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Anjali Monteiro

Anjali Monteiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, media researcher and teacher. She has recently retired as a Professor and Dean of the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. More about her work at www.monteiro-jayasankar.com
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Cook, Love, Remember

This is an edited version of a piece I wrote over three years ago, when we, as an extended family, decided to remember my mother’s 100th birth anniversary by bringing out a book of her recipes. I volunteered to put it
July 25, 2023

My Tryst with Trigeminal Neuralgia

I had no idea what trigeminal neuralgia was, until it hit me two and a half years ago. It started with sensitivity on my left cheek, which I thought was a tooth problem, and gradually progressed to affect the entire
January 25, 2022

Breaking The Silence- School As Space For Gender Justice

School As Space For Affirming Cultures of Gender Justice   The #MeToo campaign, with its “naming and shaming” of several prominent and not so prominent academics in institutions of higher education opened Pandora’s box that brought out how widespread, and deeply
January 25, 2021

Personal Struggles Are Political Struggles

The First Woman Graduate In My Family In the grand narratives of empowerment, the micro struggles often fall by the way, remaining undocumented and unacknowledged. Feminism, with its assertion of the personal as political, makes room for understanding and honouring these
October 25, 2020