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With social media sites being flooded with survivor stories on sexual harassment and lawyers offering to take up pro bono cases, we take a look at what comes after naming and shaming the perpetrators.

#MeToo: Lawyer files PIL seeking formation of panels

Women of all classes, especially the educated are using this as a platform to name and shame the person who had sexually...

24 Oct 2018 8:26 PM

Mahesh Bhupathi and Lara Dutta

Mahesh lauds Lara for taking a stand

Mahesh says that people need to stop engaging with those accused of sexual harassment.

20 Oct 2018 6:38 PM

Swara Bhaskar believes that the movement is a big vindication to the courageous women who have stood up to claim their trauma and their stories after all these years.

Heads roll as #MeToo gathers storm

The ongoing #MeToo movement is uniquely encouraging as powerful men in the country are being brought to book for their...

20 Oct 2018 6:34 PM

Bombay high court

Bombay HC: #MeToo campaign for victims, don't misuse

The court said that while it was appreciative of the #MeToo campaign, at the same time it should not be misused.

19 Oct 2018 8:38 PM

The big brother of the Sangh Parivar in its mouthpiece Organiser said that common women, who face uncomfortable situations at the hands of common men, do not fall in the category of #MeToo campaign. (Representational image)

NGO files plea against #MeToo

An NGO through its president has filed a public interest litigation before the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC)...

17 Oct 2018 8:46 PM

The big brother of the Sangh Parivar in its mouthpiece Organiser said that common women, who face uncomfortable situations at the hands of common men, do not fall in the category of #MeToo campaign. (Representational image)

RSS brands #MeToo elitist, steers clear of MJ Akbar charges

Questions silence of liberal class' on harassment of Kerala nuns.

16 Oct 2018 8:11 PM

The accused men are not unconnected with their social origins, nor for that matter are the women. Part of the problem lies in not respecting the facts of history. (Representational image)

Can #MeToo succeed where child marriages are so rampant?

Can MeToo succeed in a culture where children are married off for social or economic exigencies?

16 Oct 2018 7:03 PM

Abha Singh

The court of injustice

The challenge of getting a fair trial seems to lie in the system, and the obstacles women encounter when they do decide...

16 Oct 2018 6:35 PM

Youth Congress workers during a protest against minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar in New Delhi. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

MJ Akbar sues one #MeToo accuser for defamation

Unfazed Priya Ramani vows to fight legal battle; activists want MJ sacked.

15 Oct 2018 8:12 PM

Minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday after his arrival from a foreign tour. (Photo: PTI)

Charges false and fabricated; will take legal action: Akbar

Why #MeToo storm just before polls? Is there an agenda?'

14 Oct 2018 7:40 PM

Meanwhile, there has been a lot of discussion on the #MeToo movement in India and it is about time women got together and fought for their own rights. No one can wait for all good men to step forward and help with benevolent patriarchy.

Of royal weddings, India's #MeToo and a memorial for Wodehouse

Rape crisis centres will be opened, all through this private initiative.

14 Oct 2018 6:37 PM

It is true that many women still cannot muster the courage to complain that they were assaulted sexually. But the possibility of false complaints also cannot be ruled out.(Representational image)

Sexual freedom versus sexual assault

Complaints of sexual harassment are rising by leaps and bounds It is true that there is no dearth of philanderers and...

14 Oct 2018 6:37 PM