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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 13, 2010By Anindita Sengupta THE BANGALORE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (BQFF 2010) is calling for submissions. The deadline is 30 January 2010. Details here. 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. October 26, 2009By Aparna Singh ALL I KNEW WAS that this non-profit group called MARAA was organising some sort of performance on gender and sexuality. A friend told me about it and even offered to pick me up. Work lay unfinished on my table, but what the hell, I decided, I could always catch up later. And that’s how we [...] Tags: aravanis, femininity, gender and sexuality, gender definition, third sex, transgender, transsexual, womanhood | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Identity and Destination, Media, Women's Lives |
October 05, 2009By Dilnavaz Bamboat LATELY, WHILE CHANNEL SURFING, I came across two advertisements, prominently aired in prime time slots that went something like this: Category: Books, Celebrating Women, Desipundit, Gender, Identity and Destination, Media, Motherhood, Our Bodies, Popular Culture, Society, Women's Lives |
September 17, 2009By Dilnavaz Bamboat …YOU MAY WANT TO take a look at this invite: Anyone want to get me that yummy t-shirt in red? Tags: expression, Gender, Indian society and women, women, women's history | Category: Art, Celebrating Women, Gender, Women's Lives |
September 16, 2009By Aparna Singh LAST SUNDAY, we had a couple of close friends over for lunch. As it happens with close friends whom one has not met for a long time, it turned out as a long, rambling lunch where we were still sitting around at 5 o’clock. By the time they left, it was late evening, and somehow [...] Tags: division of labour, gender stereotypes, gender training, housework, Indian society and women, women at home | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Marriage, Relationships, Society, Women's Lives |
August 23, 2009By Oishik Sircar INDIANS ACROSS THE WORLD celebrated their independence day with dampened fervour over the past week, to salvage nationalist pride out of the economics of infection and pathology of recession. While all this was happening, two incidents caught my attention. Tags: Hindu Right, homosexuality, independence, India, nationalism, queer, religious right | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Identity and Destination, Society |
July 17, 2009By Dilnavaz Bamboat ACCORDING TO THE calendar Parsis follow, today is my birthday. It is an event only family and very close friends know about, the more popular occasion being my date of birth next weekend. Of the seven people who wished me a Happy Birthday today, four followed it up with blessings for a good sasroo, i.e. [...] Tags: blessings, freedom of choice, Indian society, Marriage, Parsi, Society, women | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Institutions, Marriage, Society, Women's Lives |
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