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    Conversations at the Dinner Table: On Connecting with the Generations Above Us
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Jun 12
    • 5 min

    Conversations at the Dinner Table: On Connecting with the Generations Above Us

    Neha Rajan on dinner table conversations that helped connect three generations of women.
    Three Women Who Shaped Love: A Review of Shyam Benegal’s The Seventh Horse of the Sun
    The Lipstick Politico
    • May 22
    • 6 min

    Three Women Who Shaped Love: A Review of Shyam Benegal’s The Seventh Horse of the Sun

    Mythily Nair reviews Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda, a 1992 Shyam Benegal film follows a man and the women he meets in his lifetime.
    Privilege and Period Poverty: On Luxury Feminists and the Crusades of ‘Sustainable Menstruators’
    The Lipstick Politico
    • May 11
    • 7 min

    Privilege and Period Poverty: On Luxury Feminists and the Crusades of ‘Sustainable Menstruators’

    Smriti Bhoker on period poverty, luxury feminism and the need for empathy and responsibility in conversations around menstruation.
    The Tragic Fate of Trying to Escape: A Review of Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Apr 23
    • 4 min

    The Tragic Fate of Trying to Escape: A Review of Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan

    At its heart, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan is a film about space, writes Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel.
    Meet the Sharma Sisters: Bridgerton Season Two Takes on Duty versus Desire
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Mar 25
    • 6 min

    Meet the Sharma Sisters: Bridgerton Season Two Takes on Duty versus Desire

    Bridgerton is back, and here’s our spoiler-free review on season two.
    #MarriageStrike: On India’s Marital Consent Debate
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Mar 20
    • 6 min

    #MarriageStrike: On India’s Marital Consent Debate

    In the past few months, India has witnessed a rare public conversation on what it means to be married.
    Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Do We Really Need Beauty Pageants Anymore?
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Feb 20
    • 8 min

    Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Do We Really Need Beauty Pageants Anymore?

    As beauty competitions take baby steps into being more inclusive, it’s worth asking whether there is a path of progress to even be had?
    Unmasking the Monster Within Me: How I Realised it’s Okay to Feel Anger
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Feb 6
    • 8 min

    Unmasking the Monster Within Me: How I Realised it’s Okay to Feel Anger

    S Sandhu writes on the experience and meaning of anger in our lives and how to be okay with it.
    A Gift That Speaks a Thousand Words: Reading Burnt Sugar with my Mother
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 6 min

    A Gift That Speaks a Thousand Words: Reading Burnt Sugar with my Mother

    Azania Imtiaz Khatri-Patel reviews Avni Doshi’s Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Burnt Sugar.
    The Mistry Pages: Just Nine, and that too, a Girl
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Mistry Pages: Just Nine, and that too, a Girl

    Amidst the hustle of life-altering changes and endless unanswered questions is Radha, a nine-year-old girl who deeply loves her city, Lahore
    On Future Assets and Filth: Why Women’s Safety Isn’t a Priority Investment in IIT Guwahati
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    On Future Assets and Filth: Why Women’s Safety Isn’t a Priority Investment in IIT Guwahati

    Swonshutaa Dash and R. Butt reflect on the IIT Guwahati rape case where the accused was granted bail on account of being a future asset.
    Resisting Through Joy: A Masterclass in Strength and Style
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Resisting Through Joy: A Masterclass in Strength and Style

    In this week's Artist Spotlight, TLP speaks to Hanifa Abdul Hameed, a designer who is broaches
    A Conversation with Author Sindhu Rajasekaran: On Beauty, Body Politics, Queerness and Desire
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 15 min

    A Conversation with Author Sindhu Rajasekaran: On Beauty, Body Politics, Queerness and Desire

    Raiyah Butt in conversation with Sindhu Rajeskaran on her new book Smashing the Patriarchy: A Guide for 21st Century Indian Woman.
    Y is for You (Are Enough)
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Y is for You (Are Enough)

    In the penultimate piece for the Mental Wellbeing Dictionary, S Sandhu explores the idea of being inherently enough.
    Silent Monsters Under the Bed: Demythifying Post Partum Depression
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Silent Monsters Under the Bed: Demythifying Post Partum Depression

    Invisible Conversations: TLP x Aara Health take a deep dive into postpartum depression and its effect on mothers.
    The Mistry Pages: One Floor Up and Six Cubicles Over
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Sep 19, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Mistry Pages: One Floor Up and Six Cubicles Over

    Introducing, The Mistry Pages: Stories Overheard as the Moth Flies By, stories about
    V is for Victim-blaming
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 5 min

    V is for Victim-blaming

    In TLP's ongoing Mental Wellbeing Dictionary, Aakansha Veenapani discusses victim-blaming and its roots in patriarchy.
    The Identity of Colour And the Places, Faces We Often Forget
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Identity of Colour And the Places, Faces We Often Forget

    In this edition of Artist Spotlight, we speak to Namrata Kumar- a graphic designer, illustrator and painter with a distinct art style.
    Pakistan, Trigger Warning: Because Enabling Femicide Is A Trigger In Its Own Right
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Aug 29, 2021
    • 9 min

    Pakistan, Trigger Warning: Because Enabling Femicide Is A Trigger In Its Own Right

    Trite words, stats, and another outraged article aside, there has to be more.
    The Best Predictor of Future Behavior: On the Need to Affirm Women in the Histories We Tell
    The Lipstick Politico
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Best Predictor of Future Behavior: On the Need to Affirm Women in the Histories We Tell

    When women are left out of history, they inevitably disappear from our accounts of the present and our formation of the future as well.
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