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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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"What did the suffragette movement, the two World Wars, the Vietnam war, the Great Recession and the Ukraine invasion have in common? The answer may surprise you."

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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur.

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Resistance Red
What did the suffragette movement, the two World Wars, the Vietnam war, the Great Recession and the Ukraine invasion have in common? The answer may surprise you. Women’s cosmetics, especially red lips...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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InkSights is a monthly art and current affairs series by our member & artist Anupama Bijur exclusively for NWMI.

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June 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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InkSights is a monthly art and current affairs series by our member & artist #AnupamaBijur exclusively for #NWMI.
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
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April 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.

You can access the #InkSights archive here: nwmindia.org/category/fea...
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
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August 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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"Women’s cosmetics, especially red lipstick, are frequently modes of resistance, rebellion and propaganda. They can be an economic indicator of recession (known as the Lipstick Effect) and a coping mechanism."

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May 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Doxing, Deepfakes and Digital Harassment in this month's InkSights by Anupama Bijur

"Most conversations around AI so far have been its impending threat to jobs. But a disturbing crisis is unfolding – AI-powered and technology-facilitated violence against women."

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Illustrated poster showing a woman seated behind a laptop, raising her hands to shield her face as large gray, abstract shapes loom over her. Handwritten text reads “AI is coming for our jobs,” with the word “women” added in red over “our,” and a header above says “AI-powered & technology-facilitated violence against women on the rise.” The image uses dark tech-themed borders to suggest digital threat and pressure.
January 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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The new Inksights by Anupama Bijur
has just dropped!

When schools across Kerala reopened this June, students returned to classrooms with more than just new timetables. They will learn from newly revised textbooks that reflect a more inclusive and progressive worldview.
June 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Do pools work? I wanna use inksights pools to replays feature still, if it does I’ll just make it something stupid and hard to guess
June 12, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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A Game of Blokes

Women journalists were excluded from the Taliban press conference in Delhi. Proving again that it’s not easy for women to be visible and have a voice in the media.

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Monthly #InkSights illustration by #NWMI member #AnupamaBijur, titled #GameOfBlokes Illustration shows a chess-board like surface in which journalists are shaped like chess pieces, colour coded blue for men and red for women. A larger-than-life hand emerges from out of the frame in the right to move one of the red chess pieces. The illustration is a commentary on the exclusion of women journalists from the recent press conference by #Taliban along with the Indian union government, in #NewDelhi.
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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★ August 2026 NWMI InkSights ★

📸 Almost every protest or movement unwittingly has one enduring image which becomes the photograph through which millions understand the entire movement.
August 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Avalkoppam
by Anupama Bijur
INKSIGHTS DECEMBER 2025

The Kerala assault survivor’s decision to come forward in 2017 and seek justice was a turning point for Malayalam cinema and for Kerala.
Hand-drawn illustration showing women supporting each other to seek justice. At the top, a blindfolded Lady Justice holds balanced scales. Below, a woman in a red dress stands on a ladder reaching upward while other women steady the ladder. Two women hold placards reading “AVALKOPPAM” and “WCC.” The words “PICTURE ABHI BAAKI HAI” are written in the center, suggesting the story is not yet finished. The overall tone conveys solidarity, struggle, and hope for justice.
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Inksights by Anupama Bijur | February 2026
✨ All Aboard 🚢🌊
Inksights by Anupama Bijur Illustrated scene of a wooden boat sailing on blue water with the name “Muni” painted on its side. Inside the boat, three smiling adults sit together; one holds a red-and-white umbrella, another drinks from a green coconut with a straw, and the third sits relaxed with knees tucked in. Two more people wave from small windows in the cabin. The style is colorful, hand-drawn, and playful, with a warm, cheerful travel vibe.
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Journalists are under attack. Journalism is under attack. And so is your right to receive reliable information without bias.

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An illustration to depict the attack on journalism, media and press freedom, by #NWMI member Anupama Bijur. Image shows a big red button inside a squarish "panel". On top of the button is the label "Press to detonate", and below it is "To detonate press". In Gaza, journalists are being killed on a daily basis.
September 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Chak De! India
"For those who have been following women’s cricket (or any of the other women’s sports teams) the symbolism of this victory was massive. The girls in blue hit tradition, restriction, doubt, stereotypes, sexism and more out of the park–and how." -Anupama Bijur in this month's InkSights
Illustration of a female cricketer in blue gear swinging a bat. Surrounding her are four orange starbursts labeled “ANXIETY,” “STEREOTYPES,” “DOUBT,” and “SEXISM,” symbolizing the challenges she is overcoming. The artwork is signed “Anupama Biswas 2025.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Dowry Deaths and Misplaced Notions of Honour

#InkSights by #NWMI member #AnupamaBijur

In Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district, 27-year-old Rithanya ended her life two and a half months after her wedding, allegedly driven to suicide by relentless dowry harassment.

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NWMI's monthly #InkSights feature is this time about dowry deaths and misplaced notions of honour. Image is an illustration that shows a woman hiding her face, and a man tying a noose around her neck in a way that looks like the standard hindu marriage ritual of mangalsutra. Illustration by #NWMI member Anupama Bijur
July 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The impact of #ClimateChange is felt disproportionately by #women, especially those who are poor, marginalised, and dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods.

#InkSights #NWMI #WomenInMedia #WomenInJournalism #WorldEnvironmentDay #Water

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A colorful watercolor and ink drawing depicts three women from different cultural backgrounds carrying out labor-intensive tasks against a plain white background. At the top center, bold handwritten text reads, "CLIMATE CHANGE HITS HER HARDEST," with the word "HER" highlighted in vibrant pink. >> On the left: A Black woman in profile walks to the right, balancing a brown clay pot on her head over a brightly patterned yellow and red headwrap. She carries a sleeping baby on her back in a red sling and wears a yellow top with a vividly multi-colored, patterned skirt. >> In the center: A woman wearing a traditional conical Asian hat walks facing right. She carries a bamboo shoulder pole (carrying pole) with two empty woven baskets suspended from either end. She wears a brown jacket over a blue top and yellow trousers. >> On the right: A South Asian woman walks toward the right, balancing a brown clay pot on her head with one hand while cradling another clay pot in her arm. She is dressed in a traditional pink sari with a purple blouse. The artist's signature, #AnupamaBijur 2026, is written in small black text between the central and rightmost figures. This is an illustration for #NWMI's monthly #InkSights feature
June 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Silencing the Story
May 3 is observed across the globe as World Press Freedom Day. But this year there is not much to cheer about. According to the World Press Freedom Index 2026 recently released by Reporters Without Bo...
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May 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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"With women’s safety and dignity being at risk, many women have retreated from social media, according to a UN report, creating a severe new threat to women’s safety and dignity."

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Doxing, Deepfakes and Digital Harassment
Most conversations around AI so far have been its impending threat to jobs. But a disturbing crisis is unfolding – AI-powered and technology-facilitated violence against women.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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The twin engines of the manosphere and ‘momosphere’, spreading through viral, seemingly harmless social media content and fueled by algorithms, pose a major threat to the hard-won gains of the long feminist struggle for equal rights.

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Tradwives and the Manosphere
Adolescence, the widely appreciated new British television miniseries available in India on Netflix, has shown us the impact of the manosphere, a term coined to describe a network of interconnected we...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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No Need for a C for Certified

No one expected that in the middle of the US-Israel war on Iran and an LPG crisis in India, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 would be fast-tracked

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The image is an illustration that addresses transgender rights and legal certification. Here is the alt text: An illustration/drawing of a person with long dark hair, seen from behind, draped in a rainbow-striped saree and wearing a red top. They hold a hand mirror that reflects a large question mark instead of a face. Above them, text reads "LGBTQIA + C (C = CERTIFIED)". To the right, several hands hold protest signs that read "REJECT TRANSGENDER BILL" and "PROTECT TRANSGENDER PERSONS RIGHTS". The artwork is signed #AnupamaBijur 2026". #NWMI #InkSights
April 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
Of Brands, Bralettes and Backtracking
In the last week of August, jewellery brand GIVA launched its Raksha Bandhan campaign featuring actor Kriti Sanon. What followed was outrage—mainly over the clothes Kriti was seen wearing. GIVA pulled...
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September 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Of Brands, Bralettes and Backtracking
Inksights by Anupama Bijur

In the last week of August, jewellery brand GIVA launched its Raksha Bandhan campaign featuring actor Kriti Sanon. What followed was outrage—mainly over the clothes Kriti was seen wearing.
Hand-drawn illustration of a woman wearing a white sleeveless vest, tying a red rakhi on her wrist. Handwritten text reads "Of brands, bralettes & backtracking." Signed "Anupama Bijur 2026."
September 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.

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InkSights is a monthly art series by NWMI member Anupama Bijur viewing current affairs through a gender and news lens.
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June 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Globally, 80% of the people displaced by climate change are women.

Climate change is expected to push 158 million women and children into poverty by 2050.

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Climate Change Hits Her Hardest
The impact of climate change is felt disproportionately by women, especially those who are poor, marginalised, and dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods.
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June 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM