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January 28, 2010By Dilnavaz Bamboat THAT’S NOT THE TITLE of a sitcom. (Though it could be –think I should sell the idea?) I once said that to someone. Meant it too. And I’m so proud of the way I restrained myself from going for his jugular when the oh-so-patronizing “Honey, it’s PMS” (hand pat included) was tossed my way, like [...] January 19, 2010By Guest Contributor By Janice Pariat Bertha & I Tags: bertha mason, janice pariat, poem, sylvia plath | Category: Art, Celebrating Women, Desipundit, Love, Marriage, Poetry, Women's Lives |
January 13, 2010By Anindita Sengupta THE BANGALORE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (BQFF 2010) is calling for submissions. The deadline is 30 January 2010. Details here. January 01, 2010By Guest Contributor By Susan Kiguli Mothers Sing a Lullaby Tags: poem about mothers, Rwandan genocide poem, Susan Kiguli, Uganda | Category: Desipundit, Identity and Destination, Justice, Law, Motherhood, Poetry, Politics, Society, Women's Lives |
December 17, 2009By Guest Contributor By Sridala Swami IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY devoured every one of the three books in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, you have at least heard of it: the story of the girl with the dragon tattoo who plays with fire or kicks the hornet’s nest. She is Lisbeth Salander, abused child, accused adult and unlikely crusader along [...] Tags: shopian CBI report, shopian rape case, shopian truth, steig larsson | Category: Books, Desipundit, Institutions, Justice, Law, Our Bodies, Rape, Violence Against women, Women's Lives |
December 10, 2009By Guest Contributor By Sonal Makhija Tags: act, domestic violence law, domestiv violence | Category: Desipundit, Domestic Violence, Justice, Law, Uncategorized, Violence Against women |
December 01, 2009By Anindita Sengupta YESTERDAY, I WAS LOOKING at this report released by the World Economic Forum last month, and I started drafting a post with some excerpts. Just to make it easier for people who don’t want to read the whole thing. It was1 am, I was tired and suddenly I felt overcome with this sense of futility, [...] Tags: feminist fatigue, futility, India gender gap, silence, WEF report | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Identity and Destination, Media, Uncategorized, Women's Lives |
November 19, 2009By Dilnavaz Bamboat THE AUDIENCE WAS FLUSH WITH estrogen, but had a heartening dose of the Y chromosome. I wondered if the cocktail reception that preceded the event was a marketing ploy or a genuine attempt to fortify our spirits for what was to come. I found out soon enough. November 16, 2009By Guest Contributor By Sanyukta Saha Tags: Ajmer sex scandal, Anuradha Marwah, Dirty Picture | Category: Books, Desipundit, Prostitution, Society, Women's Lives |
November 08, 2009By Sharanya Manivannan PENELOPE TRUNK CAUSED A tremendous controversy when she Tweeted about her miscarriage (and the fact that she was glad she didn’t have to wait for an abortion, which is difficult to get in her part of the USA). I found the controversy ridiculous on many levels – after all, many people share personal information online [...] Tags: abortion, Eve Ensler, miscarriage, Penelope Trunk | Category: Art, Culture, Desipundit, Identity and Destination, Media, Morality, Our Bodies, Women's Lives |
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