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August 31, 2010By Aparna Singh The recent Michael Arrington post on why women mustn’t blame men for their lower numbers in technology is eliciting reactions, fast and furious. While I don’t think Arrington’s tone helps, I am not going to get into the subject here. Instead, I’d like to refer you to Shefaly Yogendra’s excellent post, “Women in tech: What gives?”, where [...] Tags: career growth for women, empowering women, Gender, housework, Indian society and women, women in technology | Category: Work Life |
June 14, 2010By Anindita Sengupta Missing Half the Story Tags: Ammu Joseph, Kalpana Sharma, Missing Half the Story | Category: Books, Media, Women's Lives, Work Life |
May 25, 2010By Oishik Sircar HERE’S A PART IMAGINARY, part real email thread of conversations among faculty members at an elite law university in India. Two developments are being discussed simultaneously – one is a weekly cricket match, and the second is the establishment of a women-only Women’s Law Society. The names of participants in the conversation have been changed [...] Tags: education, Gender, India, Indian society and women, stereotypes | Category: Gender, Humour, Institutions, Society, Women's Lives, Work Life |
May 17, 2010By Guest Contributor By Sankari (translated by Anu Roy) EVERYONE IS SYMPATHETIC of a pregnant woman. But in my opinion, pregnancy is only a 10-month torment which might happen once or twice in a woman’s life. On the other hand, the torment a woman goes through each month when she is not pregnant is a life sentence. Freedom, Stayfree, [...] Tags: menstruation, sanitation facilities, women's health & wellbeing, women's hygiene | Category: Money, Our Bodies, Society, Women's Lives, Work Life |
March 01, 2010By Guest Contributor By Sreeparna Chattopadhyay Tags: science, women scientists | Category: Love, Marriage, Relationships, Women's Lives, Work Life |
October 14, 2009By Guest Contributor By Martin Lehmann-Waldau The Indian parliament recently showed intense activity to promote women’s representation in decision-making bodies. Some months back, a bill was passed that reserves a staggering 50% of seats for women on the panchayat level. Currently under review and soon to be debated in the Lok Sabha is the Women’s Reservation Bill that promises [...] Tags: women's reservation bill | Category: Desipundit, Institutions, Law, Politics, Women's Lives, Work Life |
September 14, 2009By Guest Contributor Iris and the sun Tags: poems, Poetry | Category: Celebrating Women, Desipundit, Identity and Destination, Love, Poetry, Work Life |
August 28, 2009By Guest Contributor By Divya Rajan I drive by narrow lanes called eda August 13, 2009By Anindita Sengupta RECENTLY, OVER AT at Feministe, guest blogger Ren did some frank speak about being a sex worker: Tags: public spaces, sex work, sex workers | Category: Desipundit, Morality, Prostitution, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Women's Lives, Work Life |
July 09, 2009By Guest Contributor By Rakhi Pande *** Tags: cartoon, female hygiene, sanitation, toilets, workplace | Category: Humour, Our Bodies, Women's Lives, Work Life |
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