Laxmi Murthy

Laxmi Murthy heads the Hri Institute for Southasian Research and Exchange, and is a Contributing Editor with Himal Southasian. She is currently coordinating a Zubaan-Panos initiative on sexual violence and impunity in Southasia.

Violence, voices and visibility

What are the ethical implications surrounding graphic depictions of sexual violence in the media?

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 11 Jul 2014

Deadly Love

Obsessive male pursuit of women is commonplace in Indian cinema, reflecting deep-seated and worrying social norms.

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 15 Sep 2013

A flaming hope

Is there a sporting chance that the Olympic torch will one day be held aloft by a transsexual sportsperson?

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 31 Jul 2012

The Birangana and the birth of Bangladesh

Women and wombs during, and following, the Liberation War.

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 20 Mar 2012

The Birangana and the birth of Bangladesh

In defence of symbolism

International Day of the Boy Child, Men's Day, Global Week of the Brahmin, World King's Day. Ever heard of those? For obvious reasons, it is only

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 1 Mar 2010

Reluctant heroine

On 15 August 2009, a policeman was suspended in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, the epicentre of one of the fiercest ongoing conflicts between India's Maoists, the armed vigilante group

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 1 Dec 2009

Taming of the Indian shrew

Feminist outrage and the demand for women’s rights seem to have been shelved as we enter the Era of Gender Mainstreaming.

By Laxmi Murthy

/ 1 Sep 2006