Varsha Tiwary

Nov 6, 2024 | worldcrunch.com | Varsha Tiwary |Anne-Sophie Goninet |Laure Gautherin

Women Worldwide The young Iranian woman was arrested briefly after stripping down to her underwear at the Islamic Azad University, Tehran Women Worldwide The young Iranian woman was arrested briefly after stripping down to her underwear at the Islamic Azad University, Tehran

Nov 6, 2024 | worldcrunch.com | Varsha Tiwary |Michael Schlieben

A young Iranian student from the Islamic Azad University, Tehran, incensed over harassment by morality police over ‘improper hijab’ turned her body into protest by stripping down to underwear and marching – arms crossed, hair flowing down her back – in defiance of the Iranian regime that constantly polices women’s bodies. Why is a lock of a woman’s hair so threatening to those already moral, as per their strict religious code? ✉️ To receive our weekly Women Worldwide newsletter, Click here.

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Sep 15, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Varsha Tiwary |Satish Deshpande |Boris R-Thebia |Amey Tirodkar

Akhil Katyal’s poetry transports you to a multilingual heaven where English plays footsie with Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi. Now that this professor of English has shifted from Ambedkar University, Delhi, to BITS Law School, Mumbai, his poems are shot through with the sounds of the dozen tongues he hears on the local train and overlaid with Marathi and Bambaiyya. Whether set in Delhi or Mumbai, Katyal’s poems recognise you, make you glad, and sometimes weigh you down.