• The Federal

    Women's March

    How two women writers portray Iran in International Booker Prize-longlisted novels

    Nawaid Anjum
    10 March 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Shahrnush Parsipur’s Women Without Men and Shida Bazyar’s The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran explore Iran, women’s freedom, revolution, exile, and the personal costs of political upheaval

    Iran women novels
    Features
    Women’s property rights
    Women's March

    Equal on paper, denied in reality: Why many Indian women still lack property rights

    9 March 2026 3:34 PM IST
    Very few women reach India’s boardrooms, leave alone the top
    Women's March

    Why do so few women reach India’s boardrooms, leave alone the top?

    8 March 2026 7:12 PM IST
    Sweta Garapati at Old Madras Baking Company.
    Women's March

    How Sweta Garapati shaped her culinary journey with Old Madras Baking Company

    8 March 2026 4:24 PM IST
    Former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Iran war, diplomacy, fighting patriarchy

    Former foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Iran war, diplomacy, fighting patriarchy

    8 March 2026 1:46 PM IST
    Why a look back at the ‘Me Too’ movement elicits mixed reactions in women

    Why a look back at the ‘Me Too’ movement elicits mixed reactions in women

    8 March 2026 10:21 AM IST
    How women’s unpaid labour, the foundation of our families and society, goes unacknowledged

    How women’s unpaid labour, the foundation of our families and society, goes unacknowledged

    6 March 2026 1:37 PM IST
    Ficci flow women achievers awards

    FICCI FLO Chennai awards honour women leaders who empower others

    5 March 2026 5:32 PM IST
    Sarada Muraleedharan

    Interview: What made Sarada Muraleedharan write viral post on colour bias

    28 March 2025 5:44 PM IST
    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

    India Bartender Week: How Minakshi Singh is raising the bar for India’s cocktail culture

    24 March 2025 10:48 AM IST
    Gita Krishnankutty

    Gita Krishnankutty interview: ‘Simplicity of language is a hurdle in translation’

    13 March 2025 7:45 AM IST
    Harper Lee

    What Harper Lee’s new book reveals about her as one of America’s beloved writers

    11 March 2025 9:11 AM IST
    Shatbhi Basu

    Shatbhi Basu: The woman bartender who stirs glass ceiling, one cocktail at a time

    10 March 2025 3:55 PM IST
    Womens Day 2025

    Women's Day | Accelerate Action: Why we need to rush with women's empowerment

    8 March 2025 9:27 PM IST
    Being a woman is about fighting for dignity: Trans activist Kalki Subramaniam

    Being a woman is about fighting for dignity: Trans activist Kalki Subramaniam

    Ragavi M
    8 March 2025 8:05 PM IST

    The transgender activist challenges society’s idea of womanhood, turning struggle into strength through her powerful art and activism

    Happy Womens Day 2025: The Federal Salutes Naari Shakti

    Happy Women's Day 2025: The Federal Salutes Naari Shakti

    8 March 2025 3:35 PM IST
    Anupriya Sahu

    Anupriya Sahu interview: ‘Luxury is about how a furniture piece makes you feel’

    8 March 2025 12:25 PM IST
    Women[s Day special story on Pragathi Gowda, Indian Car Rally Driver

    How rally driver Pragathi Gowda defies discrimination to flourish in the fast lane

    8 March 2025 8:10 AM IST
    Female employment rises, but 89 million urban women still outside workforce: Report

    Female employment rises, but 89 million urban women still outside workforce: Report

    8 March 2025 7:10 AM IST
    Amrita Sher-Gil

    How Amrita Sher-Gil, India’s Frida Kahlo, redefined modern Indian art

    8 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    ON Womens day celebrating story lady and her hargila army

    Women's Day Special I How ‘Stork Sister’ Purnima Devi Barman empowered Assam women to save hargila

    8 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Devika Rani

    Devika Rani: How Indian Cinema’s daring first lady was ahead of her time

    7 March 2025 8:45 PM IST
    Kerala’s first Muslim woman mahout, Shabna Sulaiman

    Meet Ms Mahout: Shabna Sulaiman | Women's Day special

    7 March 2025 6:47 PM IST
    HeartLamp-DeepaBhasthi-Banu Mushtaq

    Deepa Bhasthi interview: ‘There’s nothing black and white in Banu Mushtaq’s stories’

    1 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Olympe Ramakrishna

    Olympe Ramakrishna interview: ‘My work aims to tell a universal story of femininity’

    1 March 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Sri Devi in Gauri Shindes 2012 film, English Vinglish

    What lessons Shashi Godbole from English Vinglish holds for housewives

    30 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Veronica Raimo

    Veronica Raimo interview: ‘Every autobiography is a form of fiction’

    27 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
    Tamil poet Salma

    Salma interview: How poetry became an outlet for my grief, my freedom song

    21 March 2024 7:50 PM IST
    Ae Watan Mere Watan

    Ae Watan Mere Watan: How a 22-year-old woman fought the tyranny of British Raj

    21 March 2024 12:00 PM IST
    The Battle for Sabarimala

    Sabarimala Temple: How millions of women joined hands for gender equality

    21 March 2024 6:30 AM IST
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