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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 [...] 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 |
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 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 |
October 29, 2009By Guest Contributor By Lalit Narayan Miscarriage Tags: abortion, medicine, violence | Category: Desipundit, Our Bodies, Poetry, Violence Against women, 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 |
August 10, 2009By Guest Contributor By Reeti Roy July 29, 2009By Guest Contributor By Lehar Zaidi Silk or the reason for my madness Tags: palestine, poems, Poetry | Category: Desipundit, Identity and Destination, Our Bodies, Poetry, Politics, Relationships, Women's Lives |
July 21, 2009By Guest Contributor By Priyanka Joseph That girl at twenty- her black hair ripples Tags: femininity, hair, hairstyles, long hair | Category: Celebrating Women, Culture, Desipundit, Humour, Our Bodies, Sex and Sexuality, Women's Lives |
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 |
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