Development
October 7, 2005For me, development is not the number of roads we build or flashy flyovers or cars on the road. For the simple reason that there will always be those in society who have the money and power to demand and receive it….
Tag 23
October 5, 2005When she tried to shrug him off, Bhura plunged in his fingers into her eyes gouging out her right eye and wounding the left. This was the story of a nurse raped by a ward boy. The judge asks the victim to…
One tight slap….
October 4, 2005to the Times of India for a headline like this: He came, saw and conquered her! It is a story that deals with rape. They make it read like a bad bodice ripper novel. We have stopped reading the ToI – i…
Birthday
October 3, 2005family—amma October 2nd in addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is amma’s birthday. Yesterday we had a quiet lunch at home. JD & I cooked the lunch. And we just spent some quality time together in relative companionship. Dad and JD got her…
No wonder there is Insurgency
October 2, 2005… students pelt police with stones, police retaliate with bullets. The result between 4 (ToI figure) & 12 (BBC figure) students killed. If something like this happened in Mumbai, there will be hell for the Government to pay. Do we keep quiet…
Miss, May I Come In?
October 1, 2005About 15 months ago -has it only been that long? – i was in Marathwada making a documentary on Self Help Groups set up by destitute women that form the basis of bare foot capitalism. Starting with nothing these women have built…
Religion, Society and Breakdown
September 30, 2005Over a century ago, French sociologist Emile Durkheim undertook research on why individuals in cities tend to commit suicide more frequently than those who liked in closely knit rural societies. The answer was Anomie– the sense of dispossession. He said anomie exists…
It isn’t due to global warming …
September 29, 2005…. there are Martians high above our skies – just beyond the sight of our satellites – who are using lasers to melt our icecaps. Of course, there is no such thing as Global Warming, it is a figment of imagination of…
Victimising the Victim
September 28, 2005A rape victim expelled from school for being of ‘loose character’ According to reports, the victim was abducted and raped on August 23. Rejecting the rape theory, school authorities alleged that the girl had loose character and later expelled her. NCW is…
Violence against Women
September 25, 2005I am getting repetitive on this blog. Every 10 days or so I come across a flurry of articles – bloglines that way is very good – on violence against women. I come across articles almost on a daily basis – but…