Portfolio Vartika writes on politics, gender, and culture. You may find links to some of her published works below: LinkedIn Twitter Poetry The Big Bang (alternately titled ‘Inconclusive Poem’) The Alipore Post | March 14 2021 Essays and Commentary Is Indian Democracy a ‘Human Institution’? What Does It Mean?The Quint | March 1 2021 Can Indian Cities be Better Designed for Women?Feminism in India | February 9 2021 Is Preventive Surveillance How We Will Ensure Women’s Safety?Feminism in India | January 18 2021 Lessons in Intersectional Feminism from bell hooksFeminism in India | January 6 2021 My Dark Vanessa: A Case Study of How Sexist Marketing Belittles Women WritersFeminism in India | December 29 2020 Why Online Examinations Make for Unfair Testing Live Wire | 18 May 2020 Features and Reportage A Rabbit Hutch to Ensure Public Cleanliness?The Citizen | 23 June 2019 The Question of Imposition: Three Languages Raise a StinkThe Citizen | 14 June 2019 Despite Highest Voter Turnout, Basti Threatened with DemolitionThe Citizen | 10 June 2019 A Metro Ride: Women React to Free FareThe Citizen | 6 June 2019 How Delhi’s Reading Habits are ChangingThe Citizen | 5 June 2019 In Aurangabad, Drinking Water brings a Former Journalist to ParliamentThe Citizen | 1 June 2019 The 92 Year Old SupermanThe Citizen | 29 May 2019 World Bank and IMF Maximise Corporate Greed, Say Women’s Group Opposing ReportThe Citizen | 19 October 2018 #MeToo Hits the Indian Media and Entertainment IndustryThe Citizen | 8 October 2018 Bhima Koregaon: A Protest and a Press ConferenceThe Citizen | 29 September 2018 Transgender Community Faces Increasing Violence since 377 RulingThe Citizen | 17 September 2018 Indians Celebrate as Apex Court Decriminalises HomosexualityThe Citizen | 7 September 2018 DUSU: Nationalism and the Fate of Student PoliticsThe Citizen | 1 September 2018 “A Coup Against the Constitution of India”The Citizen | 31 August 2018 Storm of Protest Grows: People and Courts Question ArrestsThe Citizen | 30 August 2018 Rationalists Under Attack: “If We Shut Up, They Succeed”The Citizen | 24 August 2018This essay was reprinted in Speaking Tiger’s Battling for India: A Citizen’s Reader (2019, ed. Githa Hariharan) A City Students’ Group is Making Restricted Art Forms PopularThe Times of India | 5 August 2017 SRCC Students Protest Professor AssaultThe Times of India | 30 July 2017 KMC, SRCC Welcome Their FreshersThe Times of India | 20 July 2017 DU Admissions: Centralised Process Hurdle for ManyThe Times of India | 17 July 2017 Rush Hour for NCWEBThe Times of India | 15 July 2017 Expressions of Love take over Akshara TheatreThe Times of India | 26 June 2017 Wheels of Poetry Turn at Rajiv Chowk Metro StationThe Times of India | 21 June 2017 AdvertisementShare this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...
Vartika Rastogi 