From our newsroom to you: She did it anyway, stories of courage and clarity
Vol. 2 Issue #9 In this edition, we highlight the moments when women chose to act despite fear, backlash, or resistance.
We’re sharing the voices of women who are challenging norms and making space for deeper conversations on gender, justice, and the future we’re building together. More importantly, they’re doing it on their terms, whether through art or by simply putting one foot in front of another.
Filmmaker and critic Abishek Budhathoki takes us on a journey to Kathmandu to explore Feminist Futures: Reimagining Southasian womanhood through art and activism, an exhibition curated by Dr. Aryshiya Lokhandwala, founding director and curator of the Lakeeren Gallery in Mumbai, who has been at the forefront of conversations around Southasian feminism and contemporary art.
Why is the simple act of advocating for nonviolence sometimes met with threats of violence? In When walking for peace becomes a political act, Neha Singh, a Mumbai-based theatre maker and women’s rights activist, shares her experiences organizing a recent peace walk in Mumbai and Bangalore. Singh and others started Why Loiter, a women’s rights campaign in 2014 in Mumbai, inspired by the book Why Loiter?: Women And Risk On Mumbai Streets (Penguin India, 2011) co-authored by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade.
After reading and reflecting on these stories, we would appreciate it if you could share your thoughts with us. These stories are part of a larger conversation. We hope you continue to listen, reflect, and speak up as well.
Thank you,
Regina Johnson
Coordinating Editor
Sapan News
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Hello! This is Ranjini and I glad that Sapan news has initiated this conversation. I would like to draw our attention also to those women( especially homemakers) who are advocates of peace and in their own small ways ; either subscribing to independent news or by sharing their views on friendlier relations between Southasians, face the ire of the patriarchy they live in. This is a form of violence too and we need to get more voices of women who have been facing these hostilities in their own homes, dining tables etc as a result of deep polarisation.
Thank you once again for initiating this conversation!