Posted by gargi on 14 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, Media, News, Religion
Stuff that made me - in no particular order - think, chortle, smirk, snigger , slurp, nod my head wisely, with sorrow, and in a wtf mode. I shan’t identify which is what …coz it will be fun a year later to figure:
a) The Gender Divide exists in the work place in the US - [...]
Posted by gargi on 07 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India
normally street kids don’t approach cars with their windows up and the AC on…. it is too much waste of time, they are possibly better off approaching open ricks or cars with their windows down. this girl maybe thought that i would be interested in flowers, or she saw rani in the car and thought [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 May 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, Society
If there is Youngistan, can MenoPauseLand be far behind …
The NYT reports :
Menopauseland is the invention of Amerifit Brands and its creative agency, BrandBuzz in New York, on behalf of Estroven, a supplement that is meant to help reduce the symptoms of menopause. A campaign with a budget estimated at $20 million is centered on [...]
Posted by gargi on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Society
Two stories on further education.
One is about a 12th standard topper who quits formal education.
…Urvi Pithadia, 17, has been forced to discontinue her studies just a week after joining junior college. Nobody there volunteered to help the wheelchair-bound girl in and out of classrooms and elevators.
Urvi is suffering from muscular dystrophia, a genetic disorder which [...]
Posted by gargi on 10 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Kith & Kin
grandmom Originally uploaded by jcalamur1606
Married at 14, widowed at 45 … she is now close to 85… . Full of curiosity and a zest for living (as opposed to life). An unshakable faith in God — that has kept her going despite the ups and downs [...]
Posted by gargi on 07 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Caste, Culture, Gender Issues, India, Politics, Society
On the eve of Maha Shivratri a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose , was upheld.
In the face of a growing demand for their dismissal as [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, Photographs
Boys - Nangargaon. there is a certain joy and freedom of going barefeet… and these two reminded me of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails, And puppy-dogs' tails;
Girls - Alibag … There is a certain joy & freedom of sitting in the [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Photographs
Coca Cola meets kumkum - only in India…..
The red powder on the plate is kumkum - a powder that is traditionally a symbol of fertility. Married women in many parts of India use kumkum either as a round on their forehead or in the parting of their hair. traditionally,it is not worn by unmarried girls [...]
Posted by gargi on 06 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Society
…. both men and women seem to support the idea that women who ‘ask for it’ tend to ‘get it’. Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to define what “it” means and whether “it” means different things to men and women ( it does !)
HT , which broke the story and led with it [...]
Posted by gargi on 03 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Society
This from the HT
Have you seen this molester? If yes, call our Mumbai office on 022-66539209, and we will forward the details to Mumbai Police for action. January 1, 1.45 am, outside JW Marriott, Juhu: Two young women were molested by a mob in Mumbai on New Year’s Day.
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