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Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind

Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind

Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind is a novelist, feminist research scholar and a TedX speaker. She won the Commonwealth Short Story Special Prize(2011). She is currently pursuing an Integrated MPhil-PhD degree in Women’s Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She was awarded the Best Student Prize (2015-2016) and the Institute Gold Medal (2015-2017) for academic performance by TISS. She was awarded the Writers in Immersion and Cultural Exchange (WrICE) Fellowship by RMIT University, Australia and was an invited speaker at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Her writings have been published in both Indian and International press including the Griffith Review, Australia, and Blink’s year-end fiction special of the Hindu Business Line. Her non-fiction writings on feminist themes have appeared in Huffington Post, Hindu Business Line and Daily O among others. Her debut novel, The Heavens We Chase, set in pre-partition, British India, was released by Roli Books in 2016.

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Latest Posts, OpinionOctober 24, 2023<October 24, 2023

India’s Parliamentarians Must Stop Using Uncouth, Sexist Language

Using sexually charged vocabulary to humiliate, insult, degrade & viciously attack the personhood of women, India’s male politicians have been adept at propagating unparliamentary language.

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Latest Posts, OpinionMay 13, 2022<June 23, 2022

Srilanka’s Women Face The Brunt Of The Crisis

Sri Lankan women face the brunt of the economic crisis in the island nation. Will things get worse for women in the country?

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Environment, Latest PostsJune 29, 2020<March 16, 2023

The Modi Government Is Diluting India’s Environmental Laws

The quest to score a better rank in the ‘ease of doing business’ index is permanently degrading the environment.

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Latest Posts, OpinionMay 30, 2019<March 13, 2023

The Social Psychology Of Political Rallies

Political rallies-real and digital-can only be successful when the crowd is on a clear, unified, & persistent message.

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Insight, Latest PostsMay 24, 2019<March 13, 2023

The Great Trigonometric Survey of India: A History of How India was measured

Nain Singh ventured into Tibet in the guise of a Tibetan monk & calculated the distances by using a rosary & footsteps.

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Latest Posts, PolicyApril 23, 2019<March 13, 2023

Women Empowerment: A Broken Promise

A closer analysis of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme reveals women empowerment is a mere publicity stunt.

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Insight, Latest PostsApril 1, 2019<March 13, 2023

When Women Paid Tax To Cover Their Breasts

In India, lower caste women were forced to pay taxes to cover their breasts. It was called the Breast Tax.

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Latest Posts, PolicyMarch 18, 2019<March 13, 2023

How Patriarchy Influences Women’s Representation

In politics, women are overshadowed by patriarchal structures. Does this augur well for women’s empowerment?

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Latest Posts, OpinionMarch 6, 2019<March 13, 2023

When Mothers Exhort Their Children To Kill & Die

There’s a worrying trend. A growing number of women are championing extremism, exhorting their children to kill & die.

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Insight, Latest PostsFebruary 26, 2019<March 13, 2023

The Great Indian Hedge & Donald Trump’s Wall

Bigotry & the politics of separation manifest through walls & barricades that divide humanity into ‘us’ and ‘the other.’

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Insight, Latest PostsDecember 25, 2018<March 13, 2023

How India’s Public Libraries Evolved

India’s public libraries were built by well-meaning men. These individuals have since been forgotten.

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Insight, Latest PostsDecember 11, 2018<March 13, 2023

The Bitter History Of Sugar

The history of sugar opens a bitter past, one where millions of lives have been enslaved under colonial capitalism.

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Books & Films, Latest PostsDecember 5, 2018<March 13, 2023

A Feminist, Marxist Reinterpretation Of The Ramayana

Ranganayakamma’s book, ‘Ramayana: The Poisonous Tree,’ interprets Ramarajya as a casteist, feudal & patriarchal society.

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The Madras Courier is the first newspaper to be established in the Madras Presidency, British India. Published on October 12, 1785, it was the leading newspaper of its time. Selling for a princely sum of one rupee, it thrived for three decades.

Two centuries later, this legacy is revived digitally. Today, the Madras Courier serves a global audience of curious, intelligent readers interested in South Asian affairs. We curate interesting stories that enhance our understanding of the world in meaningful ways.

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