Geetika Mantri
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Bengaluru, KA, India
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Past articles by Geetika:
Why it is hard for disabled women, queer persons to leave abusive partners
Intimate partner violence against disabled women and LGBTQIA persons includes acts of emotional cruelty, big and small, such as neglect, withholding of care, denial of financial support, gaslighting, and more. → Read More
Sai Pallavi’s Gargi lays bare what we refuse to see: Anyone could be a sexual abuser
This article is not a review and contains spoilers. An endearing, wrinkled face and drooping shoulders on a small frame of a man, whose backstory has enough meat to make you want to root for him. Brahmananda has all the makings of a likeable, kindly old fellow. A father to two young daughters, one of them of school-going age, he works as a security guard at a residential building. → Read More
How centralised tests like CUET clash with India’s federalism
While the Class 12 board exam results were the main criteria for admission to undergraduate courses so far, this year onwards, admissions to 90 universities will happen based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) score. → Read More
How TN cops are helping rehabilitate child sexual abuse survivors
The police have started handholding and assisting children and families to avail their rights as survivors of sexual abuse. → Read More
Vatican has to go by law of the land before deciding on reinstating Bishop Franco
Two days ago, several news reports said that Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused of sexually abusing a nun in Kerala between 2014-16, is likely to be reinstated. The reports said that this is because the Vatican is ready to accept the verdict by Kottayam Additional district court judge G Gopakumar who acquitted the Bishop in the case. → Read More
Hyderabad Jubilee Hills gangrape: When is a minor tried as an adult?
There is outrage over the incident, with many people questioning the fairness of the five accused boys being dealt with under the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, while the sole 18-year-old will be tried as an adult. → Read More
BJP releasing minor Hyd gangrape survivor’s video was not in her interest
While it s important for an opposition party to push for justice in a case where the accused are related to powerful people and the police are not seen acting against them, the MLA releasing the video, in this case, harms the survivor. → Read More
Major review: Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s biopic evokes emotion, but lacks nuance
Perhaps the problem with the way we see heroes is that we forget they aren t defined by their heroic acts alone, that they, too, are human. Major, while effective in parts, suffers from the same. → Read More
Why decriminalising sex work is crucial
Exploitation and harassment of sex workers, and trafficking of all forms, must be dealt with strongly. But many times, the discourse around sex work fails to take into account the voices and lived experiences of sex workers. → Read More
Vismaya dowry death: What makes us believe some women over others?
In a legal and social system that is geared towards 'reconciliation', often at the cost of the woman’s best interests, would Vismaya's ordeal have sparked the same sympathy if she hadn’t become the ‘martyr’? → Read More
Justice Shankar’s verdict on marital rape is far removed from the reality on ground
The assumption that stranger violence is somehow more traumatising than intimate partner violence, does not take into account that most sexual violence is perpetrated by a person who is known to the victim. → Read More
What the data on ‘false rape cases’ doesn’t tell us
According to the figures from National Crime Records Bureau, less than 8% of all cases under investigation for rape were found to be false . → Read More
Child rights defenders concerned over MHA taking over Childline 1098
Civil society members working on child rights have expressed concerns about data transparency, police being first responders to distressed children, and more. → Read More
Child rights defenders concerned that MHA may take over Childline 1098
Civil society members working on child rights have expressed concerns about data transparency, police being first responders to distressed children, and more. → Read More
It’s not just in your head – COVID-19 could be messing with your period
Growing anecdotal evidence suggests that people are experiencing disruptions and irregularities in their menstrual cycles after contracting COVID-19 and, many a time, even after getting vaccinated. → Read More
Three women file sexual assault complaint against Kochi makeup artist Anez Anzare
TNM spoke to one of the complainants, who said that she and two others have filed a complaint with the Kochi Commissioner. → Read More
Two FIRs filed against Kochi tattoo artist named by multiple women in #MeToo accounts
Six women got together on Saturday, March 5 and filed the complaint at two police stations in Kochi. → Read More
Indian students stranded near Poland border in Ukraine seek evacuation
Parents of some of them from Kerala have confirmed that these students couldn� t cross the Russian border to reach Poland, where they expect for an evacuation. → Read More
RJ Rachana death: Doctors are noticing more women in 30s and 40s having heart attacks
While there are several commonly known factors such as lifestyle, diet, and stress, experts say that there are some gendered causes that seem to be causing the early onset of cardiovascular disease in women. → Read More
‘More dignified’: Madras HC prefers community’s Tamil LGBTQIA+ glossary over TN govt’s
TNM spoke to some persons who were involved in putting together the glossary that the queer community submitted to the court. → Read More