Elisa Patnaik

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced equal match fee for both female and male centrally-contracted players to promote gender equality by implementing a…

It’s one of the commonest and routine experiences that girls and women go through in public places, educational institutes, offices and also in domestic spaces. An everyday occurrence…

This is the season of honouring and invoking the power, divinity and grace of the Goddesses – from Durga and Kali to Lakshmi. In most of our homes, it’s mostly women who toil hard preparing…

I remember an incident that took place in the streets of Bhubaneswar, close to my house. I was walking to my house from the post office when I saw a couple arguing fiercely beside a parked…

I am often asked by male friends, family members and colleagues if we consider men and women equal, why do we have reservations, special consideration, flexibility and ‘extra’ benefits for…

One of my earliest memories of the monsoons as a child is looking forward to School Rainy Days. We would wake up to overcast skies and a steady, yet non-threatening downpour, the cool…

On a day that was supposed to infuse us with pride, achievement and joy as Indian citizens there were other appalling, shocking and unbelievable scenes unfolding in the Country - garlanding,…

Can you lose your job for wearing a bikini and posting your photos on social media? Does your employment contract have a clause saying that you will not wear swimwear ever while in that…

Do only women have the special knack and skill of ‘breaking’ and ‘wrecking’ homes? Or for that matter to be mistresses? It definitely seems so. These expressions seem to be exclusively…

The Husband and I are facing a serious password crisis. Every time he logs in to his bank account for net banking he looks at me questioningly, “Do you remember the password?” And each time,…