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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

Ritwik Kaikini
October 3, 2026

Rediscovering the auteur’s take on the psyche of a film star in Nayak(1960) On 3rd September,......

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Umar Nizarudeen
September 28, 2026

No Child, No Cry Outside the child welfare officein the nightlate for a trainaccosted by random......

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Z. M. Asafzah
September 28, 2026

The Other Son 1. When the son of Hasanuddin and Julfa was born wrong, the family......

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Natasha Ramarathnam
September 26, 2026

Dolly Parton, 1946- 2026, Singer-songwriter and actressGloria Steinem, 1934- 2026, Journalist and social activistThe world lost......

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Nomita Kapur
August 31, 2026

FEAR The greater the loss that comes near, The deeper the troughs of fear. Arising with......

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Aditi Dasgupta
August 29, 2026

AD: Every publishing house has its own origin story. Could you share the journey behind the......

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Aditi Dasgupta
August 27, 2026

I picked Vir Das’s The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits carrying two very different preoccupations: I......

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Aditi Dasgupta
August 26, 2026

Mirza’s Sea, Salt & Spice: A History of Mumbai Through Food is a necessary compilation of......

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Maitreyee B Chowdhury
August 26, 2026

A long cantilever bridge, steel frames and a bewildered city. In the waters, are three boats,......

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Maitreyee B Chowdhury
August 26, 2026

From a two-hundred-year-old Shiva temple, turn left. The market road in Gokarna has two castes, the......

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Rebecca Mathai
August 26, 2026

The boys were not the only ones keeping an eye out on her. Their school was......

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Yvonne Aore
August 26, 2026

Sade rolled her eyes.“Yes, Mum,” she said into the speakerphone, absently fiddling with the plaque on......

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Manya Suri
August 26, 2026

The ash falls like dirty snow over the Ward of Shards, coating the corrugated tin roofs......

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Glory
August 26, 2026

I. The Fourth Time I woke at eight in the morning and reached for my phone.......

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Natasha Ramarathnam
August 26, 2026

We call her Mother Nature. And then we treat her exactly as we would our mother.......

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Usawa Editorial Team
July 29, 2026

unseen whistleof a pressure cooker lifts shrieking parrotsoff the neighbouringmango tree. summer airscattering green....

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