At home in Chennai, the TV is always on, background noise to drown the noise of the T nagar traffic. And for my parents, noise that is vital in an otherwise silent house with just the two of them. And so kolangal kolangal, la la la la it goes in the late evenings, and news… Continue reading When the fates conspired
Category: – Gender issues
the girl child, violence against women, discrimination…
Reclaim the night. And the day…
As Annie has said so eloquently, the new year brought. Reading news reports and specifically, blog posts on this incident, I realize now that I was expecting some comment on how the women were at fault – partially if not entirely. Bracing myself for that line. They were asking for it? In what way, please?… Continue reading Reclaim the night. And the day…
Skirting the criminal
First there were pepper sprays and karate moves – The Age now writes about this Japanese skirt to ward off crime [link via textually – where a tenuous link has been established between this piece of news and the main focus of their blog – mobile phones!] – quoting from an article in the age… Continue reading Skirting the criminal
Go trail my daughter
Today’s Hindustan Times has this piece on the front page – Sherlock Holmes has a dandiya job – which means ‘parents hire sleuths to stalk flirty youngsters’ as they go around whirling and twirling to Phalguni Pathak’s dandiya music this Navratri. “They want to know who their girl is with, whether she is having sex,”… Continue reading Go trail my daughter
What’s sauce for the goose
Shubhangi here writes about Japanese pop-culture and the concept of Kawaii – Kawaii means cute and cute seems to be the all pervading trend in Japan. She adds – The most popular fallout of Kawaii – the ‘Hello Kitty’ motif, adorns lunch boxes, clothes, office stationary, even kitchen appliances. Pink is the favorite color and… Continue reading What’s sauce for the goose
Working women
In Ranthambhore, water is everything. Animals big and small, predator and prey gather around the tiny water bodies that dot the forest. It is common to see peacocks and chinkara standing around the lake, their heads inside the water, as if friends gathered together for a drink after a long hard day at work. It… Continue reading Working women
Beasts of burden and bearers of wealth
Speaking of ads that make you sick, if I did have the option of tagging outdoor ads with “this sucks”, I know where I would start… with that serial on Zee TV which ran those terrible teasers all across Mumbai and Delhi last month which said among many other appalling things – “Bete ek mannat,… Continue reading Beasts of burden and bearers of wealth
On being a smartbahu
I was searching earlier on the net for something and came across a site called smartbahu and of course, I had to click on it. This is what the site says – Smartbahu.com – India’s 1st portal for the complete woman. What was that again – complete women = smart bahu (or is it the… Continue reading On being a smartbahu
Girl or boy?
Girl or boy?, originally uploaded by Wam Mosely. My blogger’s block has become more or less a permanent thing now. As if to make up, I am spending more and more time on flickr, mostly tring not to die of envy at the astounding talent I come across on that forum. And once in a… Continue reading Girl or boy?
Educate the girls…
I was recently going through a UNICEF report ‘The state of the world’s children‘ published in 2004 – the report focusses on the millenium develpoment goals, primarily universalisation of education and gender equality – to be achieved by 2015. From the foreword by Kofi Annan, Every boy and girl around the world has a right… Continue reading Educate the girls…