Vidhi Bubna is passionate about global affairs. She likes to write about the intersection of feminism with social media, recent trends, films, music and other streams. She believes that the personal is the political and hopes to shape the world into a more inclusive space.
The Trials of Deepika Padukone
BJP’s reaction made it clear that it was alarmed by the A-list actor’s presence at the meeting. Tejinder Singh Bagga, a national spokesperson of the BJP, called for a boycott of her films “for her support to #TukdetTukdeGang and Afzal Gang”.
Masaba Masaba: Uninteresting Account of Interesting Lives
What the series gets right, in all its twisted glory, is the pressure of being a single woman. Masaba’s desire to live on her own, away from her mother’s coddling, is refreshing to watch.
Women with Women: Solidarity through Monochrome
Over the last month, my Instagram feed was flooded with monochromatic pictures of women captioned “challenge accepted.”
Could a visit to outer space change you?
Space-travel could be an amazing and effective means of achieving a collective consciousness that recognizes the dangers posed by a sectarian mindset
Women’s Road Safety: Feasible or Distant Dream?
Part of the reason why women do not feel safe in public spaces is because of the threat of gender-based offences and sexual threats.
Shakuntala: The missing narrative of child rights
Shakuntala as a movie is a lot of things, but it is hard to determine whether it is feminist or not, for even though it tells the tale of a woman who aspired to have it all, it is also a tale of a dominant, controlling mother who neglected the wants and needs of her stifled, wanting daughter; for a major chunk of her childhood.

