Tagged: Women in India

In Mumbai on 7th Mar? This is where you want to be

I got an email earlier today from Dr Akalpita Paranjpe of Bharat Uday Mission (BHUMI). She is the “energy” behind this excellent idea of a “candle light vigil” in Mumbai this Friday to show solidarity with women...

Please cover yourself, I am feeling awkward

I stumbled on this news-item on Barbarindian’s blog. From a news-report in The Hindu: “…Cyriac Joseph, Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, on Friday said that the provocative dresses that women wear...

A sad day for India

One of the many unsung heroes who deserve an “Indian of the Year” nomination: Rerported by Kinnari Patel, CNN-IBN, Man saves woman from molesters, killed “…Thirty-five-year old Keshav Vishwakarma tried to prevent 40-year old Lilavati –...

Let us blow up Khajuraho…

By now most, if not all, of you must have read about the shameful and disgusting incidents of molestations of young women in Mumbai and New Delhi on New Year’s Eve… What shocked me...

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...