In the last few days, I have come across three different posts / discussions which have left me feeling shaken and stirred. These writings in isolation are disturbing enough but reading them one after the other makes me think very uncomfortable thoughts. They are all on the subject of sexual harrasment – in some form… Continue reading On being a female body
Category: Society & Development
Women’s rights, rural development, ICTs…
Scenes from Worli seaface
Update : Yazad has pointed out the Livelihood Freedom Campaign Petition which is a movement by the CSS to address the plight of street entrepreneurs who work without any kind of legal backing, making them vulnerable to harrassment and restrictions.. Please go and sign the petition here… *** Sitting here in Delhi on work, my… Continue reading Scenes from Worli seaface
All is fair in the fairness game…
Girls nowadays don’t dream of their charming prince riding on a white horse in search of a beautiful wife – they dream of Rakesh Roshan getting off his white car to offer them a role in his next movie – either ways they are swept off their feet! Times are achanging! And the fairness creams… Continue reading All is fair in the fairness game…
Remaining stoic on everyday disasters…
I was outraged by what I read on concentriccircle about child traffickers preying upon children orphaned in the tsunami in Sri Lanka… I happened to mention this to my husband yesterday, and he said after a moment’s thought – but isn’t this what happens all the time -innocent children are either weaned away with guile… Continue reading Remaining stoic on everyday disasters…
On trousered modesty
Harini writes about the decision of Mumbai University to ban women from wearing mini skirts, tight tops and shorts, saying this will help prevent rape. Rightly, Harini has taken offence to this cause-effect pronouncement – between rape and attire… And then halfway across the world, there is this – Sartorial shock as English school bans… Continue reading On trousered modesty
AIDS and the c word
Found this very interesting post on chutneyspears (oh, I love the name!) – Looking with one eye shut (the picture produced below is also from that blog) Dominic Emmanuel, a Catholic priest from the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese together with the omnipresent Samaritan, Mahesh Bhatt, is leading the efforts to make a Bollywood style movie on… Continue reading AIDS and the c word
More HIV myths – and this time in Tamilnadu
Tamil Nadu school slams doors on HIV positive orphans, says it’s risky – argues if the children fall on or bump against others, they will pass the infection… But – the article says – the real worry is about other children leaving. And such occurences of discrimination are common… So much for communication efforts aimed… Continue reading More HIV myths – and this time in Tamilnadu
On Blank Noise Project
This is a blog I have been meaning to write about for a while. Jasmeen Patheja is working on a project on street harassment – something that all women face, irrespective of age and the kind of clothes we wear in public – although Shiv Sena would have you believe otherwise… Blank Noise Project is… Continue reading On Blank Noise Project