Feeling shame is the mind's defence system against doing wrong, and this is damaged in boys as they grow up by a patriarchy that benefits from men being violent towards woman. 

A survivor of abuse always has this question - WHY? Why me? And sometimes, the answer comes from the most unexpected of places.

Why did she go out in the evening alone? This was the shocking question NCW member Chandramukhi Devi asked about the Badaun rape & murder victim.

Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is more than a murder mystery; a social commentary on how men sometimes use 'marriage' as a license for inflicting atrocities upon their wives.

Salma's book Women, Dreaming translated by Meena Kandasamy is about women trying to break free, challenging their fate, and helping each other to put up a fight against patriarchy.