Like most other men, Baburao Bhajnavle of Solapur used to believe that his wife should always be under his thumb. He even used to beat her. Babasaheb Mane, a grocery shop owner from a neighbouring village, also behaved badly with his wife and imposed restrictions on her like his father used to with his mother.…
There are some men and families who have challenged prevailing notions of masculinity and seen a positive change in their own lives. In Segment 5, three such families—Omprakash Chhoker and daughter Vandana, Atul and Arundhati Agnihotri, and Mahadev and Lata Bajbalkar—talk about what led them to break out of these notions and do a rethink…
Although contraceptive use must be the responsibility of both men and women, in India, the burden of this is entirely borne by women. Despite the availability of free contraceptive services, men’s use of both condoms and vasectomies is abysmally low. The National Population Policy of India in 2000, recognised the critical role of male involvement…
