Raksha Kumar is an independent journalist, writing on human rights, gender and politics. She has reported for the New York Times, Al Jazeera America, The Guardian, TIME magazine, Christian Science Monitor, DAWN, Caravan, The Hindu and South China Morning Post. Follow her on twitter @Raksha_Kumar.
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Published in: 50.50Why the ‘Me Too’ movement in India is succeeding at lastCenturies of entrenched patriarchy cannot be upturned in a month. But this country finally looks ready for a...
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Published in: 50.50India's university students are raising questions the state doesn't want to hearAmid a timid media, weak political opposition, and restrictions on civil society, university campuses are among the...
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Published in: openIndiaBengal residents resist hazardous power grid amid repressionIn January, police in Bhangar, West Bengal, shot two people dead as residents of the village protested a dangerous...
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Published in: 50.50Seeking justice for rape by the state in Bastar, IndiaFor tribal women living in the Bastar region of central India, sexual abuse at the hands of security forces has...
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Published in: 50.50Daring to report: facing death in IndiaA strong culture of impunity, enjoyed by the powerful in India, is dismantling the very foundations of a thriving...
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Published in: 50.50Breaking Free: a women's movement in Indian universitiesFemale students in Delhi are protesting against their hostels resembling prisons - arguing that restricting women’s...