Author: khushboo.19upreti

Khushboo Upreti is a third year undergraduate student of political science in Hindu College, Delhi University. She loves to pen down her opinions on issues of societal interest. When not writing, she can generally be found with a book in her hand.

The Transgender Bill: Of Dashed Hopes And Failed Expectations

Passed in the Lok Sabha in late December 2018, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights Bill), generated widespread backlash from the LGBTQI community. Viewing it as an assault on their very existence, the trans community has denounced the bill for its controversial positions on matters as diverse as the definition of transgender to the criminalization […]

Smashing Who? Making Sense of the Twitter Controversy

A few hours after posting a photo of CEO Jack Dorsey’s meeting with a couple of female Indian journalists on online safety, Twitter got embroiled in a controversy which it couldn’t possibly have foreseen. Calling for smashing Brahmanical patriarchy, the poster with which Dorsey was posing, was interpreted by many as supporting the attack on […]