Shikha Sharma

Millions of women migrate each year, but their reasons for moving are not the same as men's, and their chance…

The higher judiciary has very few women. While the low percentage is acknowledged to be a problem by the judi…

Most rural women work on farms, but only one in six owns the land she works on. Succession laws have brought …

Plenty of women choose to study science and technology, but only a modest number of them are in long careers …

In April last year, 30-year-old Bishnu Priya Giri killed herself and her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. …

The higher judiciary has very few women. While the low percentage is acknowledged to be a problem by the judi…

Even as the country grapples with creating more employment opportunities for its population, it is imperative…

When the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) central leadership held meetings with its West Bengal unit in 2020,…

On a crowded street in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi, it is hard to tell Lakshmi Vishnoi apart. The petite young wom…

The 'when' of reopening schools matters, but it is also equally important to think about the 'why'. If the 'w…

When it comes to bridging the gender pay gap worldwide, sports remains one of the final frontiers to be conqu…

Nationalism has long dictated how places are named in the country, with governments across decades using it t…

Our history textbooks have been replete with stories of women who exercised influence over kings or princes t…

'Jobs' is arguably the most debated four letter word. While the Indian economy has grown at a steady pace of …

Sharif Rangnekar had been meaning to write his book - "Straight to Normal: My Life As A Gay Man" for the last…

In May 2018, Noida-based investigative news portal Cobrapost released a series of videos that allegedly revea…

Yann Martel can recall the exact time when he decided to write Life of Pi. In 1996, with two little known boo…

Men have always had the advantage of being able to tell their own story. And this has remained the general li…

The early years of the 20th century saw two great scientific revolutions. The first was the theory of relativ…

Safina, 26, fled from Afghanistan with her family two years ago, but the fear of the past still haunts her. M…

In April 2016, receiving information from Ashwani Parashar, an MBBS student from Dholpur who initiated the #S…

Unlike many other cuisines, Korean food isn't just about going to a restaurant and ordering food. It's an exp…

Let's admit it, we've all heard of the too-good-to-be-real burger at least once - the kind that's vegan, but …

The cramped lanes of city's slums are witness to a curious sight every Sunday. Early morning,a motley group o…