by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages. “Talaq, talaq, talaq†— and he’s divorced. But in India, a group of women petitioned...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Portfolio
For five mornings each week, the elderly women who visit the Rangoli Women’s Center say they feel like they belong somewhere. This is an unusual feeling for many of them. In most of India, older women are practically invisible. In large families, they take on...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Essays & Commentaries, Portfolio
Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20-somethings. Every day she wakes up at 4 a.m., bathes, washes clothes, makes tea, recites prayers until about 7 a.m. Sometimes she goes to the Gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, other times she prays at home....
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
In India there have been many well-documented cases of women who were deliberately burned by their husbands as part of dowry demands. The law has been changed to give women more protection during the first seven years of marriage. But women are still being burned. Now...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Narratives & Features, Portfolio
In patriarchal societies like India, women who survive their husbands are often neglected later in life. In Bangalore, a slum community center is hoping to improve the lives of these widows by providing a space where they can come to do yoga, crafts and make friends....
