16 Prisoners of PatriarchyOn September 21, the UP police beat up women students protesting peacefully in BHU againstthe misogyny on campus. Two students, part of the protest, recount the sequence of events.22 Another Lotus EaterDecoding Tamil superstar Kamalahaasan’s politics-speak28 Here’s How We Go To SchoolFrom hazardous structures passing off as schools for working-class children to private schoolsflouting all regulations for profit, a hard look at the state of our school education51 Insecure Over DrinksRising instances of women driving drunk and women characters drinking on screen inKerala set off the patriarchal alarm bells for the Malayali male gen-pop56 The Paperback Way to IndiaMost upcoming Pakistani writers get published in India due to lack of options back home6 Letters 10 deep throat 58 Books 64 glitterati 66 diary