Avantika Mehta

Avantika Mehta has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in September 2019. The social media accounts linked to from Avantika Mehta are: • Spotify • Email • X Besides social media accounts, bitingfriends has populated their site with: • Founder, EIC: The Ladies Compartment • Twitter • Instagram • Fiction: Sahai Sahib Goes For a Delhi Party • Fiction: The Green Thumb” • Fiction: Irrelevant Details, Asia Literary Review • Outlook India bylines • Raped, murdered, burnt to ash: story of a Dalit girl, 9, in modern Indian • On the periphery: India’s sex workers more vulnerable than ever during pandemic • Drought-Hit Gujarat Has Water For Factories, But Not For Farmers • ‘No one eats non-veg openly here’: Ahmedabad’s food lovers on the city’s cultural aversion to meat • Fighting Superstition in India Can Lead to Death or Exile • Unexplained deaths: how poor healthcare is fuelling Indian witch-hunts • In Modi’s India, comedians can now be jailed for ‘intent’ to tell a joke – as Munawar Faruqi found out • In A UP District, Death From Hunger, As Governance, Social Security Collapse • When the Gujarati word for fun described rioting, looting and murder • Himal bylines • Longform: From Pinky to Pinkesh: The journey to becoming a man • Opiate abuse is rife in North India, so why cut back on funding clinics? • Scroll.in Bylines • At New Delhi’s first transgender salon, men born as women find freedom at last • From Mr Gay India to Dalit Beauty Queens: the changing face of Indian pageants • A temple in Himachal Pradesh stands as a beacon of hope for religious tolerance • Porn needn't be smutty: Feminist erotica director Erika Lust • Dancing with God: exploring the unique phenomenon of Dance Ganesha • Review: Eating Wasps by Anita Nair • Nobody’s Hero: Notes from the life of an unassuming troubadour; Profile of Manu Chao • ‘What We Carry’: Maya Shanbhag Lang’s memoir reveals the dark sides of mother-daughter relationships • Review: Polite Society by Mahesh Rao • ‘The Wall’ can be read as a continuation in fiction of Gautam Bhatia’s work on freedom and equality • Smooth Alleged Criminal: What The Well-Dressed Boys Of Madangir Wear • Why It Is Time For India To Consider Gender-Neutral Rape Laws — Article 14 • No, the Chhattisgarh court was not offering up its opinion on marital rape. It was reiterating the law • Chronicles of a Hanging Foretold: how the execution of Nirnhaya's gang-rapists will change the death penalty laws • Out of Court Settlement: what Gogoi's RS acceptance means • They Were Celebrating Their Special Day. Then Someone Cried 'Love Jihad' • #Aarey: Construction can go on but stay on felling continues: SC to MHA govt • A silent movement for the legalisation of cannabis is spreading across India • Saying it explicitly: Why Indian women watch porn • Live Law bylines • J&K LOCKDOWN: SC Asks If Government Purposely Failed to Produce Relevant Documents • "Let Them Justify Their Actions":Sr. Ad. Raju Ramachandran Pleads Before SC To Rule On Legality Of Tarigami's Detention • Detention Of Children In Kashmir- JJC Committee Merely Forwarded The DGP's Report Without Any Application Of Mind: Enakshy Ganguly Tells SC • 'Personal Liberty To Be Balanced Against National Security', Says SC While Adjourning Kashmir Petitions • Govt. Enforcing A Collective Punishment On Entire Population of Kashmir By Denying Them Right To Communication:Kashmir Times Editor Tells SC • Hindustan Times bylines • In Delhi, a rape accused has 83% chance of acquittal • Delhi court upholds sex workers dignity, jails rapists • CBI judges twiddle thumbs cases pile up at other courts • Nobel laureate Satyarthi, mentor Agnivesh locked in fight over trust fund ‘fraud’ • Sex workers demand a voice before the Supreme Court • It's a comedy turned tragedy for AIB founders • Court raps ‘hypocrisy’ on marital rape • No family, no lawyer: Many kids in Delhi reform home clueless why they are there • Court cracks down on woman who made 100 fake calls alleging rape • ‘Appalled’ court directs action against woman filing false rape cases • Society turns blind eye to prisoners’ kids • BBC documentary: Was rapist Mukesh an undertrial when he was interviewed? • Now, cops want custody of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti’s dog • 5L cases in backlog: Is AAP ready to face judiciary's challenges? • A man almost lost property, got it back along with estranged wife • Dec 16 gang rape: Fast-track courts fail to give speedy justice • Woman who fought criminals living in fear; witness protection debate rages • How Pak is using Facebook honey-traps to ensnare Indian defence personnel • Woman booked for misuse of new anti-stalking law • Delhi Uber rape survivor sues company in US, seeks unspecified damages • Phoolan Devi murder: Irrefutable proof nailed Sher Singh Rana • Uber rape survivor gets threat calls as case nears end • Discrimination against male sex crime victims? • Delhi: Awaiting court hearing on cop protection, woman shot twice • Delhi: Priest held for rape on Janmashtami • Man fails to report girl’s abduction, may go to jail