Category: Women in Hinduism & India

On Jeans, Indian Men and “Indecent Behaviour”

I stumbled across this news-story  Jeans for boys, seminary tells women students a few days back and it immediately struck a chord. The report mentioned (emphasis mine): A mufti of the seminary (Darul Uloom),...

“Allah ki den”…

Last week, Bismillah, a 40-yr old woman in Nuh, Mewat gave birth to her 23rd child. The father, 50-yr old Mohammad Ishaq, neither remembers the names of his 23 kids nor recognises all of them…and...

Exposing “Purdah” – the Truth behind the Veil

*****CAUTION: Long Post***** By now, most of you must have heard or read about the controversy caused by Smt Pratibha Patil’s recent remarks on the purdah system. To recap briefly, Smt Patil, the Congress...

Three stories, One theme…

Three separate news-items…all exposing in harsh relief, the alternate feelings of hopelessness, despair, frustration and anger I feel as I read the news each morning. First, from the Indian Express, “Girls throw acid on...

Would Shri Veeramani care to read this?

Credit to the NT Bureau in Chennai for this story: “Gita and Ramayana will be burnt, says Veeramani“ “Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) president K Veeramani has warned that the sacred book of the Hindus, the...