Swarna Rajagopalan Media Publications

This is a reconstructed, incomplete list of media publications by Swarna Rajagopalan. Some links may not be stable. 

2025-03-22, Let women reclaim the right to rage, Mint Lounge

2023-03-31, Where Kalakshetra fell out of step in dealing with sexual harassment allegations, Mint Lounge

2022-11-29, Still a nightmare for domestic violence survivors, The Hindu, with Philippa Williams, Girija Godbole and Ruchira Goswami, from the Surviving Violence project

2022-06-19, Agnipath could be a path to vexing social problems, Mint

2022-03-08, A Ukrainian Mirror: War, women and peace, The News Minute

2021-12-29, Will 2022 be the year we change our understanding of work?, Mint

2021-10-28, We need more women in conflict prevention and peace processes, Mint Lounge

2021-10-02, Revisiting Gandhi in 2021, Mint Lounge

2021-09-01, Boss, here’s what the to-do list is missing, Mint

2021-08-27, Trapped at home, Mint

2021-05-28, A memo on the perfect victimhood, Mint Lounge

2021-04-01, Why voters should care more about sexist speeches and paternalistic politics, The News Minute

2021-03-08, International Women’s Day isn’t a day for sales or roses, Mint Lounge

2021-02-19, After the landmark #MeToo case, will women finally speak up? Mint (Also here)

2020-11-25, Gender-based violence was predictable, and preventable, fallout of lockdown, Indian Express

2020-05-17, Coronavirus may trap women in the ‘safe haven’ of the home, Mint

2020-03-06, Women, global norms and local rights, The New Indian Express

2020-02-06, When feminism meets foreign policy, The New Indian Express

2020-01-12, Sitting down to unaffected dialogue, The Hindu

2019-12-30, The duty to protect each other, The New Indian Express

2019-11-02, Women, peace and democracy, The New Indian Express

2019-10-02, How the personal and political, the inner and outer journeys, are intertwined, Mint

2019-09-29, Teaching peace, learning peace, The Hindu

2019-08-09, The gender politics of nuke options, The New Indian Express

2019-06-21, No women, no peace, no democracy, The New Indian Express

2019-05-03, Healing the wounds of war rape survivors, The New Indian Express

2019-03-15, Women in Politics: An Idea Whose Time has Finally Come?, The Citizen

2019-02-25, The trauma of forced displacement, The New Indian Express

2019-02-23, SC Order Evicts Tribals From Their Homes: What Does This Displacement Mean in Real Terms?, The Citizen

2018-11-24, Patriarchy is the Tortoise, Killing Us Softly and Winning, The Citizen

2018-11-22, Gender violence your problem too, The New Indian Express

2018-09-17, The role of gender in reconstruction efforts, Mint

2018-07-19, What Actually Happened in Thoothukudi, The Citizen

2018-07-07, The Unquestioning Indian: We Did Not Say the Lynching Was Wrong, We Said the Meat Should Have Been Verified First, The Citizen

2018-05-31, RCSS at 25, Himal Southasian

2018-07-02, Thomas Reuters Foundation Survey: Measuring Safety, Generating Outrage, The Citizen

2018-04-18, The Horror of Kathua, Unnao, and now Surat Fill us With Fury and Fear, The Citizen

2018-04-18, Funding small nonprofits can be a giant step for development, India Development Review

2018-03-28, The Walls That Deprive Women of a Voice, The Citizen

2018-03-08, Women's Day: How Good Have Women Had It In Electoral Politics Since 2014?, The Citizen

2018-02-27, Oxfam Scandal: Raise the Ethical Bar, But Don't Throw Out the Baby With the Bath Water, The Citizen

2018-02-11, The Peace Counter, The Citizen

2017-11-18, Women in war and peace, The New Indian Express

2017-03-27, 10 things to do in times of political upheaval, DNA India

2016-12-30, What will define citizenship in India and the world in 2017, DNA India

2016-11-30, Women and their right to lead, The New Indian Express

2016-11-29, Songs of struggle, dreams of freedom, DNA India

2016-11-25, Do no harm: 8 don’ts for the fight against gender violence, DNA India

2016-10-05, Notes on peace from northern Sri Lanka, DNA India

2016-05-18, How to observe International Women’s Day: Do’s and Don’ts, DNA India

2015-12-06, Notes from the Chennai Floods: Better off than most, DNA India

2015-10-14, 15 years of Resolution 1325: All about women, peace and security, DNA India

2015-08-30, How we can transform youth activism into lasting civic engagement, DNA India

2015-05-17, How has one year of the Modi government been for civil society and democracy?, DNA India

2015-03-14, Home Ministry on Section 498-A: Justice in the times of 'disgruntled wives', DNA India

2015-03-08, This International Women's Day, make a promise towards gender equality DNA India

2014-09-23, What makes people commit violence against women? World Bank report tries to find out, DNA India

2014-04-16, Why more women must participate in the 2014 elections, DNA India

2014-04-16, Lok Sabha elections 2014: Women are citizens and stakeholders, nothing less, DNA India

2014-04-16, 2014 elections: Parties that ignore women's rights aren't worth your vote, DNA India

2014-01-25, Why women campaign against guns, DNA India

2013-11-21, Health and women in India: The instinct to care, the will to heal, DNA India

2013-11-21, Governance: One idea in eight stories, DNA India

2012–5-14, Through their bodies we strive, (2008-11-03) The New Indian Express (Also here as Two nuns, two Indias and the politics of identity)

2011-10, Peace Refractions, Agenda

2008-11-25, What it means to be a woman in India, originally published in The New Indian Express (Also image here)

2008-10-13, Going to work is fraught with great risk, The New Indian Express (Also here as Work as extreme sport)

2008-09-17, Kosi’s distressed daughters, The New Indian Express (Also here)

2008-08-25, Guardians stray from the straight path, The New Indian Express