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Quote: There is no rationale to criminalise 'talaq-e-biddat'. Using penal actions to discourage instant triple 'talaq' will not help in getting justice for women. When a woman reports a complaint about triple 'talaq', she wants to continue staying in the matrimonial home and draw financial support from her marital home. Imprisoning the husband will deprive her of both, making her and her children even more vulnerable.

Policy Matters Jan '18

Bill against instant triple ‘talaq’: Lose-lose proposition?

By Shampa Sengupta

Shampa Sengupta explains why criminalizing instant triple 'talaq' will not protect Muslim women’s rights

Poetry Jan '17

They woke up in the minute curves of my vagina

By Aparajita Dutta, Shubhrajit Roy

They woke up in the minute curves of my vagina, scared, flustered, baffled, touches and nightmares bewildering the reality; violation is THE rule, resist the circus, laughed the fool. The...

People Sep '16

Qatha: Recalling dark room discoveries and more (part 2)

By Pawan Dhall

Varta brings you the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’, an initiative to document five decades of queer lives in Kolkata (1960-2000). Our aim in this project is to go back in...

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Bill against instant triple ‘talaq’: Lose-lose proposition?

They woke up in the minute curves of my vagina

Qatha: Recalling dark room discoveries and more (part 2)

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