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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 |
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 |
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