women | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/women/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 What Would It Mean If Women Were Allowed to Dream? https://helterskelter.in/2021/06/women-dreaming-salma-meena-kandasamy-book-review/ https://helterskelter.in/2021/06/women-dreaming-salma-meena-kandasamy-book-review/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:48:55 +0000 https://helterskelter.in/?p=13492 Salma's Women, Dreaming is a feminist text; a generational tale of women bound to each other by blood, marriage, and proximity.

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]]> https://helterskelter.in/2013/05/sacred-cows-indispensable-women/feed/ 1 The Painfully Noble Origins of Moral Policing https://helterskelter.in/2013/04/the-painfully-noble-origins-of-moral-policing/ https://helterskelter.in/2013/04/the-painfully-noble-origins-of-moral-policing/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:03:20 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=7579 Apart from what it dresses in, one needs to constantly monitor where the body goes, who it is seen with, and when it can appear in public places.

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