August, 2021 This article aims to explore how arbitrarily instituted gender hierarchies interact with caste hierarchies. It also seeks to enumerate instances of casteism that play out in our day-to-day interactions with our domestic workers. 5 minutes read We live in [...]
August, 2021 Ever curious about the Indian handicraft industry primarily run by women but afraid to approach journals covered with dense data? Fear not! Here’s your cheat sheet. 6 minutes read ‘Empowering women is a prerequisite for creating a good nation, [...]
May, 2021 From the Editor's Desk - Snippets of what The Blue Divide brought to you in April and May 2021 2 minutes read The second wave of the pandemic took everyone by storm. Everyone one would speak to was suffering [...]
June, 2021 Movie review: An introspective feminist analysis of the movie Roma, a 2018 Spanish-language drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón 3 minutes read Multi-award winning film Roma is semiautobiographical in nature as it draws direct inspiration from the director, [...]
June, 2021 Movie review: A character analysis of the domestic worker in the movie Thappad (translation- Slap), a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anubhav Sinha 4 minutes read Much has been said in praise of Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad which released at [...]
June, 2021 Movie review: An intersectional analysis of the movie Nil Battey Sannata, a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari 3 minutes read Set in the backdrop of the picturesque city of Agra, Nil Battey Sannata gives us a peek into [...]
March, 2021 From the Editor's Desk - Snippets of what The Blue Divide brought to you in March 2021 2 minutes read All ‘people’ needed to do was to ask women. Scrolling through The Blue Divide’s social media, I come across [...]
January, 2021 A light conversation with members of an SHG, situated somewhere in the hills of Darjeeling 3 minutes read I was welcomed warmly by the members of a Self Help Group, and even offered a cup of chia (tea) in [...]
November, 2020 In conversation with the project leads of Anubandh, an initiative by SEWA Bharat, about the origin, the challenges, and the achievements of the initiative 7 minutes read One fine Saturday, amidst the pandemic of 2020, a few people gathered [...]
October, 2020 In conversation with Mr. Arbind Singh, National Coordinator, NASVI 4 minutes read The National Association of Street Vendors of India or NASVI, for short, is the first national-level organization in India that works specifically for the protection of the [...]