Posts under ‘Gender Issues’

I spent 90 odd minutes today debating – “challenging Left Liberalism” on the offstumped community portal
I am pretty much a Liberal centrist moderate  who has a 10 degree oscillation on issues to the left and right. There are policy issues on which I may agree with either, neither or sometimes both. For example [...]

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“We declare that Section 377 of the IPC, insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21 [Right to Protection of Life and Personal Liberty], 14 [Right to Equality before Law] and 15 [Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Religion, Race, Caste, Sex or Place of Birth] of [...]

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Dear Government,
Good to know that you are off life support and on your own two feet. One hopes that you can move full steam ahead and deliver things that your earlier version couldn’t. Given that you are fighting fit, here are somethings that i would like from your current avtaar
a) Education – If you haven’t [...]

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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 – [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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