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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 02, 2009By Dilnavaz Bamboat I CAN SAFELY—and with some amount of pride— say that I belong to one of India’s most emancipated and socio-economically advanced communities. As a Parsi, especially one born and bred in South Bombay (most Indian Parsis live in Bombay, and most Bombay Parsis live in its southern areas), it is near guaranteed that I will [...] Tags: community, faith, Parsi, religion, zoroastrian | Category: Desipundit, Gender, Identity and Destination, Institutions, Justice, Law, Marriage, Society, Women's Lives |
June 09, 2008By Meena Kandasamy WHEN IT WAS announced recently that the first batch of non-Brahmin students were being ordained for priesthood in Tamil Nadu, there was great reason to cheer and celebrate that priesthood has been “officially” thrown open to all the castes and that Brahmin exclusivity was set to break (at least theoretically). But what is disappointing is [...] Tags: Hinduism, menstruation, patriarchy, pollution, priesthood, puberty, religion, Tamil Nadu, untouchability, worship | Category: Culture, Institutions, Our Bodies, Society |
May 23, 2008By Usha B N WESTERN FEMINIST movements in the early 1970s confronted an uncomfortable truth: the notion that God was male dominated every aspect of religion. As feminist philosopher Mary Daly summed up, “If God is male, then the male is God.” The question of gender, religion and faith has been a very contentious one. Feminists have looked into [...] Tags: akka mahadevi, Books, Gender, religion, review, saints, spirituality | Category: Books, Society, Women's Lives |
April 14, 2008By Meena Kandasamy ON MARCH 28, Lalpari Devi, a 45-year-old Dalit woman was accused of being a witch by caste-Hindu, feudal villagers in Bihar who mercilessly beat her up, paraded her through the streets, tied her to a palm tree, cut her hair and smeared her face with limestone paste. She was saved from certain death by [...] Tags: Adivasi women, black magic, Dalit women, Dr. Ambedkar, Lalpari Devi, religion, sorcery, torture, witch-hunting, witchcraft, witches | Category: Culture, Morality, Society, Violence Against women |
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