Month: January 2026

Gender based violence (GBV) is a broader term, which actually implies “violence against women.” Its definition (as per UN declaration, 1993) is broad, and it refers to “…any violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary… Continue reading Gender based violence exists, but is quite often ignored

India, like many other countries in the world is a patriarchal society. This traditional system prefers a male child, who is believed to carry forward the family name. This deeply rooted preference often puts girl-child at a disadvantage. Coupled with patriarchy, child marriages (that led to lower education levels in girls, and expectation to raise… Continue reading Girl Child and movement for its rights in India

Prostaglandins are a substances, that are produced by many cells in our body. While they mostly have a local action, a list of tasks they perform is long and complex. They alert us by causing pain and fever, whenever our organs encounter injurious signals. Prostaglandins also help to pause a bleed, form a clot, and… Continue reading Prostaglandins: Substances with too much on their plate

We usually visualize nurses to be in a white attire, but more recently the colors are often blue, green or mauve. On the other hand Khaki (a brownish yellow color) belongs to military, police or law enforcing forces. So indeed, Nurses in Khaki are serving military personnel. It is indeed an irony that nursing profession… Continue reading Nurses in Khaki, and how it all began