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Namita Bhandare

Namita Bhandare

Namita Bhandare writes on gender and other social issues and has 35-plus years of experience in journalism. She has edited books and features in a documentary on sexual violence. She tweets as @namitabhandare

Articles by Namita Bhandare

Women seldom receive the solidarity they extend

Central to both protests, and all the others in between, have been the presence of women who have unfailingly shown up.

Updated on Aug 2, 2026 01:38 IST

Women at the forefront, again

Students celebrate after the education minister's resignation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday

Updated on Jul 27, 2026 02:30 IST

Hallelujah! The government says yes to sex ed

Cover of a study on the conflict between the law and consensual teenage sex

Updated on Jul 20, 2026 02:30 IST

Women are choosing classrooms over chores: ‘What next?’

The 22.4 million Indian women in various degree and professional programmes, reflect an increase of 6.7 million since 2014

Updated on Jul 19, 2026 01:25 IST

Every parents’ worst nightmare

Representative picture

Updated on Jul 6, 2026 02:30 IST

‘Survival is a daily act…’: Indian women farmers’ long wait for visibility

As men have migrated to cities for employment, it’s women who are left to manage farms, livestock, and household food systems.

Updated on Jul 5, 2026 02:19 IST

Why didn’t she just say no?

Siya told the police she was unhappy about her impending arranged marriage with Ketan Agarwal

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 02:30 IST

Domestic workers, invisible rights

A horrific end to the life of Meena Halder

Updated on Jun 22, 2026 02:30 IST

Nation builders? No, just unpaid women workers

What is the value of a woman who makes no monetary contribution to a family but nonetheless provides it with free labour, asks Namita Bhandare

Updated on Jun 21, 2026 01:21 IST

The girls cracking India’s toughest exam

Face of a topper.

Updated on Jun 8, 2026 02:31 IST

How women experience summers in the city

Urban heat has emerged as an unequal climate challenge with women, particularly those on the margins, bearing the heaviest load. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 6, 2026 15:38 IST

In her words: Dr Soumya Swaminathan

Pic courtesy: Dr Soumya Swaminathan

Updated on Jun 1, 2026 02:46 IST

What (yet another) death says about marriage and violence

Judgement day: Former judge Giribala Singh questions her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma’s choices.

Updated on May 25, 2026 02:30 IST

More than correction of a medical misnomer

Women are still expected to tolerate pain as a “natural” process, whether it’s periods or even child birth. (Getty Images)

Updated on May 23, 2026 18:01 IST

Undefeated: Why Vinesh Phogat will not back down

Vinesh Phogat speaks to media after being disallowed from competing by the WFI in the National Open Ranking Tournament.

Updated on May 18, 2026 02:30 IST

The acid attack survivor who forces us to look

Shaheen Malik

Updated on May 11, 2026 02:30 IST

Why balancing work and motherhood is still hard

Until care is seen as a human responsibility shared equally by both parents and not segregated by gender, the old guilt will travel generation to generation. (HT Archive)

Updated on May 9, 2026 15:31 IST

The bench and the body

Supreme Court

Updated on May 4, 2026 07:08 IST

We ❤️ women, but not in the House

The power of their vote. Women queue up during the 2024 parliamentary elections in Nadia, West Bengal.

Updated on Apr 27, 2026 02:30 IST

Women’s rage finds a voice and vocabulary

In Manipur, women weary of ethnic conflict are back on the street to protest inaction following the killing of two children in a bomb blast in Bishnupur. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 25, 2026 17:07 IST

Not rescue but revolution: Inside Kranti’s radical classroom

Courtesy: @wearekranti/Instagram

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 02:31 IST

A giant leap—for women in power

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen

Updated on Apr 13, 2026 04:30 IST

Giving women their due in law-making

When asked about the missing women, parties invariably talk of “winnability”. The message is clear: Women matter as voters not decision-makers. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI)

Updated on Apr 11, 2026 15:25 IST

Mind The Gap: And so it begins…

Fear and loathing, but also resistance

Updated on Apr 6, 2026 02:30 IST

Mind The Gap: Big Tech’s very bad week

Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify in Los Angeles.

Updated on Mar 30, 2026 02:30 IST

Transgressing rights of self-identification

Members of the transgender community shout slogans during a protest against the proposed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill in New Delhi on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Mar 28, 2026 14:47 IST

Mind The Gap: Identity under scrutiny

File photo

Updated on Mar 23, 2026 02:30 IST

Mind The Gap: Journalism as resistance

Zahra Nader at the Security Council, UN Headquarters, New York, October 20, 2022

Updated on Mar 16, 2026 11:51 IST

When falling in love becomes a radical act

In a country where 95% of marriages are still arranged by families in accordance with caste and faith, where murders committed in the name of family honour, and where even the inter-mingling of girls and boys is frowned upon, the simple act of falling in love can be a radical if not dangerous act. (HT Archive)

Updated on Mar 14, 2026 17:48 IST

Mind The Gap: Women won’t go back

Time to power up

Updated on Mar 8, 2026 11:44 IST

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