The vrat katha functions as a form of ritual art, performed, repeated, and aesthetically framed, through which social norms are not merely transmitted but also transformed into sacred meaning.

When through the Green Revolution, the agrarian methods were mechanised women were among the first and the most to leave the farms.

Meira Kumar is a politician and Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha, who has left her mark on the field of Indian politics.

Audre Lorde described herself as ‘Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet.’ It would be impossible to speak of her and her legacy in 2026 without adding a few more words: legendary, powerful, and relevant. One of the dynamic voices whose words caused just as much of a stir in academic conferences as it did amongst those who read her poetry, Lorde’s determination to keep talking about the need for inclusion and community continues to resonate with people across time.  Silver Press’ ‘Your Silence Will Not Protect You’ is a book that brings together Lorde the poet and Lorde the academic, as it starts with her papers and essays and ends with her poems.

Graffiti teaches us the idea that resistance is not necessarily loud or institutionalized, but sometimes it sits quietly on the walls.

Man-repellent makeup presents itself to us as a strategy to question who gets to be visible and safe, and who ultimately profits from defiance.

From theory to practical, gender plays a significant role in defining the methodology, message and meaning behind each lesson taught and knowledge gained in Indian classical dance. Gender identity forms a central consideration while enrolling to pursue a ‘co-curricular activity’ in a country chronically preoccupied with academic achievement. Gender hence, influences the choice of the activity, art form, guru, their teaching style, relationship with students and social perception by the society. Indian classical dance forms have been shaped by many mythological stories, folklore, religious customs, and beliefs which portray an intersection of gender and aesthetic narratives.

Age gaps in Bollywood are not transgressive, they are routine, which makes them all the more scarier, as is seen in the 'Dhurandhar' lead pairing.

Women construction workers' labour is constant, visible and physically demanding but it's not acknowledged in policy conversations.

Marina Abramović had a great impact on the performance art genre where she used her own body to question power.

Rama Duwaji’s politics lie in the everyday: bodies leaning into one another, women holding space, acts of care rendered as quietly radical.

Indigenous women weavers face precarious wages and exploitative intermediaries who profit from the vocabulary of “conscious fashion.”

Feminist archives are less about being neutral or permanent and more about staying grounded in local knowledge, responding to what matters now.

This article discusses the Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh case to outline how paisa, patriarchy and politics wield power over truth, justice and righteousness in India. 

The dating life of most queer women is influenced by family surveillance in India.

'Perfect Family' asks the question: are we ready to reflect not just on the Karkarias, but on our own unspoken inheritances of trauma?

Understanding the nuances of the work that women potters from Salampur do, sheds light on the gendered nature of craft work.

'Single Salma' breaks the norm of treating singlehood as a burden and reframes it as an agential choice many women choose in today’s modern world, considering they do not wish to live a life like their mothers, who were forced to lead a life against their wishes.

Inclusion is not simply a matter of policy, intent or installing some infrastructure to enable access for certain physical disabilities.

Colonialism has tried to replace matrilineal memory with patriarchal order. But it lives on in our stories, our soil, and our acts of survival.

The ghazal has been chopped up, remixed as “Karwaan”. It reduces Muslims and Pakistanis to a monolith.

The developments in the Unnao rape case show how survivors of sexual violence continue to battle retraumatisation by the system, everyday.

'Kadhal Enbadhu Podhu Udamai' is Tamil cinema’s second lesbian feature film, a milestone signalling a long-overdue shift toward better queer representation, rather than reducing queer characters to a laughing stock.

There is a lack of intersectionality in mainstream body positivity which focuses on beauty standards and not caste-based, ableist oppression.

To create discourse on gender and art, FII is looking for submissions throughout the month until the 25th of January, 2026.