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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. July 14, 2009By Anindita Sengupta WITHOUT BEING hyperbolic, let me just say that this nearly made me upchuck my morning tea. The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh subjected 151 women to ‘virginity tests’. The women were to be part of a mass marriage scheme in Shadol near Bhopal. To avoid ‘complications’, the state government saw it fit to conduct physical [...] Tags: madhya pradesh, mass marriage, virginity, virginity tests | Category: Desipundit, Exploitation, Institutions, Marriage, Morality, Our Bodies, Sex and Sexuality |
July 06, 2009By Meena Kandasamy RECENTLY, I PARTICIPATED in the launch function of a documentary film Pottu about the hardships and social humiliation faced by widows and deserted women in Tamil Nadu. Produced by the Kalangarai Trust which works among the widows in the southern district of Nagappattinam (particularly in Vedaranyam, Sirkaali and Poompuhaar), the 50-minute documentary attempts to [...] Tags: discrimination, Marriage, religion, social taboos, Society, Tamil Nadu, widowhood, women | Category: Culture, Desipundit, Exploitation, Marriage, Women's Lives |
June 08, 2009By Aparna Singh LAST YEAR, when I read Lotus’ review of The Road of Lost Innocence, just the review was enough to send shivers down my spine. I doubt I have the stomach for the entire book. The Road of Lost Innocence is a survivor’s account, the memoir of Somaly Mam who survived the brutality of the Cambodian sex [...] Tags: film, prostitution in India, trafficking of women, your name is justine | Category: Art, Culture, Exploitation, Gender, Justice, Prostitution, Violence Against women |
February 20, 2009By Aparna Singh THE HADEES he had read yesterday talked about how it was Shaitan who always tried to corrupt us. If we escaped his attempts, we would surely go to Heaven. In Heaven, rivers of milk and honey flow, thousands of Houri women serve the men and make them happy. As she remembered this, she wondered, if [...] Tags: Indian society and women, irandaam jaamangalin kadai, women and literature | Category: Art, Books, Celebrating Women, Desipundit, Exploitation, Marriage, Women's Lives |
January 27, 2009By Usha B N THIS IS Part 2 of the two-part interview with Madhu Bhushan of Vimochana. Tags: India, Madhu Bhushan, vimochana, women's rights | Category: Desipundit, Exploitation, Identity and Destination, Justice, Society, Violence Against women, Women's Lives |
January 18, 2009By Usha B N VIMOCHANA IS one of the oldest women’s rights organization in Bangalore. They have been part of the Indian women’s movement and have significantly contributed to the rights of women facing violence in Karnataka. They have a crisis intervention center for women facing violence called Angala and campaigns against dowry deaths, harassment and female infanticide. More [...] Tags: Bangalore, vimochana, women's rights movement | Category: Desipundit, Domestic Violence, Exploitation, Identity and Destination, Justice, Society, Violence Against women, Women's Lives |
February 11, 2008By anita ratnam FROM BEING an issue that was considered almost ridiculous just a decade ago, the campaign for land rights for women has gathered momentum in recent times, especially since the 2005 Amendment of the Hindu Succession Act of 1956. The Amendment establishes the rights of daughters and widows of sons to a share in ancestral agricultural [...] January 29, 2008By Meena Kandasamy She wanders like a flimsy ghost Tags: academics, Poetry | Category: Exploitation, Gender, Institutions, Morality, Poetry, Sexual Harassment at the Workplace, Work Life |
January 24, 2008By Usha B N ‘I BEGAN WORKING when I was ten. I used to look after a child for which I was paid ten rupees a month. Today I am almost forty and I continue to work as a domestic maid. The difference is that my bones ache and I do not have the same energy. This is what [...] |
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