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Ira Mathur, the Indian-born Trinidadian journalist, columnist, and award-winning author of Love The Dark Days, has built her career on amplifying the voices of those too often unheard. With family roots stretching from the Nawab of Bhopal to her grandmother Sahanajun and great-grandfather Abdul Majid Khan, Mathur’s own sense of being “an outsider”—as she describes herself, “Half Hindu and Half Musalman”—has deeply shaped her worldview and her writing.
Interviews

Ira Mathur on Trauma, Resilience, and Creating a Space for Women’s Silenced Stories

Ira Mathur, the Indian-born Trinidadian journalist, columnist, and award-winning author ...

Culture/Identity

Things We Refuse to Hear

A powerful exploration of how society overlooks the quiet signs of domestic violence, mistaking fear for shyness and abuse for misfortune, while failing to truly listen.

Examines how language and domestic violence intersect, showing how the question ‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ shifts blame from survivors to abusers and sustains a culture of silence.
Letter/Essay

On Asking the Wrong Question: Rethinking Agency and Blame in Domestic Violence Discourse

Examines how language and domestic violence intersect, showing how the question ‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ shifts blame from survivors to abusers and sustains a culture of silence.

Literature/Language Poetry

The Echoes of Betrayal, Poem: Why Not Safety?

This poignant poem explores the harsh realities behind the "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" slogan, highlighting the ongoing struggle for women's safety and the urgent need for societal change to end violence against girls.

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