Domestic Violence

Exclusive! Sagarika Chakraborty: Real mother in Rani Mukerji’s Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway opens up on her abusive marriage

As Rani Mukerji’s Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway hits the theatre tomorrow, Firstpost got in touch with Sagarika Chakraborty, the real heroine behind the story.

‘The War Made Him a Monster’: Ukrainian women become victims of domestic violence after husbands return from battlefield

A Ukrainian woman named Oksana recalls waking up in the middle of the night only to find her husband choking her. She also says that one time he tried to stab her

Taslima Nasrin writes: How inextricably interlinked patriarchy and misogyny lead to femicide

Who will teach men that if they believe they are entitled to being inconsiderate, intolerant, violent, cruel and barbaric just because of their gender then they are seriously delusional!

Shraddha murder case: Physical violence most often committed by individuals with whom women have 'intimate relationship'

Aftab allegedly strangled Shraddha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces, which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping those across the city over several days past midnight

‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ The question on everyone’s lips, post arrest of Aftab Poonawala

Writing on a topic that has been my greatest battle to overcome is never easy

Why there is a need to provide mental health services to marginalised groups

The current narrative on mental health tends to be overtly biomedical with too much focus on the individual

Meghalaya, its matrilineal society and the intruding elements of patriarchy

The legal implementation of Meghalayan traditional ethos is getting harder day by day

Woman bites three fingers of mother-in-law after being told to lower TV volume, slaps husband for intervening

The incident happened when Vrushali Kulkarni was reciting bhajans at her house while her daughter-in-law, Vijaya Kulkarni, was watching television, a Shivaji Nagar police station official said

Man attacks wife with knife for not making biriyani in Maharashtra

In her complaint, the woman said that on the night of August 31, the accused came home in an inebriated state and started arguing with his wife for not making biryani for dinner

Delhi: Man stabbed wife over objection to his drinking habits, held

As per the medico-legal case (MLC), the stab injuries were reported over the middle abdomen, left breast, left arm and left elbow, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Benita Mary Jaiker said