010s, the Naz judgement, the Nalsa judgement, and finally the death knell to Section 377.  

In this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini Ratnam talks about India's struggle with trans identification and how groups across the country fought stigma and influences politics.

Continuing with the special series on Pride Month, in this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini Ratnam talks to the some of the country's most influential queer activists - Lesley Esteves, Shals Mahajan and Chayanika Shah on lesbian movements and communities across the country in the 1990s. 

In this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini Ratnam talks about the journey of the pride community in the 1990s. She talks about how their struggles and initiatives helped them destigmatize the community and gain recognition across society.

In this episode of Gender Question, Dhamini Ratnam talks about the story of the Indian queer movement through the month of June.

This week, Dhamini addresses the issue of Conversion Therapy that haunts the members of the LGBTQA+ community. This practice has prevailed for longer than we can imagine and even has the backing of institutionalised science but is slowly being exposed. 

This week, Dhamini addresses the issue of Conversion Therapy that haunts the members of the LGBTQA+ community. This practice has prevailed for longer than we can imagine and even has the backing of institutionalised science but is slowly being exposed. 

A draft ruled out for the empowerment and safety of transgender persons by the government has given the trans community time till May 18 to respond with their suggestions. Tune in to know what they're doing!

A draft ruled out for the empowerment and safety of transgender persons by the government has given the trans community time till May 18 to respond with their suggestions. Tune in to know what they're doing!

In this episode, Dhamini addresses the outed Instagram group, Bois Locker Room. She talks to Bisakha Datta @busydot, Jaya Sharma, and Fareeha Iftekhar about issues like consent, adolescence, and sexual freedom. 

During the lockdown, domestic violence has been of particular concern especially because the survivors have not been able to access the usual channels of help. How did the situation come to this point? Let's find out with Dhamini. 

This week, Dhamini addresses the issue of what happened on 6th February, the last day of a cultural festival at Gargi, a women’s college in Delhi University. She also spoke to Nandita Gandhi, who is the co-founder of Akshara Centre & also has been part of the women’s movement since the 1980s.

This week, Dhamini addresses the issue of masculinity and its manifestation in violence. Taking the example of the recent riots in North-East Delhi, and conversations with Manak Matiyani, she explores the overwhelming messaging of "being protectors" spread to young boys is correlated to their sense of entitlement to power.

In this episode, Dhamini speaks to Jaya Sharma, a queer feminist author, an activist of the LGBTQ community & part of the BDSM community continues her conversation form the previous episode. She also talks about consent as a messy desire and the research she did for her books.

In this episode, Dhamini speaks to Jaya Sharma, a queer feminist author, an activist of the LGBTQ community & part of the BDSM community talks about consent and discusses what it is about consent which makes it difficult to pin down. 

In this episode, Dhamini speaks to Ghazala Jamil, an author and a professor at JNU about how Muslim women, who are leading protests around the country against CAA and the NRCs are challenging our deeply-held perceptions about them.