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1.

Legal Literacy: A Tool for Empowerment

Social Action Published by Social Action Trust, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 2008
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 May 2017
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Law, Legal Literacy, India, Social Action, Activism, Access to Justice, State, Common People, Civil Society

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The Social and Legal Paradox Relating to Marital Rape in India: Addressing Structural Inequalities

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Jun 2015
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Marital Rape, India, Law, Violence Against Women, Criminal law, Women, Wives, Marriage, Hindu Marriage Act, women citizens, patriarchy, Assymtery, Inequality

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Violence, Protest and Change: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Extraordinary Mobilization after the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case

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Violence, Protest and Change: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Extraordinary Mobilization after the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case

Nigam Shalu (2014) Violence, Protest and Change: A Socio_Legal Analysis of Extraordinary Mobilization after the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case, International Journal of Gender and Women's Studies, Volume 2 No. 2 page 197-221
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2019
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violence against women, rape, Delhi, Nirbhaya gang rape case, protest, change, resistance

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Delhi gang rape, protest, social change, Nirbhaya case, dissent, violence against women

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From the Margins: Revisiting the Concept of 'Marginalized Women'

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Sep 2014
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Marginalized women, Women, Marginality, India, category, layers, subaltern, oppressed, inequalities

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The Privileges of Being a Hindu, Upper Caste and Elite Class, Male in India

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Feb 2016
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India, women, male, patriarchy, inequalities, discrimination, privileges, elite, caste, Hindu, society

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Everyday Survival, Everyday Struggle: Fighting Against Hunger in South Asia

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
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Hunger, South Asia, India, Survival, Globalization, Right to Food, Inequalities, Socio-economic rights, poor, poverty, farmers, farmer suicide, citizens, state, starvation, hungry citizens, agricultural crisis

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Battered Women Syndrome: Applying this Legal Doctrine in the Indian Context

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Aug 2016
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Domestic Violence, India, Battered Women, Battered Woman Syndrome, Court, Women, Law

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The Right to Information Act: Ten Years of Transparency or a Decade of Ambiguity

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Sep 2015
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RTI, Right to Information, Governance, Act, Democracy, transparency, citizen, India, freedom of information, corruption, secrecy, opacity

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From Mathura to Farooqui Rape Case: The Regressive Patriarchy Found Its Way Back

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Oct 2017
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Women, India, Violence against Women, Rape, Rape Laws, Consent, Mathura Rape Case

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Is Domestic Violence a Lesser Crime? Countering the Backlash against Section 498A, IPC

Nigam S (2017) Is Domestic Violence A Lesser Crime? Countering Backlash Against Section 498A IPC, Occasional Paper No. 61 Centre for Women Development Studies, New Delhi
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 29 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2019
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Precariats in India: Globalization and Changing Employment Relations

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Oct 2014
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Precariat, Precariats, Work, Globalization, India, Contract workers, labour, development, contract workers Act, labour laws

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Understanding Justice Delivery System from the Perspective of Women Litigants as Victims of Domestic Violence in India (Specifically in the Context of Section 498-A, IPC)

Nigam Shalu (2005) Understanding Justice Delivery System From The Perspective of Women Litigants as Victims of Domestic Violence in India (Specifically in the Context of Section 498-A IPC), Occasional Paper No. 35, Centre for Women Development Studies, New Delhi
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2019
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Women, Domestic Violence, Litigants, Indian Penal Code, Criminal law, Legal remedies, Section 498-A, cruelty, married women, justice, legal system, mahila courts, journey to seek justice

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When Beauty is Only Skin Deep: Intensifying Social Inequalities through Rangbedh or Colour Discrimination

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
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Violence, Women, Discrimination, Colour based discrimination, skin colour, fairness, beauty, femininity, bias, inequalities

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#ME_TOO in India Is Just a Tip of an Iceberg and It Has Shaken the Patriarchy to Its Core

Nigam Shalu (2018) #Me_Too in India is Just a Tip of an Iceberg and It Has Shaken the Patriarchy to its Core, In #Me_Too: A Blow to Patriarchy Edited by Binu Mathew People's Book Shop, Maharashtra India
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2019
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Me Too, India, Violence Against Women, Patriarchy, Gender Equality, Workplace

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An Ordinary Life Enslaved by a Card: Coercively Linking Aadhaar with Hunger Is No Solution

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Oct 2017
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right to food, India, Aadhaar, starvation, death, hunger, democracy

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Breaking the Barriers: Women in Logistics

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 May 2014
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Women, Logistics, HR, Globalization, MNCs, supply chain, talent, Employees, gender, governance, workplace, employment, workforce, transport industry, aviations, railways

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Fighting for the Justice in the Patriarchal Courts

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Aug 2017
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women, justice, court, courtrooms, patriarchy, law, constitution, India

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The Right to Education: Rhetoric or a Reality?

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Jan 2015
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Right to Education, globalization, privatization, education, marginalized children, quality of education, state, India, Article 21A

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Delhi: A World Class Smart City or an Inclusive and Equitable Capital?

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Feb 2015
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Delhi, India, Elections, Gender, City, Space, Urban planning, city planning, smart city, equitable city, inclusive cities

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The Cult of 56-Inches and Toxic Masculinity

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 Jul 2018
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Women, Masculinity, India, 56 Inches, Violence, Gender, Oppression

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Outsourcing Love: Globalization, Care Economy and Its Impact on Social Relations within Families

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Sep 2014
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Women, Work, Globalization, poverty, inequalities, modernization

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The Mystery of the Black Coat

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Aug 2014
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Law, Lawyers, Black Coat, India, Colonial Legacy, Change, Judges, Black Robes, The Advocate Act, Legal Provisions, Dress

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Compulsory Coercive Sterilizations and Women's Health: A Judicial Perspective

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Mar 2017
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sterilization, women, health, India, reproductive justice, poor, marginalized women, law, judiciary

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A Story of Life and Death: Population Control Policies and Women's Right to Survival

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Nov 2014
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Women, Gender, Sterilization, Health, women's health, health rights, population policies, India, Chhattisgarh

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Hail Patriarchy! Of Supreme Judges and Elite Law

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Nov 2015
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Patriarchy, women, judges, appointment, India, lawyers, law, judiciary

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The Paradox of Women's Day: Commercialization, Depoliticization and Commodification of a Dynamic Radical Revolutionary Idea

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Mar 2015
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women's day, patriarchy, india, commercialization, depoliticization, commodification, radical, women

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We the People of India….

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Aug 2015
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India, Independence, Freedom, Constitution, We the People, inequality, independence day celebration, common citizens

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Asserting Rights, Reclaiming Entitlements: Revolution by Masses

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Dec 2014
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Democracy, India, Fundmental Rights, Constitution, Exclusion, Revolution, Citizens, Masses, State, RTI, Social Transformation, Proactive citizens, entitlements, resistance

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Re-Examining Family Violence: Perception of Survivors from India

Research World, Volume IV, Published by GGP, West Bengal and SOSS, Agartala, India p. 92-137, August 2016
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 May 2017
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Domestic Violence, Survivors, Family, India, Law, PWDVA, Women

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Terra Firma: Re-Examining Land Rights within the Mosaic of Development, Democracy and Justice

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Apr 2015
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Land Acquisition Act, land laws, development, rights, justice, democracy, subalterns, citizens

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From Hungry Kya? To Hunger Kya? Revisiting Hunger in South Asia

Nigam S (2015) Revisiting Hunger in South Asia, South Asia Journal, Issue 12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 May 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2019
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Hunger, Hungry, South Asia, India, Citizens, State, starvation, survival, women, child, poverty, Food, Bhook, Food Security, Hunger free world

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A Year After Brutal Gang Rape and Murder in Kathua: Apathetic State Agenda, Regressive Policies and Escalating Violence Continued

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Feb 2019
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Rape, Violence, Kathua, Nationalism, Fascism, Patriarchy, Genocide, Communal Rape, Hate, Culture of Violence, Post-Nirbhaya, Otherisation

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No Wages for Love: Women’s Rights Within Families and Changing Economic Paradigm

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Apr 2018
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Women, India, Courts, Family Court, Economics, Marital Property, Rights, Justice, Economy

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Data, Lies and Politics: Elusive Development Goals to Exclude Majority

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Oct 2015
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data, development, politics, hunger, poverty, manipulation, data deficit, exclusion, lies, revolution, history, information, violence, state

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Bol Ke Labb Aazad Hein Tere – Speak for You Must, You are Free to Speak

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 May 2015
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freedom of speech, freedom of expression, dissent, silence, censorship, defiance, speak out, ban, democracy,

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Infantilization and Degeneration of the Politics in the Recent Times

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Feb 2018
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Democracy, Demagogue, Politics, India

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The Powerful Mighty State versus the Human Rights Defenders: The Courage to Challenge the Unruly Authority

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jun 2019
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HRDs, NHRC, Human rights, defending HRDs, state

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Domestic Violence

Nigam Shalu, Domestic Violence, In Training Manual for Empowerment of Women and Girls with Disabilities in India, Editor Renu Addlakha, Center for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi, 2019
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Dec 2019
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Domestic Violence Law, India Section 498A IPC, PWDVA, Domestic Relationship, Shared Household

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Gender Specific Laws on Violence in India

Nigam Shalu, Gender Specific Laws on Violence in India, In Training Manual for Legal Empowerment of Women and Girls with Physical Disabilities in India, Editor Renu Addlakha, Center for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi, 2019
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Dec 2019
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women, laws, disabilities,constitution, India

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Travesty of Justice

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Dec 2019
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Ayodhya, Justice, Law, Courts

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Struggle for Women’s Liberation Across the World: A Long Way to Go

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 25 Jun 2019
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women's struggle, liberation, protest, dissent, rights, justice, global, international

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India's Daughter: Dealing with Reality

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Mar 2015
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Delhi rape case, documentary, India's Daughter, Ban, law, women, rape, women's right, patriarchy

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Yes, I Am a Woman...

Counter Currents, 2014
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 Jul 2014
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Woman, Rights, India, feminism, gender, independence, freedom

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We the Women Warriors are Unstoppable

Nigam Shalu, We the Women Warriors are Unstoppable, 16 Days Blogathon on GBV as part of global #16DaysofActivism against Gender Based Violence Campaign Hosted by Gender ED at University of Edinburgh, Australian Human Rights Institute at University of New South Wales Ambedkar University Delhi, 2019
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 Dec 2019
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Domestic Violence, Law, India, Supreme Court, Patriarchy, Powerlessness, Warriors

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A Quest for Identity: From Personal to Political

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Jun 2016
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women, single mother, passport, identity, child rights, law, policy, Unwed mothers, rape survivors, sex workers

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9/11 and its Impact: A Page from My Diary

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Sep 2015
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9/11, World Trade Centre, terrorism, human rights, media, India, USA, Pakistan, politics

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Legislating on Transnational Dowry Abuse: A Ray of Hope from Australia

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 25 Mar 2019
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Dowry Abuse, Transnational Marriage, NRI husband, Bill on NRI Marriages, Australia, Senate Reporr

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Of Celebrating India's 100th Independence Day After 30 Years...

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Apr 2017
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India, independence, women, dalits, tribals, poverty, inequality