Durba Chakraborty

Cocooning and writing sporadically on things that I read, see, think and feel. Arenas that particularly intrigue me include gender studies, subtleties of history and international policy issues. I write particularly from a gynocentric point of view. Secured the position of second-runner up at the Voices of Women Blogging Contest 2023 sponsored by IBM in collaboration with WeAce.

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From Some Women to All Women- Feminist Films by Women Behind the Cameras.
From Some Women to All Women- Feminist Films by Women Behind the Cameras.

It should come as no surprise that, across the world, male filmmakers outnumber female filmmakers. The field is indubitably hegemonized by male directors, screenwriters, producers and so on. According to the 26th Celluloid Ceiling Report which maintains a statistical record of women employees behind the cameras in Hollywood films, ‘94% of the 250 top grossing […]

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When Rape Of Women In War Zones Is Used As A Weapon To Truly Destroy A Population

Rape is treated as a weapon, a military strategy to humiliate and demoralise the men of the conquered community, the ‘perceived enemy’, because when “your women” are conquered the “war is won”.

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