Gurvinder Singh is a freelance journalist based in Kolkata. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/gurvinder-singh/rss en Asset and Property Rights Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:49:00 +0000 Gurvinder Singh https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/12/fighting-for-the-marriage-rights-of-khasi-women https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/10/12/fighting-for-the-marriage-rights-of-khasi-women Tensions are running high in India’s Khasi community, one of the world’s few remaining matrilineal societies, as a new bill seeks to prevent women from marrying non-tribal members. Entrepreneurship Equal Pay and Opportunity Wed, 07 Mar 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Gurvinder Singh https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/07/kolkatas-only-woman-rickshaw-puller-fights-for-her-familys-survival https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/07/kolkatas-only-woman-rickshaw-puller-fights-for-her-familys-survival Mithu Pandit should be a trailblazer, but the first woman to break into Kolkata’s all-male rickshaw trade does not feel like one. She’s just trying to feed her family.