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Writing that takes feminism beyond its Western origins — tracing solidarity, resistance, and the specificity of struggle across the Global South.

Decolonial & Global Feminisms

Usawa Editorial Team
July 25, 2026

It’s always the acridly sweet smell of shit and matted dust crossing into Hauz Khas village.......

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Usawa Editorial Team
July 25, 2026

*some names have been changed to protect privacy When I first realized that something was wrong,......

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Usawa Editorial Team
July 22, 2026

The best-selling author of Karna’s Wife, Kavita Kané, is a revolutionary author known for her fresh......

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Pallavi Narayan
July 22, 2026

An elite Mumbai school, an elegant writer-detective, and students who are seemingly up to no good.......

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Anasuya Basu
July 22, 2026

It’s hard to come back to reality after finishing The Girl in White Cotton. It lingers......

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Mahalakshmi Gururaj
July 22, 2026

American anthropologist Nancy Scheper‐Hughes describes the global trade in human organs as a morbid transaction between......

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Chidimma Ewelukwa
July 22, 2026

Chinwe once joked with Adaobi that in their country, the easiest way for a woman to......

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Rahul Singh
July 22, 2026

The only thing from her previous life Mrs Coutinho is unwilling to quit is the habit......

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Rati Girish
June 23, 2026

To paraphrase Keats, “A thing of simplicity is a joy forever/ Its loveliness increases/ It will......

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Sayoni Basu
June 23, 2026

in the Chronicles of Courage and Songs of Freedom series It is a matter of great......

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Meghaa Gupta
June 23, 2026

A personal reflection on the evolving idea of what makes a children’s book ‘environmental’ ‘Once upon......

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Nagakarthik MP
June 23, 2026

A reflective piece on The Forgotten Folklore Project and the strange curriculum of growing up in......

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Tultul Biswas
June 22, 2026

An excerpt from “Representing Diverse Childhoods” by Tultul Biswas from Children’s Books: An Indian Story, Ed.......

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Kareena Mehta
May 31, 2026

To the One Who Had to Grieve the Parent They Never Really Had You call them......

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Kalashree Sengupta
May 31, 2026

I grew up addicted to a fantasy. Even as a little girl, long before I understood......

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Vaishnavi
May 29, 2026

When the Supreme Court chief justice compared youngsters to cockroaches, the youth made their contempt known.......

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